Evaluation of the subsequent memory effect of hippocampal encoding based on tests of associative recognition and cued recall

Hippocampal involvement during encoding has been probed using subsequent memory effects (SMEs) which are estimated by contrasting neural activities associated with successful versus unsuccessful memory encoding. Previously, it has been proposed that associative recognition and cued recall are two different retrieval processes. This lead us to hypothize that different encoding processes of the same material might serve these different retrieval processes. Here, we tested the effect of associative recognition vs. cued recall on the evaluation of SMEs within the hippocampus. Functional magnetic resonance imaging wa…