I’d tell you a story if I could: The role of hippocampal declarative memory in narrative construction
Angela Cohen
Jake Kurczek
Melissa Duff
10.6084/m9.figshare.3482927.v1
https://figshare.com/articles/poster/_I_d_tell_you_a_story_if_I_could_The_role_of_hippocampal_declarative_memory_in_narrative_construction/3482927
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<p>Cohen, A.*, Kurczek J., & Duff, M. C. (2012, July). I’d tell you a story if I could: The role of hippocampal declarative memory in narrative construction. <i>Poster presentation at the University of Iowa Summer Undergraduate Research Conference</i>, Iowa City, IA.</p><p> The hippocampus has long been considered critical for declarative memory as
hippocampal damage produces anterograde amnesia (i.e., an inability to form new
memories).
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<p>• Anterograde amnesia compromises the ability to create, update and juxtapose
mental representations that can be used in service of declarative memory. Patients
with amnesia, however, have been considered to have intact remote memory and an
otherwise unremarkable neuropsychological profile (i.e., their sole deficit is forming
new declarative memories).
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<p>• However, new research suggests that the functioning of the hippocampus may
extend beyond its contributions to memory to affect language (Duff & Brown-
Schmidt, 2012). For example, the ability to create and tell stories requires the ability
to bring together multiple representations.
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<p>• When telling an autobiographical account or spontaneously creating a story
individuals with amnesia may omit “episodic-like” details, such as time, place, and
emotional states specific to the event and include more extraneous (i.e., semantic)
details.
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<p>• This research investigates narrative abilities in individuals with amnesia. </p>
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2016-07-12 19:00:36
Declarative Memory
Narrative
Hippocampus
Amnesia
Neuroscience and Physiological Psychology
Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension)