Constructing a unified model of human memory

该项目旨在系统地绘制情景和语义记忆系统之间的相互作用，包括新学习、记忆过去、想象未来和创造性认知等功能。记忆是适应性功能的基石，但人类记忆的模型还不完整。情景和语义过程通常被视为可分离的实体，尽管有越来越多的证据表明它们相互作用。利用实验任务和先进的神经成像技术在人类病变组中，该项目将提供关于情景-语义相互作用性质的数据。预期的结果包括完善的人类记忆模型，这将为优化认知功能的能力提供信息。

This project aims to systematically map the interplay between the episodic and semantic systems of memory across such functions as new learning, remembering the past, imagining the future and creative cognition. Memory is the cornerstone of adaptive functioning, yet models of human memory are incomplete. Episodic and semantic processes are typically treated as dissociable entities, despite mounting evidence of their interaction. Using experimental tasks and advanced neuroimaging techniques in human lesion groups, this project will contribute data about the nature of episodic-semantic interactions. Expected outcomes include a refined model of human memory which will inform the capacity to optimise cognitive function.