The brain in motion: How ensemble fluidity drives memory-updating and flexibility

W Mau, ME Hasselmo, DJ Cai - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
While memories are often thought of as flashbacks to a previous experience, they do not
simply conserve veridical representations of the past but must continually integrate new …

The neural bases for timing of durations

A Tsao, SA Yousefzadeh, WH Meck… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Durations are defined by a beginning and an end, and a major distinction is drawn between
durations that start in the present and end in the future ('prospective timing') and durations …

Dynamic emotional states shape the episodic structure of memory

M McClay, ME Sachs, D Clewett - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Human emotions fluctuate over time. However, it is unclear how these shifting emotional
states influence the organization of episodic memory. Here, we examine how emotion …

Collective events and individual affect shape autobiographical memory

N Rouhani, D Stanley… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
How do collective events shape how we remember our lives? We leveraged advances in
natural language processing as well as a rich, longitudinal assessment of 1,000 Americans …

Distinct place cell dynamics in CA1 and CA3 encode experience in new environments

C Dong, AD Madar, MEJ Sheffield - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
When exploring new environments animals form spatial memories that are updated with
experience and retrieved upon re-exposure to the same environment. The hippocampus is …

Map making: constructing, combining, and inferring on abstract cognitive maps

SA Park, DS Miller, H Nili, C Ranganath, ED Boorman - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Cognitive maps enable efficient inferences from limited experience that can guide novel
decisions. We tested whether the hippocampus (HC), entorhinal cortex (EC), and …

Pupil-linked arousal signals track the temporal organization of events in memory

D Clewett, C Gasser, L Davachi - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Everyday life unfolds continuously, yet we tend to remember past experiences as discrete
event sequences or episodes. Although this phenomenon has been well documented, the …

Is activity silent working memory simply episodic memory?

AO Beukers, TJ Buschman, JD Cohen… - Trends in cognitive …, 2021 - cell.com
Working memory (WM) maintains task-relevant information in a state ready for processing.
While traditional theories assume that sustained neuronal activity is responsible for WM, the …

Event boundaries shape temporal organization of memory by resetting temporal context

Y Pu, XZ Kong, C Ranganath, L Melloni - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
In memory, our continuous experiences are broken up into discrete events. Boundaries
between events are known to influence the temporal organization of memory. However, how …

Laboratory models of post-traumatic stress disorder: The elusive bridge to translation

JE Dunsmoor, JM Cisler, GA Fonzo, SK Creech… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental illness composed of a
heterogeneous collection of symptom clusters. The unique nature of PTSD as arising from a …