Penn Memory Lab

Penn Psychology research lab studying human memory and its neural bases under P.I. Professor Michael Kahana.

[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

New publication in eLife! https://t.co/lNbBcO43cY @eLife
Single neurons don’t just communicate with other nearby neurons — they can synchronize with faraway activity too! In humans, the firing of neurons throughout the MTL, synchronizes to the hippocampal theta rhythm (1–10 Hz).

[Noa Herz @Noa_Herz]

Come join us in Philly! I am recruiting a research assistant to join our emerging team at @JeffersonUniv. We use direct brain recording and stimulation in neurosurgical patients to study memory-related disorders. Please reach out! https://t.co/q8nxzsbeGs

[Noa Herz @Noa_Herz]

Interested in using intracranial recordings and stimulation in humans to study memory, and leveraging this knowledge to treat memory-related disorders like PTSD?
I am recruiting a postdoc to our emerging interdisciplinary team at @JeffersonUniv! RTs appreciated

[Noa Herz @Noa_Herz]

@JeffersonUniv For details:
https://t.co/Mi6PaioajO

[john sakon (johnsakon @ bsky) @jjsakon]

*VERY* excited to be featured in @SfNJournals's "This Week in The Journal" for our new work: https://t.co/4ljFuRDidB

Will write a quick tweet thread below (with figures) to introduce what we (@KahanaMichael, @david_j_halpern, @d_schonhaut as part of the @MemoryLab) did! (1/5)

[Noa Herz @Noa_Herz]

New paper with @MemoryLab, @david_j_halpern!
Free-recall paradigms are commonly used to study memory in lab settings.
How do the reliability and validity of these lab-based paradigms compare with traditional neuropsychological memory measures? Check here:
https://t.co/WSirpqWCcM

[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

Hello everyone!

The Computational Memory Lab is recruiting subjects for an ongoing memory study! You will be compensated anywhere from $108 - $230. If you are interested follow this link https://t.co/Gb12sNE0om or send an email to [email protected] to learn more.

Thank you!

[Noa Herz @Noa_Herz]

In the moments leading up to a spontaneous recollection, we were able to use neural signals to discern between correct and false memories about to be retrieved. Check out our new paper, now out in PNAS! @PNASNews ! 1/7 https://t.co/68kIxi7eC2

[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

Hello everyone!

The Computational Memory Lab is recruiting subjects for an ongoing memory study! You will be compensated anywhere from $108 - $230. If you are interested follow this link https://t.co/Gb12sNE0om or send an email to [email protected] to learn more.

Thank you!

[Joey Rudoler @JRudoler]

New preprint with @MemoryLab! 📜🧠

Leveraging EEG recordings and machine learning, we designed a system to guide learning in a memory task -- modifying stimulus timing to present items when they were predicted to "stick" in a person's memory
https://t.co/U7N7Wx1aCH
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[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

We are excited to release the PEERS dataset on @OpenNeuroOrg !!! We hope that the @BIDSstandard format will make our data accessible to others 🤩
@KahanaMichael @AdaAka18 @ehhbroit @BKaterman @NkratzMiller @dorsolateralpfc @cogspy @jrudoler #OpenScience #memory #neurotwitter

[Joey Rudoler @JRudoler]

📈🧠EEG Data Release!!!🧠📈
@MemoryLab's data from the Penn Electrophysiology of Encoding and Retrieval Study (PEERS) is on @OpenNeuroOrg in @BIDSstandard format!!!
Feat. 364(!!) subjects performing up to 24 sessions of #memory tasks with scalp #eeg.
https://t.co/7wkoWcomPr
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[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

We used classifiers to predict memory performance over multiple items and track internal memory encoding states at the scale of minutes, arguing that the associated neural signal likely reflects a causal SME.

[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

Check out our new article, Direct Brain Recordings Suggest a Causal Subsequent-Memory Effect, in Cerebral Cortex! https://t.co/TzPf3n1dxQ

[Joey Rudoler @JRudoler]

🚨New Paper🚨
Extremely excited that my first paper, "Hippocampal theta and episodic memory" was published today in @SfNJournals #JNeurosci !!! Many thanks to @MemoryLab and my co-authors @NoraHerweg @KahanaMichael!
TLDR: theta ~ recall
Check it out: https://t.co/FpQihgnLom
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[john sakon (johnsakon @ bsky) @jjsakon]

Interested in single neuron replay in HUMANS during sleep…and leveraging the recordings to improve memory? @ItzhakFried and I are recruiting postdocs to @UCLA for state-of-the-art translational neuroscience. Please reach out to meet @SfNtweets or set up a call.

RTs appreciated!

[john sakon (johnsakon @ bsky) @jjsakon]

If you’re interested in ripples, single units, replay, brain stim to improve memory, & ☀️: @ItzhakFried and I are recruiting a postdoc @UCLA to work at the cutting edge of memory research. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch—even if your past work is nonhuman!

RTs appreciated!

[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

...where we find ripples specifically occur when people form *episodic* memories. https://t.co/mJkpsSaLt7
That is, ripples during word encoding promote participants subsequently recalling that word and others related to it via episodic reinstatement. It's quite a story!(3/3)

[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

Proud to report @jjsakon's new paper has been published in @PNASNews! https://t.co/wVjX8bsOO0
We find hippocampal--but not extrahippocampal MTL--high frequency ripples reflect the retrieval of *episodic* memories. This phenomenon is consistent with...(1/3)

[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

...ripples mediating an item-to-context process, since ripples occur significantly more when participants recall clusters of words with temporal and/or semantic relationships. Our follow-up manuscript--now on @biorxivpreprint--investigates ripples during memory formation...(2/3)

[Penn Memory Lab @MemoryLab]

The Computational Memory Lab is hiring a Research Specialist to assist with our clinical studies applying brain stimulation to improve memory! This position is ideal for someone planning for med or grad school. Apply here: https://t.co/k1hh94JFj1