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SUBMITTER: Norman Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5670232 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20171103 1
Asked to freely recall items from a predefined set (e.g., animals), we rarely recall a wrong exemplar (e.g., a vegetable). This capability is so powerful and effortless that it is essentially taken for granted, yet, surprisingly, the underlying neuronal mechanisms are unknown. Here we investigate this boundary setting mechanism using intracranial recordings (ECoG), in 12 patients undergoing epilepsy monitoring engaged in episodic free recall. After viewing vivid photographs from two categories ( ...[more]