TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lee, Hwee Ling
AU  - Stirnberg, Rüdiger
AU  - Stöcker, Tony
AU  - Axmacher, Nikolai
TI  - Audiovisual integration supports face-name associative memory formation.
JO  - Cognitive neuroscience
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
SN  - 1758-8928
CY  - Hove
PB  - Psychology Press
M1  - DZNE-2020-05802
SP  - 177-192
PY  - 2017
AB  - Prior multisensory experience influences how we perceive our environment, and hence how memories are encoded for subsequent retrieval. This study investigated if audiovisual (AV) integration and associative memory formation rely on overlapping or distinct processes. Our functional magnetic resonance imaging results demonstrate that the neural mechanisms underlying AV integration and associative memory overlap substantially. In particular, activity in anterior superior temporal sulcus (STS) is increased during AV integration and also determines the success of novel AV face-name association formation. Dynamic causal modeling results further demonstrate how the anterior STS interacts with the associative memory system to facilitate successful memory formation for AV face-name associations. Specifically, the connection of fusiform gyrus to anterior STS is enhanced while the reverse connection is reduced when participants subsequently remembered both face and name. Collectively, our results demonstrate how multisensory associative memories can be formed for subsequent retrieval.
KW  - Acoustic Stimulation
KW  - Adult
KW  - Association Learning: physiology
KW  - Auditory Perception: physiology
KW  - Brain Mapping
KW  - Facial Recognition: physiology
KW  - Female
KW  - Humans
KW  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW  - Male
KW  - Memory: physiology
KW  - Names
KW  - Photic Stimulation
KW  - Recognition, Psychology
KW  - Temporal Lobe: physiology
KW  - Young Adult
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:28494223
DO  - DOI:10.1080/17588928.2017.1327426
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/139480
ER  -