Memory Processes and Influences

Unpacking similarity effects in visual memory search: categorical, semantic, and visual contributions

This study investigates how categorical, semantic, and visual similarity affect memory search performance in short- and long-term memory tasks.

The hidden phase of memory: EEG signatures of reactivation during post-retrieval rest

The paper identifies EEG beta power reductions and network changes during post-retrieval rest as markers of memory reactivation linked to better long-term memory performance.

Neural dynamics of relational memory retrieval across eye movements

This study investigates the relationship between theta and alpha EEG activity and sequential eye movements during relational memory retrieval, finding distinct neural signatures linked to retrieval success.

Pupillary dynamics reflect age-related changes in memory encoding

This study shows that older adults show reduced pupillary responses during memory encoding, suggesting age-related decline in locus coeruleus function affecting memory performance.

Emotional arousal enhances narrative memories through functional integration of large-scale brain networks

The paper shows emotional arousal improves memory recall by enhancing functional integration of brain networks during narrative processing.

Efficient memorization of dynamic stimuli with future interactions

This study shows that dynamic stimuli involving future interactions are better recalled than static or simpler stimuli, suggesting memory encodes these as static interaction maps, aiding decision-making in complex environments.

Default Mode Network Connectivity Predicts Individual Differences in Long-Term Forgetting: Evidence for Storage Degradation, not Retrieval Failure

This study links individual differences in long-term memory forgetting to resting-state brain connectivity patterns, supporting storage degradation over retrieval failure.

Task-relevant representational spaces in human memory traces

The paper shows that memory traces involve task-relevant representational spaces that influence memory strength and perceptual discrimination.

Memorability of Images Positively Influences Associative Memory Retention

The paper shows that using highly memorable images improves associative memory retention across different age groups and cognitive statuses, especially when the image and target word are semantically unrelated.

Natural language processing captures memory content associated with shared neural patterns at encoding

The paper uses natural language processing to link shared neural patterns in the DMN to memory content similarity during encoding.

A neural network with key-value episodic memory retrieves and organizes memories based on causal event structures

Key moments in naturalistic events synchronize neural activity patterns and dominate memory reinstatement

The paper shows that key moments in naturalistic events synchronize neural activity across individuals and are overrepresented in memory reinstatement.

The dynamics of episodic recall

This study investigates memory recall by analyzing brain-environment interactions in a virtual reality setting, finding that recall is linked to specific spatial locations associated with memorized objects.

Working memory processing boosts the neural representation of long-term memories

This study shows that working memory processes like attentional prioritization and testing enhance neural activity related to long-term memory retrieval, supported by EEG data.

Neural and behavioral reinstatement jointly reflect retrieval of narrative events

The paper shows that gaze behavior and neural activity during memory recall of narrative events follow similar principles and are linked in their reinstatement.

Retrieval-mediated and sleep-based memory consolidation provoke different neural and behavioural markers of memory generalisation.

This study compares how sleep and retrieval training affect memory generalization and episodic recollection using EEG measures, finding distinct neural and behavioral patterns.

Hindering memory suppression by perturbing the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

This study investigates the role of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in memory suppression using rTMS, finding reduced suppression success with dlPFC stimulation compared to a control site.

Boundaries in the eyes: measure event segmentation during naturalistic video watching using eye tracking

This study measures event segmentation during naturalistic video watching using eye tracking and identifies patterns through pupil size, eye movement speed, and hidden Markov models.

From one schema to another: How the prefrontal cortex responds to conflicting information

The paper investigates how the prefrontal cortex responds to conflicting information by comparing schema-congruent and schema-incongruent updates in a two-day fNIRS experiment.

Neural and computational evidence for a predictive learning account of the testing effect

The paper investigates the testing effect using fMRI and computational models, finding that testing enhances memory through predictive learning mechanisms involving reward-related brain areas.

Hippocampal-guided reconstruction of an event's prior temporal context

The paper finds evidence for temporal context reinstatement in human fMRI data during memory recall, showing that hippocampal and neocortical activity patterns are related to the reinstatement of past event contexts.

Efficient uniform sampling explains non-uniform memory of narrative stories

The paper proposes a uniform sampling model to explain non-uniform memory of narrative stories, showing it outperforms surprise-based theories.

Text-related functionality of visual human pre-frontal activations revealed through neural network convergence

The paper investigates the functional role of visual prefrontal cortex activations by comparing their relational structure to text and visual DNNs, finding text DNNs better predict these activations.

Neural components underlying successful free recall are specific to episodic memory

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

What is memorable across the Pacific Ocean shows evidence of prior learning on the memorability of new visual inputs

The paper shows that memorability of visual stimuli depends on both the stimulus features and the cultural context of the observer.

Executive control can query hidden human memories

The paper shows that executive control mechanisms can access hidden memories that explicit retrieval fails to recall.

Effects of cortical thickness, volume, and memory performance on age differences in neural reinstatement of scene information

The paper examines how age-related changes in cortical thickness, volume, and memory performance affect neural reinstatement of scene information in older versus younger adults.

Cortico-hippocampal interactions underlie schema-supported memory encoding in older adults

This study shows that older adults use semantic schemas more effectively than young adults for memory encoding, mediated by distinct cortico-hippocampal interactions.

Music-evoked reactivation during continuous perception is associated with enhanced subsequent recall of naturalistic events

The paper investigates how music-evoked reactivation in the default mode network during film viewing relates to improved recall of naturalistic events the next day.

The effects of external cue overlap and internal goals on selective memory retrieval as revealed by electroencephalographic (EEG) neural pattern reinstatement

This study uses EEG to show how external cues and internal goals influence memory retrieval by analyzing neural pattern reinstatement during recall tasks.