The Interactive Dynamics of Episodic Memory Lab

Publications

Preprints

Perspective matters: using past experiences to understand others' insensitivity to physical pain.
F Meconi, M Canducci, S Michelmann, A Grecucci, I Sperandio
bioRxiv, 2025.07. 17.665290, 2025  · doi:10.1101/2025.07.17.665290
Phase similarity between similar objects indicates representational merging across retrieval training but not sleep
HB Caldwell, A Chatburn, K Lushington, S Hanslmayr, S Michelmann
bioRxiv, 2026.01. 18.700222, 2026  · doi:10.64898/2026.01.18.700222
Canonical Representational Mapping for Cognitive Neuroscience
M Schottdorf, S Michelmann
bioRxiv, 2025.09. 01.673485, 2025  · doi:10.1101/2025.09.01.673485
Fast-timescale hippocampal processes bridge between slowly unfurling neocortical states during memory search
S Michelmann, P Dugan, W Doyle, D Friedman, L Melloni, CK Strauss, …
bioRxiv, 2025  · doi:10.1101/2025.02.11.637471

2026

Hippocampal ripples initiate cortical dimensionality expansion for memory retrieval
C Kerrén, S Michelmann, CF Doeller
Nature Communications 17 (1), 6677, 2026  · doi:10.1038/s41467-026-75345-6
Reliability and signal comparison of OPM-MEG, fMRI & iEEG in a repeated movie viewing paradigm
OR Christiano, S Michelmann
Imaging Neuroscience 4, IMAG.a.1218, 2026  · doi:10.1162/imag.a.1218
Temporal Context Reinstatement Drives Episodic-Like Order Memory in Long-Context Language Models
M Pink, VA Vo, Q Wu, J Mu, JS Turek, U Hasson, KA Norman, …
Forty-third International Conference on Machine Learning, 2026  · doi:10.1037/e537102012-593

2025

Towards large language models with human-like episodic memory
CV Dong, Q Lu, KA Norman, S Michelmann
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2025  · doi:10.1016/j.tics.2025.06.016
Large language models can segment narrative events similarly to humans
S Michelmann, M Kumar, KA Norman, M Toneva
Behavior Research Methods 57 (1), 39, 2025  · doi:10.3758/s13428-024-02569-z

2024

A shared model-based linguistic space for transmitting our thoughts from brain to brain in natural conversations
Z Zada, A Goldstein, S Michelmann, E Simony, A Price, L Hasenfratz, …
Neuron 112 (18), 3211-3222. e5, 2024  · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2024.06.025
Post-hypnotic suggestion improves confidence and speed of memory access with long-lasting effects
B Schmidt, J Böhmer, M Schnuerch, T Koch, S Michelmann
Acta Psychologica 245, 104240, 2024  · doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104240

2023

How Should I Re-reference My Intracranial EEG Data?
GM Parish, S Michelmann, S Hanslmayr
Intracranial EEG: A Guide for Cognitive Neuroscientists, 451-473, 2023  · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20910-9_28
Test-retest reliability of the human connectome: An OPM-MEG study
L Rier, S Michelmann, H Ritz, V Shah, RM Hill, J Osborne, C Doyle, …
Imaging Neuroscience 1, 1-20, 2023  · doi:10.1101/2022.12.21.521184

2022

10.1 ALPHA OSCILLATIONS AND THEIR RELATION TO COGNITION
S MICHELMANN, B GRIFFITHS, S HANSLMAYR
The Oxford Handbook of EEG Frequency, 2022  · doi:10.1162/imag.a.96
Event Segmentation In Story Listening Using Deep Language Models
M Kumar, A Goldstein, S Michelmann, JM Zacks, K Norman, U Hasson
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 44 (44), 2022  · doi:10.1111/cogs.13343
RT-Cloud: a cloud-based software framework to simplify and standardize real-time fMRI
G Wallace, S Polcyn, PP Brooks, AC Mennen, K Zhao, PS Scotti, …
NeuroImage 257, 119295, 2022  · doi:10.31219/osf.io/sbrg7

2021

The hippocampus as the switchboard between perception and memory
MS Treder, I Charest, S Michelmann, MC Martín-Buro, F Roux, …
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (50), e2114171118, 2021  · doi:10.1073/pnas.2114171118
Moment-by-moment tracking of naturalistic learning and its underlying hippocampo-cortical interactions
S Michelmann, AR Price, B Aubrey, CK Strauss, WK Doyle, D Friedman, …
Nature Communications 12 (1), 1-15, 2021  · doi:10.1101/2020.12.09.416438
The Sync-Fire/deSync model: Modelling the reactivation of dynamic memories from cortical alpha oscillations
G Parish, S Michelmann, S Hanslmayr, H Bowman
Neuropsychologia 158, 107867, 2021  · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107867

2020

Pattern separation and pattern completion: Behaviorally separable processes?
CT Ngo, S Michelmann, IR Olson, NS Newcombe
Memory & Cognition, 1-13, 2020  · doi:10.3758/s13421-020-01072-y

2019

Directional coupling of slow and fast hippocampal gamma with neocortical alpha/beta oscillations in human episodic memory
BJ Griffiths, G Parish, F Roux, S Michelmann, M van der Plas, LD Kolibius, …
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (43), 21834-21842, 2019  · doi:10.1073/pnas.1914180116
Classification of P300 component using a riemannian ensemble approach
D Krzemiński, S Michelmann, M Treder, L Santamaria
Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing …, 2019  · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_229

2018

Data-driven re-referencing of intracranial EEG based on independent component analysis (ICA)
S Michelmann, MS Treder, B Griffiths, C Kerrén, F Roux, M Wimber, …
Journal of neuroscience methods 307, 125-137, 2018  · doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.06.021

2016

Hippocampal pattern completion is linked to gamma power increases and alpha power decreases during recollection
BP Staresina, S Michelmann, M Bonnefond, O Jensen, N Axmacher, J Fell
Elife 5, e17397, 2016  · doi:10.7554/elife.17397
The temporal signature of memories: identification of a general mechanism for dynamic memory replay in humans
S Michelmann, H Bowman, S Hanslmayr
PLoS biology 14 (8), e1002528, 2016  · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002528

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Testing Memory Capabilities in Large Language Models with the Sequence Order Recall Task
M Pink, VA Vo, Q Wu, J Mu, JS Turek, U Hasson, KA Norman, …
Latinx in AI@ NeurIPS, 2024  · doi:10.31234/osf.io/qyfrw_v4