Predictions transform memories: How expected versus unexpected events are integrated or separated in memory

O Bein, C Gasser, T Amer, A Maril, L Davachi - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Our brains constantly generate predictions about the environment based on prior
knowledge. Many of the events we experience are consistent with these predictions, while …

Evaluating cognitive maps and planning in large language models with cogeval

I Momennejad, H Hasanbeig… - Advances in …, 2023 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Recently an influx of studies claims emergent cognitive abilities in large language models
(LLMs). Yet, most rely on anecdotes, overlook contamination of training sets, or lack …

From remembering to reconstruction: The transformative neural representation of episodic memory

G Xue - Progress in Neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Although memory has long been recognized as a generative process, neural research of
memory in recent decades has been predominantly influenced by Tulving's “mental time …

Large-scale encoding of emotion concepts becomes increasingly similar between individuals from childhood to adolescence

MC Camacho, AN Nielsen, D Balser, E Furtado… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Humans require a shared conceptualization of others' emotions for adaptive social
functioning. A concept is a mental blueprint that gives our brains parameters for predicting …

A systems identification approach using Bayes factors to deconstruct the brain bases of emotion regulation

K Bo, TE Kraynak, M Kwon, M Sun, PJ Gianaros… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cognitive reappraisal is fundamental to cognitive therapies and everyday emotion
regulation. Analyses using Bayes factors and an axiomatic systems identification approach …

Developmental changes in story-evoked responses in the neocortex and hippocampus

SS Cohen, N Tottenham, C Baldassano - ELife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
How does the representation of naturalistic life events change with age? Here, we analyzed
fMRI data from 414 children and adolescents (5–19 years) as they watched a narrative …

Causal and chronological relationships predict memory organization for nonlinear narratives

J Antony, A Lozano, P Dhoat, J Chen… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
While recounting an experience, one can employ multiple strategies to transition from one
part to the next. For instance, if the event was learned out of linear order, one can recall …

The causal structure and computational value of narratives

J Chen, AM Bornstein - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Many human behavioral and brain imaging studies have used narratively structured stimuli
(eg, written, audio, or audiovisual stories) to better emulate real-world experience in the …

Individual differences in neural event segmentation of continuous experiences

C Sava-Segal, C Richards, M Leung, ES Finn - Cerebral Cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Event segmentation is a spontaneous part of perception, important for processing
continuous information and organizing it into memory. Although neural and behavioral event …

On the application of developmental cognitive neuroscience in educational environments

G Leisman - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The paper overviews components of neurologic processing efficiencies to develop
innovative methodologies and thinking to school-based applications and changes in …