Default mode network gates the retrieval of task-irrelevant incidental memories
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▶ Deactivation of default mode network prevents task-irrelevant incidental retrieval. ▶ Activation in putamen during trials with incidental retrieval failure. ▶ Intentional retrieval failure not associated with default mode network.
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by a grant from the Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences for the Nordic Center of Excellence in Cognitive Control. The author thanks Karolina Kauppi for help in data collection, and Lars Nyberg and René Westerhausen for helpful discussions.
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