Eleanor A. Maguire

CA2/3-dependent stability of frontoparietal mnemonic representations predicts episodic deficits in human amnesia

This study shows that CA2/3 volume predicts mnemonic stability and episodic memory deficits in human amnesia using representational dissimilarity matrices.

Is high-frequency activity evidence of an anterior temporal lobe network or micro-saccades?

The paper investigates high-frequency brain activity in the temporal lobes using MEG data, finding a bilateral network but uncertainty about its origin.

Robust Estimation of 1/f Activity Improves Oscillatory Burst Detection

The paper introduces fBOSC, a method to improve oscillatory burst detection by robustly estimating 1/f background activity in neural data.

Conduction velocity along a key white matter tract is associated with autobiographical memory recall ability

The paper links conduction velocity in the parahippocampal cingulum bundle to autobiographical memory recall ability in healthy adults using MR g-ratio measurements.

Using OPMs to measure neural activity in standing, mobile participants

This study demonstrates that OP-MEG can measure neural activity during significant head movements, including standing and large natural movements, with consistent auditory evoked fields.

Testing covariance models for MEG source reconstruction of hippocampal activity

The paper tests covariance models for MEG source reconstruction, finding that incorporating a correlated hippocampal source model improves model evidence.

Reducing susceptibility distortion related image blurring in diffusion MRI EPI data

This study improves susceptibility distortion correction in diffusion MRI data using a new pipeline, enhancing g-ratio mapping accuracy.

Magnetic Field Mapping and Correction for Moving OP-MEG

This paper models and corrects magnetic field variations in moving OP-MEG data to reduce movement artefacts.

Characterising the hippocampal response to perception, construction and complexity

This study investigates the hippocampal response to scene processing, finding it is more active for naturalistic scenes than scrambled ones, with distinct regions involved in color and layout detection, and no effect of scene complexity.

The relationship between hippocampal-dependent task performance and hippocampal grey matter myelination and iron content

This study investigates whether hippocampal grey matter myelination or iron content correlates with hippocampal-dependent task performance in young adults, finding no significant associations.

Modelling optically pumped magnetometerinterference as a mean (magnetic) field

The paper models magnetic interference in optically pumped magnetometers as a mean field to improve statistical power and reduce sensor variability.

The effect of object type on building scene imagery - an MEG study

This study uses MEG to show that space-defining objects elicit distinct neural responses in vmPFC and STG during scene construction compared to space-ambiguous objects.

Mouth magnetoencephalography: A unique perspective on the human hippocampus

This paper investigates the use of mouth-based sensors in magnetoencephalography (MEG) to study the human hippocampus, finding that mouth sensors show unique task-related activity and anti-correlation with temporal lobe sensors.

Does hippocampal volume explain performance differences on hippocampal-dependent tasks?

This study investigates whether hippocampal grey matter volume correlates with performance on hippocampal-dependent tasks in healthy adults and finds little evidence of such a relationship.

Characterising strategy use during the performance of hippocampal-dependent tasks

The paper examines the strategies used by participants to perform hippocampal-dependent tasks and finds that scene visual imagery is a dominant strategy across multiple cognitive tasks.

vmPFC drives hippocampal processing during autobiographical memory recall regardless of remoteness

This study investigates the interaction between the hippocampus and vmPFC during autobiographical memory recall, finding that vmPFC drives hippocampal activity regardless of memory remoteness.

The role of hippocampal-vmPFC neural dynamics in building mental representations

This study investigates how hippocampal and vmPFC neural dynamics contribute to the construction of mental representations, finding distinct theta power modulation during scene versus array imagery.

Do questionnaires reflect their purported cognitive functions?

The paper evaluates how well questionnaires reflect cognitive functions through task performance and finds mixed results, with some questionnaires acting as proxies while others show more complex relationships.

The neural dynamics of novel scene imagery

This study investigates neural dynamics during novel scene imagery and finds similar hippocampus-vmPFC interactions as seen in episodic memory retrieval.

Identifying the cognitive processes underpinning hippocampal-dependent tasks

The paper investigates the relationship between autobiographical memory, future thinking, and spatial navigation, finding that scene construction, not memory, mediates their interrelation.

Differences in functional connectivity along the anterior-posterior axis of human hippocampal subfields

The paper examines functional connectivity patterns of human hippocampal subfields along the anterior-posterior axis using resting state fMRI, finding differences in connectivity between subfield portions and with neighboring cortices.

Encoding of 3D head direction information in the human brain

This study investigates how the human brain encodes 3D head direction information using a virtual 3D environment and fMRI, finding distinct roles for the thalamus, subiculum, and retrosplenial cortex in encoding horizontal and vertical directions.

Can we study 3D grid codes non-invasively in the human brain? Methodological considerations and fMRI findings

The paper develops software and an fMRI analysis method to test 3D grid models in humans, finding evidence for a face-centred cubic lattice model in entorhinal cortex.

Differentiable processing of objects, associations and scenes within the hippocampus

This study uses a mental imagery paradigm and high-resolution fMRI to show that different parts of the hippocampus are involved in scene construction versus associative processing, indicating heterogeneity in its function.

Verbal paired associates and the hippocampus: The role of scenes

This study investigates why the hippocampus is involved in verbal paired associates tasks by comparing scene, object, and abstract word pairs using fMRI.

Non-monotonic recruitment of ventromedial prefrontal cortex during remote memory recall

The paper investigates the time-course of ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) recruitment during remote memory recall using fMRI and finds a non-monotonic pattern of engagement over time.

Hippocampus, retrosplenial and parahippocampal cortices encode multi-compartment 3D space in a hierarchical manner

The paper investigates how the human brain encodes 3D multi-compartment space, finding hierarchical neural representations and isotropic encoding of vertical and horizontal information.

Mind-wandering in people with hippocampal damage

This study investigates mind-wandering in individuals with hippocampal damage, finding that while frequency is similar to controls, the content and form of mind-wandering are altered.