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Harkotte, M.* ; Contreras, M.P.* ; Inostroza, M.* ; Born, J.

Effects of information load on schema and episodic memory formation.

Front. Behav. Neurosci. 16:923713 (2022)
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The formation of semantic memories is assumed to result from the abstraction of general, schema-like knowledge across multiple experiences, while at the same time, episodic details from individual experiences are forgotten. Against this backdrop, our study examined the effects of information load (high vs. low) during encoding on the formation of episodic and schema memory using an elaborated version of an object-place recognition (OPR) task in rats. The task allowed for the abstraction of a spatial rule across four (low information load) or eight (high information load) encoding episodes (spaced apart by a 20 min interval) in which the rats could freely explore two objects in an open field arena. After this encoding phase, animals were left undisturbed for 24 h and then tested either for the expression of schema memory, i.e., for the spatial rule, or memory for an individual encoding episode. Rats in the high information load condition exhibited a more robust schema memory for the spatial rule than in the low information load condition. In contrast, rats in the low load condition showed more robust memory for individual learning episodes than in the high information load condition. Our findings of opposing effects might point to an information-load-dependent competitive relationship between processes of schema and episodic memory formation, although other explanations are possible.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Episodic Memory ; Information Load ; Memory Tradeoff ; Object Recognition ; Schema Memory
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1662-5153
e-ISSN 1662-5153
Zeitschrift Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Quellenangaben Band: 16, Heft: , Seiten: , Artikelnummer: 923713 Supplement: ,
Verlag Frontiers
Verlagsort Lausanne
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM)
Förderungen Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
European Research Council
Hertie Foundation