Two is better than one: Distinct roles for familiarity and recollection in retrieving palimpsest memories

Cristina Savin; Peter Dayan; Máté Lengyel

Two is better than one: Distinct roles for familiarity and recollection in retrieving palimpsest memories

Cristina Savin, Peter Dayan, Máté Lengyel

Neural Science

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Abstract

Storing a new pattern in a palimpsest memory system comes at the cost of interfering with the memory traces of previously stored items. Knowing the age of a pattern thus becomes critical for recalling it faithfully. This implies that there should be a tight coupling between estimates of age, as a form of familiarity, and the neural dynamics of recollection, something which current theories omit. Using a normative model of autoassociative memory, we show that a dual memory system, consisting of two interacting modules for familiarity and recollection, has best performance for both recollection and recognition. This finding provides a new window onto actively contentious psychological and neural aspects of recognition memory.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24
Subtitle of host publication	25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011
Publisher	Neural Information Processing Systems
ISBN (Print)	9781618395993
State	Published - 2011
Event	25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011 - Granada, Spain Duration: Dec 12 2011 → Dec 14 2011

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Name	Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011

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Other	25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Granada
Period	12/12/11 → 12/14/11

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Savin, C., Dayan, P., & Lengyel, M. (2011). Two is better than one: Distinct roles for familiarity and recollection in retrieving palimpsest memories. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011 (Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011). Neural Information Processing Systems.

Two is better than one: Distinct roles for familiarity and recollection in retrieving palimpsest memories. / Savin, Cristina; Dayan, Peter; Lengyel, Máté.
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011. Neural Information Processing Systems, 2011. (Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Savin, C, Dayan, P & Lengyel, M 2011, Two is better than one: Distinct roles for familiarity and recollection in retrieving palimpsest memories. in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011, Neural Information Processing Systems, 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011, Granada, Spain, 12/12/11.

Savin C, Dayan P, Lengyel M. Two is better than one: Distinct roles for familiarity and recollection in retrieving palimpsest memories. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011. Neural Information Processing Systems. 2011. (Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011).

Savin, Cristina ; Dayan, Peter ; Lengyel, Máté. / Two is better than one : Distinct roles for familiarity and recollection in retrieving palimpsest memories. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011. Neural Information Processing Systems, 2011. (Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24: 25th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2011, NIPS 2011).

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