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ArticleNature communications2026

Episodic events are flexibly encoded in both integrated and separated neural representations.

Zhenghao Liu, Mikael Johansson, Inês Bramão

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Zhenghao LiuDepartment of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. zhenghao.liu@psy.lu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-1993-6240
Mikael JohanssonDepartment of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2903-6301
Inês BramãoDepartment of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. ines.bramao@psy.lu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2635-2381

Funding

Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) VR 2019-02455
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Remembering everyday events involves noticing what different experiences share and preserving the details that set them apart, yet the neural processes supporting this balance remain unclear. Here, we record EEG while participants view naturalistic movie scenes that introduce episodic events with overlapping elements. Using time-resolved representational similarity analysis, we find that these events evoke both similarities and dissimilarities in neural patterns as new information unfolds. Similarities predict successful inference of information across separate episodes, consistent with integrative encoding. Dissimilarities, by contrast, predict accurate memory for individual events, indicating the formation of distinct event-specific traces. Together, these findings indicate that the brain encodes both integrated and separated neural representations to flexibly support different mnemonic goals and to balance relational inference with detailed recollection.

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BrainMemory, EpisodicMental RecallElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMalePhotic StimulationYoung Adult

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PMID41554723
PMCPMC12820042

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