How can memories persist in the brain when their properties and supporting biological substrates change over time and experiences? Our latest work newly published in Science Magazine proposes that a balance between memory dynamics and persistence is achieved through the

Forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook of Mindshaping. Happy to contribute to this cool project. philpapers.org/rec/MCCEMA-11

Excited that our special issue of Royal Society Publishing PhilTransB is now out online. What an incredible group of authors with a fascinating set of papers reviewing, exploring, extending and challenging our concepts around mental time travel. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2024/…

Sneak preview of the upcoming session of the Bochum-Grenoble-Taipei Memory Colloquium: phil-mem.org/seminars/bochu… Be there or be square! Ying-Tung Lin Nikola Andonovski Markus Werning

Our first talk this season of the Bochum-Grenoble-Taipei Memory Colloquium: Hakwan Lau (Institute for Basic Science, Korea) Subjective perceptual experience requires procedural memory 12:15-13:45 CEST/18:15-19:45 Taiwan Time, 17 Oct 2024 phil-mem.org/seminars/bochu… hakwan lau 🇺🇦 @hakwan.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow!

Up next in the Bochum-Grenoble-Taipei Memory Colloquium: James Openshaw (Nanyang Technological University) Generalised remembering 12:15-13:45 France/Germany/19:15-20:45 Taiwan 31 October 2024 phil-mem.org/seminars/bochu…

[Empirical study] Episodic memory performance is positively associated with frequent internet use. Open access. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Up next in the Bochum-Grenoble-Taipei Memory Colloquium: Jocelyn Yuxing Wang (Rutgers University) Memory as a generative source of understanding 12:15-13:45 CET/19:15-20:45 Taiwan 14 November 2024 phil-mem.org/seminars/bochu…

My review of Felipe De Brigard's excellent book, Memory and remembering, out now in the Balkan Journal of Philosophy: mnemosim.org/files/2024-mic…

🌟 Cai Lab nature paper alert! In new work led by Joe Zaki, we find that rest periods after learning not only stabilize new memories BUT ALSO integrate new memories with older ones from days past! (1/9) Read it here: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Next week in the Bochum-Grenoble-Taipei Memory Colloquium: Oryan Zacks (Tel Aviv U) Constructing mental constructions: The evolution of imagination through episodic-like memory 12:15-13:45 CET/19:15-20:45 Taiwan, 28 November 2024 phil-mem.org/seminars/bochu…

Talk in Beijing on Dec 12.

'Engrams as mental files' has now been published in Synthese: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

I'm thrilled to announce that my paper, "Remembering and relearning: Against exclusionism", has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies! philpapers.org/rec/LVARAR

Very much looking forward to this workshop in just a few days! Online attendance is possible. More info here: thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/the-second-s…