Aditya M. Rao

The paper investigates neural components specific to episodic memory by analyzing cross-task decoding in patients performing free recall and arithmetic tasks.

The paper analyzes intracranial recordings to show that brain-wide theta synchrony, especially slow theta, marks successful episodic memory retrieval and correlates with theta power increases.

The paper shows that MTL neurons phase-lock to hippocampal theta oscillations, indicating a role for theta synchronization in memory-related communication across brain regions.