Table 2.

Some continuing issues for a cognitive neuroscience of source memory.

Clarifying features Distinguishing between encoded features, activated/revived features, and used (weighted, evaluated) features Differentiating the “self” as a feature, the originator, and the experiencer, of events Assessing emotion as a feature of memory vs a modulator of other feature information Clarifying how feature A may have an impact on judgments about feature B, and how information is imported (or cumulated) across representations Characterizing the relation between information that yields a feeling of familiarity and information that yields a feeling of more specific recollection Identifying the nature of the information (e.g., features, feature combinations) to which specific brain areas, or networks of areas, are sensitive Specifying brain areas, and/or dynamic networks, associated with subjective ratings of vividness (e.g., MCQ) Clarifying processes Specifying the component processes recruited during source memory (e.g., refreshing, rehearsing, noting, shifting, retrieving) and how they are coordinated during encoding and remembering Differentiating brain regions, networks, and temporal dynamics associated with setting and implementing agendas (e.g., for organization, feature binding) during the encoding of events making source attributions (e.g., retrieval orientation; looking for/weighting detail of type X; self-cuing; feature activation; evaluation/monitoring). Identifying the conditions leading to, and functional significance of, increases/decreases of activity in a brain area vs increases/decreases in functional connectivity between areas Understanding disrupted source memory Capitalizing on advances on the issues noted above in the systematic study of groups showing source memory deficits (e.g., older adults, individuals with schizophrenia, PTSD, depression) individual differences related to errors in source memory (e.g., imagery ability, suggestibility, anxiety)