Our brains constantly generate predictions about the environment based on prior
knowledge. Many of the events we experience are consistent with these predictions, while …

Organizing the continuous flow of experiences into meaningful events is a crucial
prerequisite for episodic memory. Prediction error and event segmentation both play …

Abstract The influence of Prediction Errors (PEs) on episodic memory has generated
growing empirical and theoretical interest. This review explores how the relationship …

Memories are not perfect recordings of the past and can be subject to systematic biases.
Memory distortions are often caused by our experience of what typically happens in a given …

Social semantic memory guides many aspects of behavior. Individuals rely on acquired and
inferred knowledge about personal characteristics and group membership to predict the …

Aesthetic preference is intricately linked to learning and creativity. Previous studies have
largely examined the perception of novelty in terms of pleasantness and the generation of …

The predictive processing framework posits that one of the main functions of the brain is to
anticipate the incoming information. Internal models facilitate interactions with the world by …

Much like recalling autobiographical memories, constructing imagined autobiographical
events depends on episodic memory processes. The ability to imagine events contributes to …

Expectations can lead to prediction errors of varying degrees depending on the extent to
which the information encountered in the environment conforms with prior knowledge. While …

To effectively function in an ever-changing environment, the brain is proposed to make
predictions about upcoming information. However, the association between prediction and …