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Time-resolved neural reinstatement and separation during memory decisions in human hippocampus

Lynn Lohnas, Katherine Duncan, Werner K. Doyle, Orrin Devinsky, Lila Davachi
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/196212
Lynn Lohnas
New York University;
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Katherine Duncan
University of Toronto
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Werner K. Doyle
New York University;
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Orrin Devinsky
New York University;
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Lila Davachi
New York University;
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  • For correspondence: lila.davachi@nyu.edu
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Mnemonic decision-making has long been hypothesized to rely on hippocampal dynamics that bias memory processing toward the formation of new memories or the retrieval of old ones. Successful memory encoding would be best optimized by pattern separation, whereby two highly similar experiences can be represented by underlying neural populations in an orthogonal manner. By contrast, successful memory retrieval is thought to be supported by a recovery of the same neural pattern laid down during encoding. Here we examined how hippocampal pattern completion and separation emerge over time during memory decisions. We measured electrocorticography activity in the human hippocampus and posterior occipitotemporal cortex (OTC) while participants performed continuous recognition of items that were new, repeated (old), or highly similar to a prior item (similar). During retrieval decisions of old items, both regions exhibited significant reinstatement of multivariate high frequency activity (HFA) associated with encoding. Further, the extent of reinstatement of encoding patterns during retrieval was correlated both with the strength (HFA power) of hippocampal encoding and with the strength of hippocampal retrieval. Evidence for encoding pattern reinstatement was also seen in OTC on trials requiring fine-grained discrimination of similar items. By contrast, hippocampal activity showed evidence for pattern separation during these trials. Together, these results underscore the critical role of the hippocampus in supporting both reinstatement of overlapping information and separation of similar events.

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Time-resolved neural reinstatement and separation during memory decisions in human hippocampus
Lynn Lohnas, Katherine Duncan, Werner K. Doyle, Orrin Devinsky, Lila Davachi
bioRxiv 196212; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/196212
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Time-resolved neural reinstatement and separation during memory decisions in human hippocampus
Lynn Lohnas, Katherine Duncan, Werner K. Doyle, Orrin Devinsky, Lila Davachi
bioRxiv 196212; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/196212

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