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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2021

Contingency of semantic generalization on episodic specificity varies across development.

Chi T Ngo, Susan L Benear, Haroon Popal, Ingrid R Olson, Nora S Newcombe

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Developmental trajectory of episodic-like memory in rats.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chi T NgoCenter for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: ngo@mpib-berlin.mpg.de.
Susan L BenearDepartment of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Haroon PopalDepartment of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ingrid R OlsonDepartment of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Nora S NewcombeDepartment of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Temple University · USMax Planck Institute for Human Development · DE

Funding

The Neural Basis of Social KnowledgeR01MH091113 · NIMH · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI OLSON, INGRID R · 2010 to 2019
$3.7M
Mapping the Development of Episodic Memory Diversity SupplementR01HD099165 · NICHD · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI Nora Stefanie Newcombe, Ingrid R Olson · 2020 to 2026
$3.2M
Between Encoding and Retrieval: Behavioral and Neural Indices of Reactivation in Children’s Memory DevelopmentR21HD098509 · NICHD · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI OLSON, INGRID R · 2019 to 2020
$392k
The Neural Basis of Social KnowledgeR56MH091113 · NIMH · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI OLSON, INGRID R · 2020 to 2020
$375k
The development and neural bases of pattern separation and relational memoryF31HD090872 · NICHD · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI NGO, CHI THAO · 2017 to 2018
$60k
NICHD NIH HHS F31 HD090872NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD099165NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD098509NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH091113NIMH NIH HHS R56 MH091113
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Semantic memory-general knowledge of ideas and concepts-includes generalization processes that support inference. Episodic memory, on the other hand, preserves the specificity of individual events by binding together unique combinations of elements from an episode and relies on pattern separation to distinguish similar experiences. These two memory systems play complementary roles, supporting different mnemonic goals, but the nature and extent of their interdependence is unclear.

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Memory, EpisodicSemanticsAdultChildChild, PreschoolGeneralization, PsychologicalHippocampusHumansMental Recallepisodic memorymemory developmentmemory generalizationmemory specificitysemantic knowledge

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PMID33887184
PMCPMC8222141
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