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| Research article summary (published 30 May 2003): |
Greater orbitofrontal activity predicts better memory for faces.
Full Abstract
Having demonstrated recently that the orbitofrontal cortex is selectively involved when novel abstract visual information is encoded, we investigated whether the same orbitofrontal area would be activated during the encoding of novel human faces. The present positron emission tomography study demonstrated that area 11 in the right orbitofrontal region, which is directly linked to the medial temporal lobe, is a critical frontal area selectively activated when normal human subjects are engaged in encoding visually presented faces. Furthermore, better face recognition performance correlated with greater cerebral blood flow specifically in this orbitofrontal area.
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Author information
Author/s: Frey, Stephen (S); Petrides, Michael (M);
Affiliation: Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada. stephen@bic.mni.mcgill.ca
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: The European journal of neuroscience (Eur J Neurosci), published in France. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Jun; vol 17 (issue 12) : pp 2755-8
Dates: Created 2003/06/25; Completed 2003/09/24; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12823483, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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