TY  - JOUR
AU  - Wagner, I. C.
AU  - Konrad, B. N.
AU  - Schuster, P.
AU  - Weisig, S.
AU  - Repantis, D.
AU  - Ohla, K.
AU  - Kühn, S.
AU  - Fernández, G.
AU  - Steiger, A.
AU  - Lamm, C.
AU  - Czisch, M.
AU  - Dresler, M.
TI  - Durable memories and efficient neural coding through mnemonic training using the method of loci
JO  - Science advances
VL  - 7
IS  - 10
SN  - 2375-2548
CY  - Washington, DC [u.a.]
PB  - Assoc.
M1  - FZJ-2021-01909
SP  - eabc7606 -
PY  - 2021
AB  - Mnemonic techniques, such as the method of loci, can powerfully boost memory. We compared memory athletes ranked among the world’s top 50 in memory sports to mnemonics-naïve controls. In a second study, participants completed a 6-week memory training, working memory training, or no intervention. Behaviorally, memory training enhanced durable, longer-lasting memories. Functional magnetic resonance imaging during encoding and recognition revealed task-based activation decreases in lateral prefrontal, as well as in parahippocampal and retrosplenial cortices in both memory athletes and participants after memory training, partly associated with better performance after 4 months. This was complemented by hippocampal-neocortical coupling during consolidation, which was stronger the more durable memories participants formed. Our findings advance knowledge on how mnemonic training boosts durable memory formation through decreased task-based activation and increased consolidation thereafter. This is in line with conceptual accounts of neural efficiency and highlights a complex interplay of neural processes critical for extraordinary memory.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - 33658191
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000625411900002
DO  - DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abc7606
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/892058
ER  -