Reducing false memories by magnetic pulse stimulation

被引：37

作者：

Gallate, Jason ^{[1
]}

Chi, Richard ^{[1
]}

Ellwood, Sophie ^{[1
]}

Snyder, Allan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sydney, Ctr Mind, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

来源：

NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS | 2009年 / 449卷 / 03期

关键词：

False memories; Concepts; Left anterior temporal lobe; Repetitive transcranial magnetic; stimulation; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; RECOGNITION; BEHAVIOR; LESIONS; PEOPLE; SKILLS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.neulet.2008.11.021

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 [神经生物学];

摘要：

False memories are ubiquitous and often to our detriment. Yet, certain pathologies, including anterior temporal lobe dementia and autism, can lead to literal recall and thus greater resistance to false memories. This inspired us to reduce false memories by temporarily inhibiting the left anterior temporal lobe, using low frequency magnetic pulse stimulation. This site has been implicated in semantic memory and conceptual labelling. After active stimulation, participants in the sham/TMS group had 36% fewer false memories than they had with sham stimulation, and intact veridical memory. This is comparable to the improvement that people with autism and semantic dementia show over "normal" individuals. This finding suggests a potential method for reducing certain types of false memories. Crown Copyright (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：151 / 154

页数：4

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