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The brain regions supporting schema-related processing of people’s identities

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posted on 2023-06-09, 20:06 authored by Petar Raykov, James L Keidel, Jane OakhillJane Oakhill, Chris BirdChris Bird
Schematic knowledge about people helps us to understand their behaviour in novel situations. The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and hippocampus play important, yet poorly understood, roles in schema-based processing. Here, we manipulated schematic knowledge by familiarizing participants over the course of a week to the two lead characters of one of two TV shows. Then during MRI scanning, they viewed pictures of all four characters and performed a recognition memory test afterwards. Memory was also tested for short videos. Schematic knowledge boosted performance on both memory tests. Whole-brain analyses revealed knowledge related activation increases in the vmPFC and retrosplenial cortex while a similar effect was identified in a hippocampal region-of-interest. Representational similarity analyses identified person-specific patterns of activity in the vmPFC but not hippocampus, but no effect of familiarization. Our findings suggest complementary roles for the vmPFC and hippocampus in processing schematic knowledge that was acquired in a naturalistic manner.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Cognitive Neuropsychology

ISSN

0264-3294

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Page range

1-17

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2020-01-06

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-11-12

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-01-03

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