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Mnemonic Training Reshapes Brain Networks to Support Superior Memory

Overview of attention for article published in Neuron, March 2017
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Title
Mnemonic Training Reshapes Brain Networks to Support Superior Memory
Published in
Neuron, March 2017
DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.02.003
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Martin Dresler, William R. Shirer, Boris N. Konrad, Nils C.J. Müller, Isabella C. Wagner, Guillén Fernández, Michael Czisch, Michael D. Greicius

Abstract

Memory skills strongly differ across the general population; however, little is known about the brain characteristics supporting superior memory performance. Here we assess functional brain network organization of 23 of the world's most successful memory athletes and matched controls with fMRI during both task-free resting state baseline and active memory encoding. We demonstrate that, in a group of naive controls, functional connectivity changes induced by 6 weeks of mnemonic training were correlated with the network organization that distinguishes athletes from controls. During rest, this effect was mainly driven by connections between rather than within the visual, medial temporal lobe and default mode networks, whereas during task it was driven by connectivity within these networks. Similarity with memory athlete connectivity patterns predicted memory improvements up to 4 months after training. In conclusion, mnemonic training drives distributed rather than regional changes, reorganizing the brain's functional network organization to enable superior memory performance.

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Country Count As %
United States 7 1%
United Kingdom 4 <1%
Canada 3 <1%
Germany 2 <1%
Austria 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Other 3 <1%
Unknown 611 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 113 18%
Researcher 102 16%
Student > Master 82 13%
Student > Bachelor 79 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 38 6%
Other 114 18%
Unknown 107 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 137 22%
Psychology 128 20%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 53 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 52 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 3%
Other 104 16%
Unknown 144 23%
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