Long-term coding of personal and universal associations underlying the memory web in the human brain

Emanuela De Falco; Matias J. Ison; Itzhak Fried; Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

doi:10.1038/ncomms13408

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Long-term coding of personal and universal associations underlying the memory web in the human brain

Emanuela De Falco,
Matias J. Ison,
Itzhak Fried,
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

Affiliations

Emanuela De Falco: Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester
Matias J. Ison: Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester
Itzhak Fried: Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga: Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13408
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Neurons in the medial temporal lobe change their firing patterns as people learn to pair items together, yet it is unclear if this pairing lasts. Here, authors find that single medial temporal lobe neurons in humans tend to respond similarly to items that are closely conceptually related.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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