Steven D Holladay, Robert M Gogal, Parkerson C Moore, R Cary Tuckfield, Brandy A Burgess, Scott A Brown
Predictive Value of Veterinary Student Application Data for Class Rank at End of Year 1
Veterinary sciences
integration separate memories forms basis inferential reasoningan essential cognitive process enables complex behavior considerable evidence suggests hippocampus medial prefrontal cortex mpfc play crucial role memory integration although previous studies indicate theta oscillations facilitate memory processes electrophysiological mechanisms underlying memory integration remain elusive bridge gap recorded magnetoencephalography data participants performed inference task employed novel source reconstruction techniques estimate oscillatory signals hippocampus found hippocampal theta power encoding predicts subsequent memory integration moreover observed increased theta coherence hippocampus mpfc results suggest integrated memory representations arise hippocampal theta oscillations possibly reflecting dynamic switching encoding retrieval states facilitating communication mpfc findings important implications understanding memorybased decision making knowledge acquisition