Brain Dynamics Underlying Memory for Lifetime Experiences

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2020.06.010

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volume 24, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 780-781

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The ability to remember our past depends critically on the hippocampus and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), but their respective roles are debated. Contrary to classic theories, recent work (McCormick et al.) has shown that vmPFC drives the hippocampus during memory retrieval, irrespective of how old the recalled memories are.

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