Facilitating memory for novel characters by reducing neural repetition suppression in the left fusiform cortex.

The left midfusiform and adjacent regions have been implicated in processing and memorizing familiar words, yet its role in memorizing novel characters has not been well understood.Using functional MRI, the present study examined the hypothesis that the left midfusiform is also involved in memorizin...

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Main Authors: Gui Xue, Leilei Mei, Chuansheng Chen, Zhong-Lin Lu, Russell A Poldrack, Qi Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2950859?pdf=render