Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Contribution of lexico-semantic processes to verbal short-term memory tasks: A PET activation study. |
| Authors: |
Collette, F., Majerus, S., Van der Linden, M., Dabe, P., Degueldre, C., Delfiore, G., Luxen, A., Salmon, E. |
| Source: |
Memory. Jul-Nov2001, Vol. 9 Issue 4-6, p249-259. 11p. 16 Black and White Photographs, 4 Charts. |
| Subjects: |
Positron emission tomography, Short-term memory, Brain function localization |
| Abstract: |
Recent studies have demonstrated the intervention of long-term memory processes in verbal STM tasks and several cognitive models have been proposed to explain these effects. A PET study was performed in order to determine whether supplementary cerebral areas are involved when subjects have to execute short-term memory tasks for items having representations in long-term memory (in comparison to items without such representations: words vs non-words). Results indicate that verbal STM for words specifically involves the left middle temporal gyrus (BA 21) and temporo-parietal junction (BA 39). These areas can be associated with lexical and semantic processes. These results are in agreement with cognitive models that postulate the simultaneous influence of lexical and semantic long-term representations on verbal STM processes and/or a lexico-semantic buffer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
