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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 3d

Thrilled to see this paper out! It's the culmination of a project begun in the depths of the pandemic with Sabrina Karjack and @zoengo.bsky.social . We continue our exploration of how children generalize when their episodic memory is not yet mature.
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The dependence of children’s generalization on episodic memory varies with age and level of abstraction - Nature Communications

Children’s ability to generalize from episodic memories varies by both age and the level of abstraction. Here, the authors show that lower level generalization increasingly depends on episodic memory with age, whereas higher level generalization shows no such relationship.

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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · Jun 10

New preprint! How do we integrate new information into prior knowledge? We find that existing knowledge enables rapid new learning but that interleaved replay during sleep promotes integration of new and old information. Modeling suggests a sleep context suppression mechanism.
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Kate Cliver @katelyncliver.bsky.social · Mar 30

Come say hi tonight from 5-7 PM, poster C118 !!!

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MAC lab @maclab.bsky.social · Mar 28

Poster and data blitz alert! Come check out the latest from the MAC lab at #CNS2025
Sat 10:30am - Data Blitz @devayani.bsky.social
Sun 5pm - Posters C85 @devayani.bsky.social C118 @katelyncliver.bsky.social
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Jason Chein @mindimager.bsky.social · Mar 4

My lab’s latest paper, with @vpmurty.bsky.social. Memory for a scary real-world event (a haunted house) is reflected in the “authenticity” of expressed memories, but listeners mistakenly think accuracy is reflected in how “analytic” the expressed memory is - oops!

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Linguistic properties of memory expression differentially relate to accuracy, specificity, and perceived veracity - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

When communicating our memories to others, we use specific language to represent and express those memories. However, whether the linguistic properties associated with memory expression, such as commu...

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Kate Cliver @katelyncliver.bsky.social · Jan 23

MAC lab interview day! Literally never been more excited to show off my lab swag @alexatompary.bsky.social @maclab.bsky.social

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Weijia Cao @weijiacao.bsky.social · Nov 11

Happy to share our latest preprint, wrapping up an exciting project with Dr. Omri Raccah, Phoebe Chen, Dr. David Poeppel, and Dr. Alexa Tompary!

Alexa Tompary @alexatompary.bsky.social · Nov 11

What semantic relationships have you been using to test how prior knowledge influences new memories? Turns out it matters! Thematic associations are more likely to boost memory but also generate false memories (relative to taxonomic ones). osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Alexa Tompary @alexatompary.bsky.social · Nov 19

So happy to see this published! Lila and I looked at how memory representations of sequences became integrated over time through their shared predictive cues. We had fun thinking about the different aspects of systems consolidation that may play a role in this transformation

Gareth Gaskell @mggaskell.bsky.social · Nov 19

Exciting new study from @alexatompary.bsky.social and Lila Davachi: consolidation-related restructuring and integration doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Integration of overlapping sequences emerges with consolidation through medial prefrontal cortex neural ensembles and hippocampal–cortical connectivity

Changes in cortical neural ensembles and heightened coupling between the hippocampus and cortex enable the eventual behavioral integration of memories with overlapping sequential information.

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