Increases in Medial Temporal Lobe BOLD Activity Co-Occur With Decreases in Theta Power During Usage of the Method of Loci
Material below summarizes the article Spatial Mnemonic Encoding: Theta Power Decreases and Medial Temporal Lobe BOLD Increases Co-Occur during the Usage of the Method of Loci, published on December 21, 2016, in eNeuro and authored by Marie-Christin Fellner, Gregor Volberg, Maria Wimber, Markus Goldhacker, Mark W. Greenlee, and Simon Hanslmayr.
How does the brain form new memories? Converging evidence shows that the key brain structures crucial for the formation of new memories are located in the medial temporal lobes (MTL). The same MTL regions are also part of the network of regions underlying spatial processing and navigation.
The idea that memory encoding and spatial processing rely on common resources is not new. The beneficial effect of spatial processing on memory encoding is known since ancient Greek times, when the Method of Loci, a mnemonic using spatial processing to enhance memory, was first described.
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