Reduced Enhancement of Memory for Faces Encoded by Semantic and Socioemotional Processes in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Objectives: Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) exhibit impaired semantic and socioemotional processes, which are thought to be related to dysfunctions in the fronto-striatal circuit. However, little is known about how the memory enhancement by these processes was reduced in PD. The present study investigated this issue. Methods: The retrieval performance of face memories encoded by semantic and socioemotional processes was compared between...