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Previous studies have shown that reaction time in an item-recognition task
with both short and long lists is a quadratic function of list length. This
suggests that either different memory retrieval processes are implied for
short and long lists or an adaptive process is involved. An event-related f
unctional magnetic resonance imaging study with nine subjects and list leng
ths varying between 3 and 18 words was conducted to identify the underlying
neuronal structures of retrieval from long and short lists. For the retrie
val and processing of word-lists a single fronto-parietal network, includin
g premotor, left prefrontal, left precuneal and left parietal regions, was
activated. With increasing list length, no additional regions became involv
ed in retrieving information from long-term memory, suggesting that not nec
essarily different, but highly adaptive retrieval processes are involved. (
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