Journal article
An fMRI Study of the Activation of the Hippocampus by Emotional Memory
International journal of neuroscience, v 123(2), pp 121-127
01 Feb 2013
PMID: 23098383
Abstract
The current study examined the role of the hippocampus in emotional memory encoding using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The present study examined the activation patterns of 12 healthy participants who were associated with memory for words and pictures with moderately high emotional tone. Results revealed significant activation in the temporal and frontal lobes for emotional and neutral stimuli. There was greater activation in the left hippocampus for emotional words and the right hippocampus for emotional pictures. However, a separate analysis of gender suggested that the emotional responses of the women accounted for the activation of the hippocampus; men did not have a pattern of hippocampus activation consistent with the type of stimuli. These findings have important implications for the design of a clinical memory assessment using fMRI.
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- Title
- An fMRI Study of the Activation of the Hippocampus by Emotional Memory
- Creators
- Matthew Bellace - Drexel UniversityJoseph Michael Williams - Drexel UniversityFeroze B. Mohamed - Temple UniversityScott H. Faro - Temple University
- Publication Details
- International journal of neuroscience, v 123(2), pp 121-127
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000313680300008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84872715319
- Other Identifier
- 991022035168104721
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- Neurosciences