Authors
Brian Levine, Gary R Turner, Danielle Tisserand, Stephanie J Hevenor, Simon J Graham, Anthony R McIntosh
Publication date
2004/11/1
Journal
Journal of cognitive neuroscience
Volume
16
Issue
9
Pages
1633-1646
Publisher
MIT Press
Description
Autobiographical memory comprises episodic and semantic components mediated by dissociable states of consciousness, one promoting the experience of the self at a specific moment in the past, and the other involving self-knowledge that does not require “mental time travel.” These components can be difficult to dissociate using retrospective autobiographical stimuli collection. In this study, we manipulated the episodic/semantic distinction within prospectively collected autobiographical stimuli. Over several months, participants made recordings documenting specific episodes, repeated episodes, and world knowledge. These recordings were later played back to participants during scanning with functional MRI. The results indicated overlapping but distinct patterns of brain activity corresponding to episodic and semantic autobiographical memory. Both episodic and semantic autobiographical memory engaged …
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