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ArticleMemory (Hove, England)2024

Cross-cultural comparison of the neural correlates of true and false memory retrieval.

Krystal R Leger, Isu Cho, Ioannis Valoumas, Danielle Schwartz, Ross W Mair, Joshua Oon Soo Goh, Angela Gutchess

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Article in Memory (Hove, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. How age and culture impact the neural correlates of memory retrieval.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2025
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  6. Memory and aging across cultures.Current opinion in psychology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Krystal R LegerDepartment of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6349-7208
Isu ChoDepartment of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
Ioannis ValoumasDepartment of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
Danielle SchwartzDepartment of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
Ross W MairCenter for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Joshua Oon Soo GohGraduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Angela GutchessDepartment of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3047-5907
Brandeis University · USHarvard University · USNational Taiwan University · TW

Funding

Influence of Culture on Learning and Decision Making with AgeR01AG061886 · NIA · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI GOH, JOSHUA, GUTCHESS, ANGELA · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
Brain-Body-Behavior Interface in Learning and Development Across the LifespanT32GM084907 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI SEKULER, ROBERT · 2009 to 2018
$1.5M
Upgrade Siemens MAGNETOM Trio to MAGNETOM Prisma Fit 3T Human MRI SystemS10OD020039 · OD · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI BUCKNER, RANDY L · 2015 to 2015
$600k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG061886NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM084907NIH HHS S10 OD020039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prior work has shown Americans have higher levels of memory specificity than East Asians. Neuroimaging studies have not investigated mechanisms that account for cultural differences at retrieval. In this study, we use fMRI to assess whether mnemonic discrimination, distinguishing novel from previously encountered stimuli, accounts for cultural differences in memory. Fifty-five American and 55 Taiwanese young adults completed an object recognition paradigm testing discrimination of old targets, similar lures and novel foils. Mnemonic discrimination was tested by comparing discrimination of similar lures from studied targets, and results showed the relationship between activity in right fusiform gyrus and behavioural discrimination between target and lure objects differed across cultural groups. Parametric modulation analyses of activity during lure correct rejections also indicated that groups differed in left superior parietal cortex response to variations in lure similarity. Additional analyses of old vs. new activity indicated that Americans and Taiwanese differ in the neural activity supporting general object recognition in the hippocampus, left inferior frontal gyrus and middle frontal gyrus. Results are juxtaposed against comparisons of the regions activated in common across the two cultures. Overall, Americans and Taiwanese differ in the extent to which they recruit visual processing and attention modulating brain regions.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonMagnetic Resonance ImagingMental RecallRecognition, PsychologyAdolescentAdultBrainBrain MappingFemaleHumansMaleTaiwanUnited StatesYoung AdultCross-culturalfMRIlong-term memorymnemonic discriminationold vs. newpattern separationtrue vs. false memory

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PMID38266009
PMCPMC11266529
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