ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences2022
Tag and capture: how salient experiences target and rescue nearby events in memory.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Salient experiences enhance mundane memories through graded prioritization.Science advances · 2025Pooled it
- Is there selective retroactive memory enhancement in humans?: a meta-analysis.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2024Pooled it
- Generalisation between motor and declarative memory sequences: A conceptual replication of Mosha & Robertson (2016).iScience · 2026Article
- Neural and Navigational Features Influencing the Novelty Induced Benefits on Episodic Memory.Hippocampus · 2026Article
- Differential Modulation of Retroactive Emotional Learning on Concrete and Abstract Word Processing.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
- Divergent modes of episodic organization underlie whether emotional learning enhances memory across event boundaries.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Article
- Positive, But Not Negative, Emotion Retroactively Enhances Memory via Neural Reactivation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Emotional learning selectively distorts the temporal organization of memory: A quantitative synthesis.Cognition · 2026Article
- Take me back: how the temporal relationship between cues shapes emotional memory retrieval.Psychological research · 2026Article
- Prioritizing Detailed Item Memories Through Post-Encoding Motivation Requires Consolidation.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2026Article
- Rich autobiographical memory benefits from both novelty and similarity to other daily experiences.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Timing of reward cues alters the interaction between reward and interest on memory over time.NPJ science of learning · 2025Article
- Episodic Memories Bias Contextual Threat Inferences after Aerobic and Mind-Body Exercise.Mental health and physical activity · 2025Article
- Rich autobiographical memory recall benefits from both novelty and similarity to other daily experiences.Research square · 2025Article
- Positive Emotion Enhances Memory by Promoting Memory Reinstatement across Repeated Learning.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Functional and Regional Specificity of Noradrenergic Signaling for Encoding and Retrieval of Associative Recognition Memory in the Rat.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Event cache: An independent component in working memory.Science advances · 2025Article
- The influence of emotion on temporal context models.Cognition & emotion · 2025Review
- Pavlovian safety learning: An integrative theoretical review.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Review
- Event Segmentation Promotes the Reorganization of Emotional Memory.Journal of cognitive neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
The long-term fate of a memory is not exclusively determined by the events occurring at the moment of encoding. Research at the cellular, circuit, and behavioral levels is beginning to reveal how neurochemical activations in the moments surrounding an event can retroactively and proactively rescue weak memory for seemingly mundane experiences. We review emerging evidence showing enhancement of weakly formed memories encoded minutes to hours before or after a related motivationally relevant experience. We discuss proposed neurobiological mechanisms for strengthening weak memories formed in temporal proximity to a strong event, and how this knowledge could be leveraged to improve memory for information that is prone to forgetting.
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