Episodic memory involves reconstruction of past events through integration of multiple types of information, including perceptual details, narrative content, and emotional tone. The default mode network (DMN) is a set of regions thought to support episodic retrieval, yet it remains unclear how distinct subnetworks contribute to recall of these different memory features. Here, we examined how...
We suggest that there is confusion between why consciousness developed and what additional functions, through continued evolution, it has co-opted. Consider episodic memory. If we believe that episodic memory evolved solely to accurately represent past events, it seems like a terrible system-prone to forgetting and false memories. However, if we believe that episodic memory developed to...
SleepSeptember 4, 2020R. Bottary, G. Simonelli, T. Cunningham et al.
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has dra-matically impacted the lifestyle of individuals across the globe. In many countries, nationally instituted shelter-in-place orders and closures of non-essential businesses have left many without employment and have forced others to work from home. These policy shifts have changed or removed the socially- and occupa-tionally imposed...