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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2025) 37 (3): 680–692.
Published: 01 March 2025
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View articletitled, Neural Correlates of Retrieval Success and Precision: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
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Prior studies examining the neural mechanisms underlying retrieval success and precision have yielded inconsistent results. Here, the neural correlates of success and precision were examined with a memory task that assessed precision for spatial location. A sample of healthy young adults underwent fMRI scanning during a single study–test cycle. At study, participants viewed a series of object images, each placed at a randomly selected location on an imaginary circle. At test, studied images were intermixed with new images and presented to the participants. The requirement was to move a cursor to the location of the studied image, guessing if necessary. Participants then signaled whether the presented image had been studied. Memory precision was quantified as the angular difference between the studied location and the location selected by the participant. A precision effect was evident in the left angular gyrus, where BOLD activity covaried with location accuracy. In addition, multivoxel pattern analysis revealed a significant item-level reinstatement effect in the angular gyrus for high-precision trials. There was no evidence of a retrieval success effect in this region. BOLD activity in the hippocampus was insensitive to both success and precision. These findings are partially consistent with prior evidence that success and precision are dissociable features of memory retrieval.