The functional anatomy of memory.
A review of recent work using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to examine brain systems involved in auditory-verbal memory is presented. Initial work delineated widespread brain regions which were, to a large extent, in agreement with existing neuropsychological literature. Expanding on this, a number of studies have examined memory encoding and retrieval separately. Additionally, experiments have been carried out to specifically address sub-components of memory such as the use of visual imagery as a mnemonic strategy, the functional anatomical evidence for the episodic/semantic memory distinction and the different brain regions involved in explicit and implicit memory tasks.
Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, London, England, UK.
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed