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Sophie Nolden¹, Gözem Turan¹, Berna Güler²

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Episodic memory relies on organizing experiences into events. Prediction error and event segmentation are key mechanisms, with overlapping roles in memory formation, particularly involving attention and working memory.

Keywords:

Attention Episodic memory Event segmentation Prediction error Working memory

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology
Memory Research

Background:

Episodic memory requires organizing continuous experiences into discrete events.
Prediction error and event segmentation are critical for forming event representations.
Understanding the interplay between these processes is vital for memory research.

Purpose of the Study:

To review theoretical and empirical literature on prediction error and event segmentation in episodic memory.
To explore the overlap in underlying mechanisms, focusing on attention and working memory.
To identify emerging research areas and suggest future directions in memory formation.

Main Methods:

Literature review of theoretical contributions.
Analysis of empirical studies on prediction error and event segmentation.
Synthesis of findings regarding shared cognitive mechanisms.

Main Results:

Prediction error and event segmentation share overlapping mechanisms crucial for episodic memory.
Attention and working memory play significant roles in integrating these processes.
The review highlights the interconnectedness of prediction, violation of predictions, and event segmentation in memory.

Conclusions:

Event segmentation and prediction error are fundamental to episodic memory formation.
Further research should investigate the precise interplay of attention and working memory.
Future directions include exploring novel experimental paradigms to elucidate these memory mechanisms.