In this article we review the literature on the phenomenology of retrieval from the personal
past, and propose a framework for understanding how epistemic feelings and metacognitive …

Psychedelics are recognised for their potential to re-orient beliefs. We propose a model of
how psychedelics can, in some cases, lead to false insights and thus false beliefs. We first …

Memory serves critical functions in everyday life, but it is also vulnerable to error and illusion.
Two decades ago, I proposed that memory errors could be classified into seven basic …

Immersive virtual reality (iVR) has gained considerable attention recently with increasing
affordability and accessibility of the hardware. iVR applications for older adults present …

Although metacognition is considered to be the highest human cognitive function and a
crucial self-reflective function allowing us to have free will, finding where this modern “pineal …

As author Bennett Schwartz says in Memory: Foundations and Applications, it is hard to
imagine an aspect of psychology more fundamental than memory. This unique text covers …

Déjà vu is one of the most complex and subjective of all memory phenomena. It is an
infrequent and striking mental experience, where the feeling of familiarity is combined with …

An unresolved question in our understanding of the medial temporal lobes is how functional
differences between structures pertaining to stimulus category relate to the distinction …

Episodic memory may essentially be memory for one's place within a temporally unfolding
scene from a first-person perspective. Given this, pervasively used static stimuli may only …

Despite distinct classes of psychoactive drugs producing putatively unique states of
consciousness, there is surprising overlap in terms of their effects on episodic memory and …