Previous fMRI study

We have attached a recent study from our laboratory from which we have designed our current project. This study has revealed an increased activation in the piriform cortex for successful encoding of stimuli when a congruent odor was presented during both encoding and recognition phases compared to incongruent presentation of odors. This evidence may suggest enhanced retrieval of information previously encoded with odor perception. Since in Reichert et al., 2017 there was no interaction between the encoded stimuli and the odors, with the current project we would like to clarify whether the effects of the odor context depend on the interaction between the odor the type of encoded stimuli (so faces and social odors).