Steady-state visually evoked potential correlates of object recognition memory

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Object recognition memory (ORM) refers to both recognition of an object and the memory of having seen it before. In humans, ORM has been investigated using functional neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques with tests of episodic memory retrieval involving recollection of previously studied items. Processes involved in the maintenance of a mental state adopted for the performance of a retrieval task (retrieval mode) appear to involve right frontal neural regions. More transient processes occurring at the time of item recollection (retrieval success) have shown scalp activity over parietal and right frontal regions. This activity is thought to originate in the medial temporal lobes and the underlying right frontal cortex respectively. The aforementioned findings have been derived mainly from studies using verbal stimuli. It is uncertain whether the same neural regions are involved in object recollection. It is also uncertain whether sustained modal and transient item-related ac

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