Open Mind,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8, P. 1348 - 1368
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Memory
systems
constantly
confront
the
challenge
of
capturing
both
shared
features
that
connect
experiences
together
and
unique
distinguish
them.
Across
two
experiments,
we
leveraged
a
color
memory
distortion
paradigm
to
investigate
how
handle
this
representational
tension
when
learning
new
information.
Over
thirty-minute
period,
participants
learned
categories
novel
objects,
where
each
feature
was
assigned
particular
color.
While
did
not
differ
in
accurately
they
remembered
these
overall,
inaccurate,
misremembered
(relative
unique)
as
more
similar
category's
average
color,
suggesting
integration
memory.
This
same
rapid
warping
manifested
neural
network
model
trained
on
categories.
The
work
reveals
memories
for
different
are
rapidly
differentially
warped
function
their
roles
category.
Current Directions in Psychological Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 20, 2025
Early
caregiving
experiences
have
strong,
persistent
links
to
emotion
regulation.
In
this
article
we
offer
a
view
that
the
content
represented
in
emotion-regulation
neurobiology
part
reflects
consolidated
interpersonal-affective
memories
abstracted
from
early
experiences.
We
suggest
these
memories,
referred
here
as
“attachment
schemas,”
are
by
cortical-subcortical
(re)activations.
Neural
circuitry
involving
functional
connections
between
subcortical
and
midline
cortical
regions
is
well
positioned
generate
predictive
inferences
attachment
schemas
implications
for
Although
speculative,
perspective
motivated
convergence
of
empirical
findings
cognitive
developmental
neuroscience.
Situating
affective
neural
predictions
within
neurodevelopmental
framework
has
great
potential
uncover
mechanisms
ultimately
build
toward
more
complete
understanding
emotional
well-being.
NeuroImage,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 121194 - 121194
Published: April 1, 2025
Previous
research
has
highlighted
the
critical
role
of
prediction
errors
(PEs)
in
signaling
need
to
adapt
memory
representations
response
unexpected
changes
environment.
Yet,
influence
PE
type
and
strength
on
remains
underexplored.
In
this
study,
participants
encoded
naturalistic
dialogues
prior
undergoing
fMRI
scanning.
During
session,
they
listened
that
had
been
modified
their
surface
or
gist,
varying
extents.
As
expected,
our
findings
revealed
robust
activation
inferior
frontal
gyrus
for
all
PEs.
Notably,
gist
modifications
elicited
additional
activations
within
episodic
network,
including
hippocampus.
A
post-fMRI
recognition
test
demonstrated
no
significant
impact
memory.
Conversely,
weak
impaired
original
content
hindered
learning
modification.
These
also
triggered
parahippocampal
cortex.
results
underscore
importance
both
PEs
shaping
brain
outcomes,
highlighting
complex
interplay
cognitive
processes.
Frontiers in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16
Published: April 29, 2025
Schemas
are
affective-cognitive
conceptual
models
of
self,
others
and
the
world,
derived
from
life
experience.
Predictive
Coding
theory
proposes
schema
created
perceptual
input
as
follows:
Based
on
previous
similar
experiences,
brain
generates
schema,
with
"predictions,"
expectations
future
sensory
experiences.
Discrepancy
between
predicted
versus
actual
experience
produces
a
"prediction
error."
Exposure
to
prediction
errors
considered
more
certain
than
predictions
prompts
hippocampus
update
revise
schema.
Hypothesized
underlying
mechanisms
include
memory
reconsolidation,
extinction
pattern
separation.
Depression
is
characterized
by
negative
schemas
predicting
helplessness,
hopelessness
worthlessness.
Early
maladaptive
schemas,
childhood,
implicated
in
mediating
greater
risk
depression
childhood
maltreatment.
Prominent
examples
Defectiveness/Shame
self-schema,
flawed,
unlovable
self
Social
Isolation/Alienation
isolation.
offers
following
biopsychosocial
hypothesis
explaining
how
maltreatment
promotes
depressogenic
early
psychotherapy
can
help:
Schema
be
difficult
change
because
an
attention/memory
bias
away
schema-incongruent
information
that
generate
prompting
revision.
Childhood
exacerbates
this
learning
bias.
Maladaptive
coping
styles
associated
maltreatment,
decrease
exposure
experiences
contradicting
Biological
changes
including
inflammation,
interfere
hippocampal
updating
Finally,
impaired
socio-occupational
function,
reinforces
By
targeting
factors
which
reinforce
or
diminish
errors,
facilitate
revision
Cognition & Emotion,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 16
Published: May 8, 2025
Recent
studies
have
revealed
that
the
continuous
flow
of
information
characterises
naturalistic
events
is
temporally
compressed
in
episodic
memory,
so
remembering
an
event
generally
takes
less
time
than
duration
past
episode.
However,
specific
characteristics
influence
its
temporal
compression
memory
remain
poorly
understood.
In
present
study,
we
examined
extent
to
which
negative
valence
impacts
their
rate
representations.
We
conducted
two
experiments
participants
were
instructed
mentally
replay
a
series
videos
depicting
or
neutral
events.
The
results
showed
taken
video,
relative
actual
video
duration,
was
significantly
longer
for
videos.
These
suggest
emotion
increases
sampling
units
experience
represent
course
events,
leading
lower
Schemas
are
rich
and
complex
knowledge
structures
about
the
typical
unfolding
of
events
in
a
context.
For
example,
schema
lovely
dinner
at
restaurant.
central
psychology
neuroscience.
Here,
we
suggest
that
reinforcement
learning
(RL),
computational
theory
structure
world
relevant
goal-oriented
behavior,
underlies
learning.
We
synthesize
literature
schemas
RL
to
offer
three
principles
might
govern
schemas:
via
prediction
errors,
constructing
hierarchical
using
RL,
dimensionality
reduction
through
simplified
abstract
representation
world.
then
orbito-medial
prefrontal
cortex
is
involved
both
due
its
involvement
guiding
memory
reactivation
interactions
with
posterior
brain
regions.
Finally,
hypothesize
amount
underlie
gradients
along
ventral-dorsal
posterior-anterior
axes
cortex.
More
specific
detailed
representations
engage
ventral
parts,
while
abstraction
shift
toward
dorsal
anterior
parts
medial
Memory,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 11
Published: Oct. 14, 2024
Previous
research
has
established
that
the
brain
uses
episodic
memories
to
make
continuous
predictions
about
world
and
prediction
errors,
so
mismatch
between
generated
reality,
can
lead
memory
updating.
However,
it
remains
unclear
whether
errors
stimulate
updating
in
for
naturalistic
conversations.
Participants
encoded
dialogues,
which
were
later
presented
a
modified
form.
We
found
larger
modifications
associated
with
increased
learning
of
statement.
Moreover,
original
version
statement
was
weakened
after
medium-strong
resulted
from
interplay
modification
extent
strength
previous
memory.
After
strong
both
well-remembered.
Prediction
thus
play
role
keeping
representations
statements
therefore
socially
relevant
knowledge
others
up
date.