Prefrontally mediated inhibition of memory systems in dissociative amnesia
Laura C. Marsh, Dace Apšvalka, Hirokazu Kikuchi, Nobuhito Abe, Jun Kawaguchi, Michael D. Kopelman, Michael C. Anderson · 2024
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Description
Seven authors, led by Laura Marsh, test in 2024 whether a brain control system that blocks memory recall explains dissociative amnesia, a loss of personal memory with no clear physical cause. One theory blames an active block run from the front of the brain. Lab tasks that train recall blocking offer a way to test that claim.
The team re-read brain scans from two past cases of the illness. Patients saw reminders from lost and kept periods of life. The brain zones active for lost memories matched zones used in lab blocking tasks. Links between the control zone and the memory hub fit the block theory. Scans after treatment were also checked.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Laura C. Marsh, Dace Apšvalka, Hirokazu Kikuchi, Nobuhito Abe, Jun Kawaguchi, Michael D. Kopelman, Michael C. Anderson |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |