Episodic memories are multifaceted and malleable, capable of being transformed with time
and experience at both the neural level and psychological level. At the neural level, episodic …

After experiences are encoded into memory, post-encoding reactivation mechanisms have
been proposed to mediate long-term memory stabilization and transformation. Spontaneous …

Memory transformation is increasingly acknowledged in theoretical accounts of systems
consolidation, yet how memory quality and neural representation change over time and how …

Events that conform to our expectations, that is, are congruent with our world knowledge or
schemas, are better remembered than unrelated events. Yet events that conflict with …

A rich body of studies in the human and non-human literature has examined the question
how novelty influences memory. For a variety of different stimuli, ranging from simple objects …

Much evidence suggests that the angular gyrus (AnG) is involved in episodic memory, but its
precise role has yet to be determined. We examined two possible accounts within the same …

Damage to the right fusiform face area can disrupt the ability to recognize faces, a classic
example of how damage to a specialized brain region can disrupt a specialized brain …

Schematic prior knowledge can scaffold the construction of event memories during
perception and also provide structured cues to guide memory search during retrieval. We …

Previous studies have shown that the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) plays an
important role in schema-related memory. However, there is an intensive debate to what …

Well-structured knowledge allows us to quickly understand the world around us and make
informed decisions to adequately control behavior. Knowledge structures, or schemas, are …