Since Tulving proposed a distinction in memory between semantic and episodic memory,
considerable effort has been directed towards understanding their similar and unique …

Prevailing theories of hippocampal function argue that memories are rapidly encoded by
non-overlapping memory traces. Concurrently, the hippocampus has been argued to …

The traditional view of long-term memory is that memory traces mature in a
predetermined'linear'process: their neural substrate shifts from rapidly plastic medial …

Neural representations are internal brain states that constitute the brain's model of the
external world or some of its features. In the presence of sensory input, a representation may …

Schemata enhance memory formation for related novel information. This is true even when
this information is neutral with respect to schema-driven expectations. This assimilation of …

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 …

Memories are thought to undergo an episodic-to-semantic transformation in the course of
their consolidation. We here test if repeated recall induces a similar semanticisation, and if …

While in the past much of our knowledge about memory representations in the brain has
relied on loss-of-function studies in which whole brain regions were temporarily inactivated …

Some neural representations gradually change across multiple timescales. Here we argue
that modeling this “drift” could help explain the spacing effect (the long-term benefit of …