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Sculpting Remote Memory: Enduring Hippocampal Traces and vmPFC Reconstructive Processes

Barry and Maguireā€™s (hereafter B&M) recent take in TiCS on the role of the hippocampus in remote memory retrieval, that it has a (scene) constructive role, rather than being part of the long-lasting representation of rich and detailed episodic memories, is both thoughtful and provocative [1]. They make two main claims: (i) the underlying cellular […]

Published on July 1, 2019

Speech Planning at Turn Transitions in Dialog Is Associated With Increased Processing Load

Abstract Speech planning is a sophisticated process. In dialog, it regularly starts in overlap with an incoming turn by a conversation partner. We show that planning spoken responses in overlap with incoming turns is associated with higher processing load than planning in silence. In a dialogic experiment, participants took turns with a confederate describing lists […]

Published on June 30, 2019

Ictal High-Frequency Oscillation for Lateralizing Patients With Suspected Bitemporal Epilepsy Using Wavelet Transform and Granger Causality Analysis

Indentifying lateralization of bilateral temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a challenging issue, scalp electroencephalography (EEG) and routine band electrocorticography (ECoG) fail to reveal the epileptogenic focus for further temporal lobectomy treatment. HFOs can be utilized as a biomarker for lateralizing the onset zone in suspected bitemporal epilepsy. Except subjective vision detect the HFOs, objective verification […]

Published on June 29, 2019