Memory Processes and Influences

Nested Contextual change and the temporal compression of episodic memory

This study investigates how nested event structures affect memory for temporal and spatial information in a virtual reality setting, finding stronger temporal compression in events with fewer items.

A shared brain state for episodic and semantic retrieval

This study investigates whether the retrieval state, associated with memory recall, is specific to episodic memory or supports both episodic and semantic memory by analyzing EEG data during different judgment tasks.

Spatially unitized associations occupy an intermediate position along the item-to-association continuum in older adults

The paper investigates how spatial proximity affects associative memory in older adults and finds that spatially unitized associations are processed between item and associative representations in the medial temporal lobe.

The formation and content of odor memory from childhood

This study investigates childhood olfactory memories, finding they are encoded around age six, involve pleasant odors in multisensory contexts, and are more emotionally positive than non-olfactory memories.

Do lovebirds ever forget? Long-term memory retention and adaptive forgetting in rosy-faced lovebirds

This study investigates long-term memory retention and adaptive forgetting in rosy-faced lovebirds through three experiments on memory persistence, reversal learning, and post-reversal forgetting.

A neural network model of free recall learns multiple memory strategies

This paper shows neural networks can develop diverse memory strategies for free recall, including an item index code similar to memory palace techniques, which outperforms temporal context models.

The role of the Angular Gyrus in the Elaboration of Specific and Categoric Memories

This study examines the role of the angular gyrus in retrieving specific and categoric memories using fMRI, finding that AG activity correlates with memory detail and shows functional differentiation between subregions.

Representational magnitude as a geometric signature ofimage and word memorability

The paper shows that representational magnitude predicts memorability across image and word datasets, suggesting it is a general property of distributed representations.

Associative Visual Memory in Aphantasia: Evidence for Intact Object and Spatial Memory, Metacognitive Awareness, but Different Strategies

This study investigates associative visual memory in aphantasia, finding intact object and spatial memory, metacognitive awareness, and the use of nonvisual strategies by aphantasics.

Encoding and Retrieval in Parallel: ERP Correlates of Continuous Recognition Memory for Natural Scenes

The paper investigates ERP correlates of continuous recognition memory for natural scenes, showing that canonical ERP markers are preserved during concurrent encoding and retrieval, with effects dependent on repetition and lag.

Neural correlates of successful relational memory in younger and older adults: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis

This study uses ALE meta-analysis to identify neural correlates of relational memory success in younger and older adults, finding stable hippocampal involvement and age-related differences in prefrontal and retrieval-related regions.

Coordinate-Based fMRI Meta-Analyses of Episodic Memory Encoding and Retrieval in Depression

This study uses fMRI meta-analyses to compare brain activity during memory encoding and retrieval in depression versus non-depressed individuals, finding stage- and content-specific differences.

Episodic and semantic memory contributions to imagination and creativity

The paper examines how episodic and semantic memory relate to divergent thinking and episodic simulation, finding semantic memory strongly predicts divergent thinking while both memory types predict episodic simulation.

Remoteness sensitive theta network dynamics during early autobiographical memory access

This study examines neural dynamics during autobiographical memory retrieval, finding that remote memories show increased theta power and more efficient connectivity patterns compared to recent memories.

Encoding-related fMRI BOLD activity predicts subsequent memory for studied scenes, but not subsequent identification of perceptually similar lures.

The paper shows that encoding-related fMRI BOLD activity predicts memory for scenes but not for similar lures in a mnemonic similarity task.

Flexible decisions arise from resource-rational memory sampling

This study shows that flexible decisions are made by sampling memories in a resource-rational way, using gaze patterns and a neural network model.

Cortical reinstatement of causally related events sparks narrative insights by updating neural representation patterns

The paper investigates how neural patterns representing causally related past events are reinstated and updated in the brain during moments of narrative insight.

Competition Between Memory Updating and Differentiation Emerges from Intrinsic Network Dynamics

The paper presents a computational model based on a modified Hopfield network to explain how prediction errors drive competition between memory updating and differentiation in recognition tasks.

Category-selective functional connectivity during episodic encoding and retrieval in younger and older adults

The paper examines category-selective functional connectivity during encoding and retrieval of visual information in younger and older adults, finding age-related differences in scene-selective connectivity and its relation to memory performance.

Medial Temporal Default Mode Network Selectively Encodes Autobiographical Visual Imagery

The paper uses fMRI and AI models to show that the medial temporal default mode network encodes visual imagery from autobiographical memories.

Subsequent memory effect in the inferior frontal gyrus revealed by fNIRS

This study shows that fNIRS can detect the subsequent memory effect in the inferior frontal gyrus during encoding of remembered versus forgotten events.

Experimentally-induced encoding variability influences mnemonic discrimination: Evidence from human behavioral data and global matching models

The paper manipulates encoding variability in a mnemonic task and shows that increased repetitions of non-target stimuli impair mnemonic discrimination, supported by behavioral data and a global matching model.

Accessing Meaning During Encoding Shapes Subsequent Memory Reactivation in the Brain

This study shows that different levels of semantic access during encoding lead to distinct neural reactivation patterns during memory retrieval.

Remembered event features shape default mode network engagement during emotional memory recall

The paper investigates how subnetworks of the default mode network (DMN) support different aspects of emotional memory recall, finding distinct roles for the medial temporal and dorsomedial subnetworks in perceptual details and emotional tone, respectively.

Healthy aging, processing speed, and mnemonic brain state engagement

The paper investigates how processing time affects mnemonic brain state engagement in older adults, finding they under-recruit young-adult like retrieval states when task-relevant and over-recruit task-irrelevant states.

Children and adults use distinct neurocognitive mechanisms to support successful memory-based inference

The paper shows that children and adults use different neural mechanisms for memory-based inference, with adults using a direct retrieval mechanism involving the angular gyrus.

Binding items to contexts through conjunctive neural representations with the Method of Loci

The paper investigates how the brain forms connections between new information and existing schemas using the Method of Loci, finding that default mode network regions create conjunctive representations that evolve with expertise.

Neural Context Reinstatement of Recurring Events

The paper investigates whether recalling a recurring event reinstates its initial occurrence's neural context, finding stronger temporal context associations with the first occurrence than later repetitions.

Repeated extrinsic rewards following retrieval practice facilitate later memory

This study shows that repeated rewards after retrieval practice improve memory, while low vivid retrieval practice impairs memory.

Temporal expectation triggers competition in working memory that leads to forgetting

This study shows that competition in working memory driven by temporal expectations leads to forgetting by reducing neural evidence for less relevant items.