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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Hippocampal mismatch signals are based on episodic memories and not schematic knowledge.

Dominika K Varga, Petar P Raykov, Elizabeth Jefferies, Aya Ben-Yakov, Chris M Bird

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors.

Dominika K VargaSchool of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5851-0498
Petar P RaykovMedical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 7EF, United Kingdom.
Elizabeth JefferiesDepartment of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3826-4330
Aya Ben-YakovEdmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.
Chris M BirdSchool of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom.

Funding

EC | ERC | HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council (ERC) 819526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prediction errors drive learning by signaling mismatches between expectations and reality, but the neural systems supporting these computations remain debated. The hippocampus is implicated in mismatch detection, yet it is not known whether it signals mismatches with episodic memories or generalized knowledge. Across three functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) experiments, we show that the hippocampus selectively responds to mismatches with episodic memories of specific events. In contrast, schematic mismatches engage Semantic Control and Multiple Demand Networks, as well as subcortical regions linked to prediction error signaling. Episodic mismatches also recruit the Default Mode Network. These findings challenge accounts that propose the hippocampus is a domain-general mismatch detector. Instead, the findings support a more specialized role for the hippocampus in learning that is underpinned by its well-established importance in processing episodic memories.

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HippocampusMemory, EpisodicAdultBrain MappingFemaleHumansKnowledgeLearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleYoung Adultepisodic memoryhippocampusmismatchpredictionschema knowledge

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PMID40844765
PMCPMC12403140

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