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Neural origins of 'I remember'

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An imaging study shows that recognition associated with a specific time and setting (episodic memory) activates the hippocampus—whereas other forms of recognition do not.

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Figure 1: Words associated with episodic memory were isolated by using a behavioral protocol known as the 'remember-know' procedure.

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