Memory Processes and Influences

Suppression weakens unwanted memories via a sustained reduction of neural reactivation

The paper shows that suppressing unwanted memories reduces their vividness by decreasing neural reactivation in brain regions associated with memory retrieval.

Path vectors: a neural code for sequential memory

This paper introduces a model where sequences are represented as path vectors through cognitive states, showing how structured narratives improve memory recall by reducing path interference.

Age-related neural dedifferentiation for individual stimuli: An across-participant pattern similarity analysis

The paper introduces an across-participant pattern similarity analysis to measure neural distinctiveness for individual stimuli and finds age-related reductions in neural pattern distinctiveness during memory encoding.

Pattern reinstatement and attentional control: overlapping processes during episodic long-term memory retrieval

The paper investigates pattern reinstatement and attentional control during episodic long-term memory retrieval using EEG alpha-beta activity, finding that attentional control effects dominate over pattern reinstatement.

Event segmentation reveals working memory forgetting rate

The paper investigates how working memory capacity and forgetting rate relate to event segmentation and memory performance in different tasks.

Understanding associative false memories in aging using multivariate analyses

This study investigates age-related declines in associative memory using multivariate analyses, finding reduced discriminability in older adults due to increased false memories and altered neural pattern similarity.

Schema representations in distinct brain networks support narrative memory during encoding and retrieval

When to retrieve and encode episodic memories: a neural network model of hippocampal-cortical interaction

This study uses a neural network model to show that selective retrieval and encoding of episodic memories improves prediction performance by reducing the risk of irrelevant memory retrieval.

Semantic overlap protects from interference by restoring encoding mechanisms

The paper investigates how semantic overlap between experiences can protect against interference caused by temporal overlap, showing it enhances memory and alters neural encoding mechanisms.

Age-related differences in encoding-retrieval similarity and their relationship to false memory

The paper examines age-related changes in encoding-retrieval similarity (ERS) and their link to false memory in younger and older adults.

The convergence and divergence of episodic and semantic functions across lateral parietal cortex

This study investigates the functional and structural differences between ventral and dorsal lateral parietal cortex in semantic and episodic memory tasks using fMRI and DTI data.

Size matters - larger images are better remembered during free viewing

The paper shows that larger images are better remembered during free viewing, with memorability proportional to image size, independent of other factors.

The Retrieval-related Anterior shift is Moderated by Age and Correlates with Memory Performance

This study examines how age affects the anterior shift during memory retrieval and links it to memory performance in younger and older adults.

Episodic memory precision and reality monitoring following stimulation of angular gyrus

This study investigates how memory precision affects reality monitoring decisions and finds that angular gyrus stimulation disrupts the link between memory precision and self-referential reality monitoring.

Integrating region- and network-level contributions to episodic recollection using multilevel structural equation modeling

This study uses multilevel structural equation modeling to examine how region- and network-level contributions within the posterior medial network relate to episodic memory outcomes.

Distinct generation of subjective vividness and confidence during naturalistic memory retrieval in angular gyrus

The paper investigates how vividness and confidence in memory retrieval differ in the angular gyrus using rTMS and neuroimaging.

Age-related declines in neural selectivity manifest differentially during encoding and recognition

The paper was retracted due to analytical errors that significantly affected results and conclusions.

Non-linear functional brain co-activations in short-term memory distortion tasks

The paper investigates how time of day affects false memory formation using non-linear correlation analysis of fMRI data from a short-term memory task.

In for a pound, in for a penny: How the opportunity to gain reward influences the competition for memory resources

The paper tests how reward prediction affects memory, finding that high-reward items are better remembered when mixed with low-reward items, but forgetting rates are not influenced by reward.

EEG biomarkers of free recall

The paper identifies EEG spectral biomarkers of long-term memory retrieval by comparing immediate and delayed recall conditions.

What happened when? Brain and behavioral responses to modified structure and content in episodic cueing

The paper investigates how different types of episodic prediction errors affect brain activity and memory performance using modified episodic cues and fMRI.

Sleep Enhances Neural Representations of True and False Memories: An Event-Related Potential Study

This study investigates how sleep affects true and false memory processing using ERP measurements in a DRM paradigm with a daytime nap.

Identifying Causal Subsequent Memory Effects

The paper investigates causal subsequent memory effects using fMRI and finds that standard analyses replicate memory effects but fail to identify causal signals after adjusting for confounders, suggesting neuroimaging measures may lack precision.

Direct neural evidence for the contrastive roles of the complementary learning systems in adult acquisition of native vocabulary

The paper investigates the neural mechanisms of vocabulary acquisition in adults using functional neuroimaging, finding that newly learned words engage both episodic memory and semantic language regions, with hippocampal activity predicting long-term retention.

Rapid Neural Reorganization during Retrieval Practice Predicts Subsequent Long-term Retention and False Memory

This study shows that rapid neural reorganization during retrieval practice predicts long-term retention and false memory, with distinct brain regions involved in each outcome.

Neural signatures of compression in the retelling of past events

The paper investigates how temporal compression in memory retelling affects neural patterns, showing systematic encoding-to-recall transformations in higher associative brain regions.

Incidental reinstatement of faces and scenes in medial temporal lobe subregions during word recognition

The paper shows that high-confident word recognition in humans incurs incidental reinstatement of associated face and scene representations in medial temporal lobe subregions, even without explicit retrieval instructions.

Neural mechanisms by which spaced learning promotes understanding

This study investigates how spaced learning enhances understanding by analyzing neural activity and cognitive processes during word meaning inference.

Effects of order on memory of event times

This study investigates how the order of events affects memory of their absolute times, finding that memory for order influences reported absolute times more than absolute time encoding alone.

Perceptual and Semantic Representations at Encoding Contribute to True and False Recognition of Objects

The paper uses fMRI and representational similarity analysis to show that both perceptual and semantic representations contribute to true and false recognition of objects, with fine-grained features aiding accurate recall and coarse categories linked to forgetting.