{"creation_time": 1764277750, "last_updated": 1764277750, "name": "Mnemonic similarity task", "definition_text": "The Mnemonic Similarity Task (MST) is a memory test that assesses the ability to distinguish between previously seen items, novel items, and highly similar \u201clure\u201d items. Performance on lure discrimination provides a behavioral measure of pattern separation, a hippocampal-dependent process that supports forming distinct representations of similar experiences. The task also captures pattern completion tendencies, reflected in misidentifying similar lures as old.", "id": "tsk_RXmB56vrYW66T", "type": "task", "conditions": [], "concepts": [], "indicators": [], "external_datasets": [], "implementations": [], "citation": [], "contrasts": [], "batteries": [], "disorders": []}