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The 2016 Context and Episodic Memory Symposium (CEMS), now in its twelfth year, was held on the campus of the [http://www.upenn.edu University of Pennsylvania] in Philadelphia, PA, on '''May 5th and 6th, 2016'''.
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The 2016 Context and Episodic Memory Symposium (CEMS), then in its twelfth year, was held at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, on '''May 5th and 6th, 2016'''.
  
 
The symposium is designed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas among colleagues working on theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of context and episodic memory, broadly construed.
 
The symposium is designed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas among colleagues working on theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of context and episodic memory, broadly construed.
  
== '''Announcements''' ==
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   Remember to book your room through [https://aws.passkey.com/event/14405204/owner/4127/home the LOEWS PHILADELPHIA group site] '''by this Wednesday, April 6th,''' to ensure our group rate and availability.
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   ''*Please note on April 25, 2016, registration prices will increase $25 for administration fees.''
  
This year's CEMS will be held in the Loews Hotel, in Center City, Philadelphia! Please click on the link above or see below for more information on this exciting venue change and first-class accommodations.
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This year's CEMS will be held in the Loews Hotel, in Center City, Philadelphia! Please see below for more information on this exciting venue change and first-class accommodations, and book your room through [https://aws.passkey.com/event/14405204/owner/4127/home the LOEWS PHILADELPHIA group site] '''by Wednesday, April 6th,''' to ensure our group rate and availability.
  
We are pleased to announce that [https://psychweb.wustl.edu/zacks  Dr. Jeffrey Zacks] of Washington University in St. Louis will be giving the keynote presentation at CEMS 2016!
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We are pleased to announce that [https://psychweb.wustl.edu/zacks  Dr. Jeffrey Zacks] of Washington University in St. Louis will be giving the keynote presentation at CEMS 2016!-->
  
== CONFERENCE REGISTRATION ==  
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Registration for CEMS 2016 is now open.  
 
Registration for CEMS 2016 is now open.  
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''*Please note on April 25, 2016, registration prices will increase $25 for administration fees.''
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''*Please note on April 25, 2016, registration prices will increase $25 for administration fees.''-->
  
 
== Location & Hotel ==
 
== Location & Hotel ==
  
We are happy to announce that this year's symposium will be held in historic Philadelphia, at the Loews Hotel in Center City.
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The 2016 symposium was held in historic Philadelphia, at the Loews Hotel in Center City.
  
 
The Loews Philadelphia Hotel is located at 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, and offers first-rate accommodations to our attendees.
 
The Loews Philadelphia Hotel is located at 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, and offers first-rate accommodations to our attendees.
 
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''In order to lock in your price at our current group rate, please book your room(s) by '''April 6, 2016.'''''-->
 
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''In order to lock in your price at our current group rate, please book your room(s) by '''April 6, 2016.'''''
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<!--The venue for the 2016 CEMS is being finalized and will be announced soon.  
 
<!--The venue for the 2016 CEMS is being finalized and will be announced soon.  
 
will be the '''Inn at Penn''', located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.  
 
will be the '''Inn at Penn''', located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.  
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<!--More information on booking will be available in the coming months.-->
 
<!--More information on booking will be available in the coming months.-->
  
In addition to its role as venue, the Loews Hotel in Center City, Philadelphia, will serve as the preferred hotel for CEMS 2016.
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In addition to its role as venue, the Loews Hotel in Center City, Philadelphia, served as the preferred hotel for CEMS 2016.
  
In order to book your accommodations at the preferred rate, please use the dedicated website linked below (choose "Attendee" in the dropdown menu when prompted).
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https://aws.passkey.com/event/14405204/owner/4127/home
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<!--In addition to its role as venue for CEMS 2016, the Inn at Penn will serve as the preferred hotel. -->
 
<!--In addition to its role as venue for CEMS 2016, the Inn at Penn will serve as the preferred hotel. -->
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'''Please email abstract paper submissions to Katherine Hurley (research coordinator of the Computational Memory Lab at the University of Pennsylvania) at context.symposium@gmail.com by February 12, 2016.'''
 
'''Please email abstract paper submissions to Katherine Hurley (research coordinator of the Computational Memory Lab at the University of Pennsylvania) at context.symposium@gmail.com by February 12, 2016.'''
  
== Information for Presenters ==
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'''Please submit a copy of your presentation to context.symposium@gmail.com by May 4.''' This is to ensure all software is available to run your presentation. This does not need to be the final copy of the presentation but the closest available by that date.
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''On the morning of your presentation, please see Katherine Hurley at the podium to upload the final version of your presentation to the presentation laptop.''
  
 
=== Featured Talks ===
 
=== Featured Talks ===
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''Please note that this year, we will be featuring several "mini-symposia" taking place within the larger symposium structure.''  
 
''Please note that this year, we will be featuring several "mini-symposia" taking place within the larger symposium structure.''  
  
Feature talks vary in length, and are either 20 or 25 minutes long. For a full break-down of presentation times, please see the schedule in the section below.
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Feature talks vary in length, and are either 20 or 25 minutes long. For a full break-down of presentation times, please see the schedule in the section below. (Note: There will not be audio regularly available for presentations. Should this cause an issue, please reach out to context.symposium@gmail.com as soon as possible.)
  
 
All 25-minute talks include 20 minutes of presentation time and five minutes for questions afterward.
 
All 25-minute talks include 20 minutes of presentation time and five minutes for questions afterward.
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20-minute talks that are ''not'' part of a mini-symposium include 15 minutes of presentation time and five minutes for questions afterward.
 
20-minute talks that are ''not'' part of a mini-symposium include 15 minutes of presentation time and five minutes for questions afterward.
  
20-minute talks that are part of a mini-symposium (as listed below, and indicated with "symposium" after the organizing topic) include 20 minutes of presentation time. Q&A sessions will occur at the end of the respective mini-symposium.  
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20-minute talks that are part of a mini-symposium (as listed below, and indicated with "symposium" after the organizing topic) include 20 minutes of presentation time. Q&A sessions will occur at the end of the respective mini-symposium.
  
 
=== Data Blitzes ===
 
=== Data Blitzes ===
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=== Posters ===
 
=== Posters ===
  
We will have easels, foam core boards, and thumbtacks available for poster display. Please limit posters to 40x60" at maximum.
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We will have easels, foam core boards, and thumbtacks available for poster display. Please limit posters to 40x60" at maximum. -->
  
 
== Schedule ==
 
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| 9:15 || Associative Processes Overview || 9:00 || Neal Morton
 
| 9:15 || Associative Processes Overview || 9:00 || Neal Morton
 
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| 9:20-10:40 || Associative Processes symposium, including: || 9:25 || Michael Mack
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| 9:20-10:20 || Associative Processes symposium, including: || 9:25 || Michael Mack
 
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| 9:20  || Sean Polyn || 9:50 ||  Fang Wang
 
| 9:20  || Sean Polyn || 9:50 ||  Fang Wang
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| 9:40  || Misha Tsodyks || 10:15 ||  ''Break''
 
| 9:40  || Misha Tsodyks || 10:15 ||  ''Break''
 
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| 10:00  || Lynn Lohnas || 10:30 ||  Hippocampal Processes, including:
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| 10:00  || Jeremy Caplan || 10:30 ||  Hippocampal Processes, including:
 
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| 10:20  || Jeremy Caplan || 10:30 ||  Marc Coutanche
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| 10:20  || Associative Processes panel discussion || 10:30 ||  Marc Coutanche
 
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| 10:40 || Associative Processes panel discussion || 10:50 || Alexa Tompary
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| 10:35 || ''Break''  || 10:50 || Alexa Tompary
 
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| 11:00 || ''Break'' || 11:10 ||  Nicole Long
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| 10:50 || Keynote address: Jeffrey Zacks || 11:10 ||  Nicole Long
 
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| 11:15 ||  Keynote address: Jeffrey Zacks || 11:30 || Nicholas Hindy
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| 11:50 ||  Group Photo || 11:30 || Nicholas Hindy
 
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| 12:15 || Group Photo || 11:50 || David Ross
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| 12:05 || ''Lunch'' || 11:50 || David Ross
 
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| 12:30 || ''Lunch'' || 12:10 || ''Lunch''
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| 13:40 || Retrieval Latencies overview || 12:10 || ''Lunch''
 
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| 14:00 || Retrieval Latencies overview || 13:40 || Chris Baldassano
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| 13:45-13:05 || Retrieval Latencies symposium, including: || 13:40 || Chris Baldassano
 
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| 14:05-15:25 || Retrieval Latencies symposium, including: || 14:05 || Electrophysiology overview
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| 13:45 || Adam Osth || 14:05 || Electrophysiology overview
 
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| 14:05 || Adam Osth || 14:10 || Electrophysiology symposium, including:
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| 14:05 || Jeffrey Starns || 14:10 || Electrophysiology symposium, including:
 
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| 14:25 || Jeffrey Starns || 14:10 || Joshua Jacobs
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| 14:25 || William J. Hopper || 14:10 || Joshua Jacobs
 
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| 14:45 || William J. Hopper || 14:30 || Youssef Ezzyat   
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| 14:45 || Gregory Cox || 14:30 || Youssef Ezzyat   
 
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| 15:05 || Gregory Cox || 14:50 || Kareem Zaghloul
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| 15:05 || Retrieval Latencies panel discussion || 14:50 || Kareem Zaghloul
 
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| 15:25 || Retrieval Latencies panel discussion || 15:10 || Electrophysiology panel discussion
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| 15:25 || ''Break''  || 15:10 || Electrophysiology panel discussion
 
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| 15:45 || ''Break'' || 15:30-17:00 || Poster Session 2
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| 15:40-16:30 || Data Blitz, including:  || 15:30-17:00 || Poster Session 2
 
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| 16:00-16:50 || Data Blitz, including:
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| 15:40 || Robert Yaffe
 
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| 16:00 || Robert Yaffe
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| 15:50 || Jack Wilson
 
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| 16:10 || Jack Wilson
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| 16:00 || Ghootae Kim
 
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| 16:20 || Ghootae Kim
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| 16:10 || Halle Zucker
 
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| 16:30 || Halle Zucker
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| 16:20 || Ida Momennejad
 
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| 16:40 || Ida Momennejad
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| 16:30-16:55 || Marc Howard
 
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| 16:50 || Marc Howard
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| 17:00-18:30 || Reception and Poster Session 1   
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| 17:15 ||  ''Break''
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| 17:20-18:50 || Reception and Poster Session 1   
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* '''Keynote Presentation:''' Dr. Jeffrey Zacks, ''Associate Chair, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Professor of Radiology, ''Washington University in St. Louis''
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* '''Keynote Presentation:''' ''Event Comprehension and Memory in the Predictive Brain,'' by '''Dr. Jeffrey Zacks''', ''Associate Chair, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Professor of Radiology, ''Washington University in St. Louis''
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''Full-length Presentations (listed by mini-symposia [noted by "symposium" at the end of the respective topic] as applicable)''
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''Full-length Presentations (listed by mini-symposia [noted by "symposium" at the end of the respective topic] as applicable; affiliation noted by first author)''
  
 
* Associative Processes symposium
 
* Associative Processes symposium
 
** '''Sean M. Polyn, Neal W. Morton, Joshua D. McCluey''' ''(Vanderbilt University)'': Eddies in the flow of mental time: Semantic structure can remove the forward asymmetry of free recall
 
** '''Sean M. Polyn, Neal W. Morton, Joshua D. McCluey''' ''(Vanderbilt University)'': Eddies in the flow of mental time: Semantic structure can remove the forward asymmetry of free recall
 
** '''Sandro Romani, Mikhail Katkov, Misha Tsodyks (presenter)''' ''(Columbia University)'': Practice Makes Perfect in Memory Recall  
 
** '''Sandro Romani, Mikhail Katkov, Misha Tsodyks (presenter)''' ''(Columbia University)'': Practice Makes Perfect in Memory Recall  
** '''Lynn J. Lohnas, Lila Davachi''' ''(New York University)'': Disentangling interactions between context, spacing and repetition to item and source memory
 
 
** '''Jeremy B. Caplan, Rachel L. Burton, Mayank Rehani, Jennifer A. Cole, Isabel Lek''' ''(University of Alberta)'': Associative independence revisited
 
** '''Jeremy B. Caplan, Rachel L. Burton, Mayank Rehani, Jennifer A. Cole, Isabel Lek''' ''(University of Alberta)'': Associative independence revisited
  
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* Electrophysiology symposium
 
* Electrophysiology symposium
** '''Joshua Jacobs, Jonathan Miller, et al.''' ''(Columbia University)'': Electrical stimulation in the human medial temporal lobe impairs spatial and episodic memory in a manner that illustrates the role of this structure in memory formation
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** '''Joshua Jacobs, Jonathan Miller, Sang Ah Lee, Tom Coffey, Andrew J. Watrous, Michael R. Sperling, Ashwini Sharan, Gregory Worrell, Brent Berry, Bradley Lega, Barbara Jobst, Kathryn Davis, Robert E. Gross, Sameer A. Sheth, Youssef Ezzyat, Sandhitsu R. Das, Joel Stein, Richard Gorniak, Michael J. Kahana, and Daniel S. Rizzuto''' ''(Columbia University)'': Electrical stimulation in the human medial temporal lobe impairs spatial and episodic memory in a manner that illustrates the role of this structure in memory formation
 
** '''Youssef Ezzyat, John F. Burke, Deborah F. Levy, Anastasia Lyalenko, Michael R. Sperling, Ashwini D. Sharan, Gregory A. Worrell, Michal T. Kucewicz, Barbara C. Jobst, Katherine A. Davis, Timothy H. Lucas, Cory S. Inman, Bradley C. Lega, Joel M. Stein, Sandhitsu Das, Richard Gorniak, Daniel S. Rizzuto, Michael J. Kahana''' ''(University of Pennsylvania)'': Targeted brain stimulation to modulate episodic memory encoding in humans
 
** '''Youssef Ezzyat, John F. Burke, Deborah F. Levy, Anastasia Lyalenko, Michael R. Sperling, Ashwini D. Sharan, Gregory A. Worrell, Michal T. Kucewicz, Barbara C. Jobst, Katherine A. Davis, Timothy H. Lucas, Cory S. Inman, Bradley C. Lega, Joel M. Stein, Sandhitsu Das, Richard Gorniak, Daniel S. Rizzuto, Michael J. Kahana''' ''(University of Pennsylvania)'': Targeted brain stimulation to modulate episodic memory encoding in humans
 
** '''Kareem A. Zaghloul, Robert B. Yaffe, Julio Chapeton, Sara K. Inati''' ''(National Institutes of Health)'': Functional connectivity in human intracranial EEG is reinstated during cued recall
 
** '''Kareem A. Zaghloul, Robert B. Yaffe, Julio Chapeton, Sara K. Inati''' ''(National Institutes of Health)'': Functional connectivity in human intracranial EEG is reinstated during cued recall
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* '''Ida Momennejad, A. Ross Otto, Eeh Pyoung Rhee, Nathaniel Daw, Ken Norman''' ''(Princeton University)'': Changing the past: The interplay of replay and uncertainty in retrospective revaluation
 
* '''Ida Momennejad, A. Ross Otto, Eeh Pyoung Rhee, Nathaniel Daw, Ken Norman''' ''(Princeton University)'': Changing the past: The interplay of replay and uncertainty in retrospective revaluation
 
  
  
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* '''Jeremy B. Caplan, Christopher R. Madan''' ''(University of Alberta)'': Imageability may enhance pair-memory by leveraging the hippocampus
 
* '''Jeremy B. Caplan, Christopher R. Madan''' ''(University of Alberta)'': Imageability may enhance pair-memory by leveraging the hippocampus
  
* '''Karl M. Healey, Michael J. Kahana''' ''(University of Pennsylvania)'': Neural dynamics during memory encoding provide a biomarker of successful aging
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* '''M. Karl Healey, Michael J. Kahana''' ''(University of Pennsylvania)'': Neural dynamics during memory encoding provide a biomarker of successful aging
  
 
* '''Margaret L. Schlichting, Katharine F. Guarino, Anna C. Schapiro, Nicholas B. Turk-Browne, Alison R. Preston''' ''(University of Texas at Austin)'': Structural development of hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex is related to statistical learning and inference
 
* '''Margaret L. Schlichting, Katharine F. Guarino, Anna C. Schapiro, Nicholas B. Turk-Browne, Alison R. Preston''' ''(University of Texas at Austin)'': Structural development of hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex is related to statistical learning and inference
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* '''Ryan J. Hubbard, Kara D. Federmeier''' ''(University of Illinois)'': Encoding the Context: Effects of Sentential Context and Predictability on Recognition Memory
 
* '''Ryan J. Hubbard, Kara D. Federmeier''' ''(University of Illinois)'': Encoding the Context: Effects of Sentential Context and Predictability on Recognition Memory
  
* '''O. Bein, M. Trzewik, A. Maril''' ''(New York University)'': The role of prior knowledge in learning over repetitions
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* '''O. Bein, M. Trzewik, A. Maril''' ''(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)'': The role of prior knowledge in learning over repetitions
  
 
* '''Michael S. Cohen, Jesse Rissman, Mariam Hovhannisyan, Alan D. Castel, Barbara J. Knowlton''' ''(Northwestern University; University of California, Los Angeles)'': Dissociating strategy-driven and automatic effects of value on memory
 
* '''Michael S. Cohen, Jesse Rissman, Mariam Hovhannisyan, Alan D. Castel, Barbara J. Knowlton''' ''(Northwestern University; University of California, Los Angeles)'': Dissociating strategy-driven and automatic effects of value on memory
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* '''Robert J. Molitor, Margaret L. Schlichting , Michael L. Mack, Katharine F. Guarino, Sam McKenzie, Howard Eichenbaum, Alison R. Preston''' ''(University of Texas at Austin)'': Generalization of schema representations to novel contexts is supported by hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex
 
* '''Robert J. Molitor, Margaret L. Schlichting , Michael L. Mack, Katharine F. Guarino, Sam McKenzie, Howard Eichenbaum, Alison R. Preston''' ''(University of Texas at Austin)'': Generalization of schema representations to novel contexts is supported by hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex
 
* '''Ruthie E. Wittenberg, Sharon L. Thompson-Schill''' ''(University of Pennsylvania)'': Deconstructing Fast Mapping
 
  
 
* '''Zoran Tiganj, Joseph M. Di Lascio, Per B. Sederberg, Michael J. Kahana, Daniel S. Rizzuto, Marc W. Howard''' ''(Boston University)'': Identifying the neural processes that govern contextual encoding and contextual retrieval
 
* '''Zoran Tiganj, Joseph M. Di Lascio, Per B. Sederberg, Michael J. Kahana, Daniel S. Rizzuto, Marc W. Howard''' ''(Boston University)'': Identifying the neural processes that govern contextual encoding and contextual retrieval
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* '''N. Rouhani, K. Norman, Y. Niv''' ''(Princeton University)'': Reward prediction errors enhance episodic memory
 
* '''N. Rouhani, K. Norman, Y. Niv''' ''(Princeton University)'': Reward prediction errors enhance episodic memory
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* '''Lynn J. Lohnas, Lila Davachi''' ''(New York University)'': Disentangling interactions between context, spacing and repetition to item and source memory
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* '''Y. Yeshurun, J. Chen, U. Hasson''' ''(Princeton University)'': From words to narratives: amplification of global meaning in the brain
  
 
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The 2016 Context and Episodic Memory Symposium (CEMS), then in its twelfth year, was held at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, on May 5th and 6th, 2016.

The symposium is designed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas among colleagues working on theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of context and episodic memory, broadly construed.


Location & Hotel

The 2016 symposium was held in historic Philadelphia, at the Loews Hotel in Center City.

The Loews Philadelphia Hotel is located at 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, and offers first-rate accommodations to our attendees.

Hotel

In addition to its role as venue, the Loews Hotel in Center City, Philadelphia, served as the preferred hotel for CEMS 2016.


Click here to view this location on Google Maps


Travel

The University of Pennsylvania is served by Philadelphia International Airport and Amtrak 30th Street Station, and is a short train or taxi ride away from both.

From the Airport

  • Towncar
    • Uber is a on-demand towncar service that you can summon using an app on your iPhone or Android device, or from m.uber.com, or by texting an address and city to UBR-CAB (827-222).
    • Airport flat rate to and from Center City (including Penn campus) is $60 for a towncar (up to 4 people comfortably) or $85 for a luxury SUV (up to 6 people comfortably)
    • Normal rates for a towncar are a $7.00 base fare plus $3.75 per mile, or $0.85 per minute of wait time, with a $15 minimum fare. SUV rates are higher.
    • Link a credit card to your account. No need to pay your driver directly, and tip is included.
    • You must create an account first. Sign up using this CEMS link and receive a $10 bonus credit towards your first ride.
  • Taxi
    • Taxi fare between Center City Philadelphia (including Penn campus) and the airport is $28.50 each way for one passenger.
    • For trips to Center City from the airport, there is an additional $1 fee per passenger. Most cabs hold up to 3 people.
    • The trip takes between 15-30 minutes depending on traffic.
  • Regional Rail
    • The airport is served by SEPTA's Airport Regional Rail line, which stops at each terminal.
    • In Center City, you may use either the University City or 30th Street stops on the Airport line.
    • Tickets are $7.00 per person each way.
    • The train is scheduled to run every 30 minutes.
    • The trip takes 15-20 minutes depending on terminal, and the weekday schedule may be found here.

From 30th Street Station

Driving/Parking

  • The University of Pennsylvania is close to both I-76 and I-95.
  • The Inn at Penn offers valet parking Charge at $39.00 for overnight parking with in and out privileges and 20.00 for daily event parking (prices subject to change).
  • Self parking is available at a garage at 38th & Sansom, one block from The Inn At Penn. More garages may be found on this map.


Getting Around

  • SEPTA subways, trolleys, and buses run all over Philadelphia.
  • Taxis are plentiful.
    • Fares are a $2.70 flag drop plus $0.23 per 1/10 mi or 38 seconds of wait time.
  • Uber is a on-demand towncar service that you can summon using an app on your iPhone or Android device, or from m.uber.com, or by texting an address and city to UBR-CAB (827-222).
    • Normal rates for a towncar are a $7.00 base fare plus $3.75 per mile, or $0.85 per minute of wait time, with a $15 minimum fare. SUV rates are higher.
    • Link a credit card to your account. No need to pay your driver directly, and tip is included.
    • You must create an account first. Sign up using this CEMS link and receive a $10 bonus credit towards your first ride.

Abstract Submission

Abstract Submission for CEMS 2016 is now CLOSED. Thank you for your submissions.

Submit an abstract for consideration to give a spoken presentation at the 12th Annual Context and Episodic Memory Symposium (CEMS) to be held on May 5 and 6, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa. The symposium is designed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas among colleagues working on theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of context and episodic memory, broadly construed.

The format of CEMS is to have a relatively small number of spoken presentations each followed by a commentary given by a scientist working on related problems. The program committee aims to identify submissions that highlight major new theoretical and/or empirical advances. Papers not selected for these spoken presentations can be given as poster presentations. In previous years, posters have been a major highlight of the meeting and have been very well attended.

We would encourage submission of a written description of work in addition to an abstract if such a description is available.

Please email abstract paper submissions to Katherine Hurley (research coordinator of the Computational Memory Lab at the University of Pennsylvania) at context.symposium@gmail.com by February 12, 2016.


Schedule

If you are presenting and have scheduling conflicts, please let us know as soon as possible by emailing context.symposium@gmail.com

Thursday Friday
8:30 Breakfast 8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Opening Remarks 9:00 Frontal-Hippocampal Interactions, including:
9:15 Associative Processes Overview 9:00 Neal Morton
9:20-10:20 Associative Processes symposium, including: 9:25 Michael Mack
9:20 Sean Polyn 9:50 Fang Wang
9:40 Misha Tsodyks 10:15 Break
10:00 Jeremy Caplan 10:30 Hippocampal Processes, including:
10:20 Associative Processes panel discussion 10:30 Marc Coutanche
10:35 Break 10:50 Alexa Tompary
10:50 Keynote address: Jeffrey Zacks 11:10 Nicole Long
11:50 Group Photo 11:30 Nicholas Hindy
12:05 Lunch 11:50 David Ross
13:40 Retrieval Latencies overview 12:10 Lunch
13:45-13:05 Retrieval Latencies symposium, including: 13:40 Chris Baldassano
13:45 Adam Osth 14:05 Electrophysiology overview
14:05 Jeffrey Starns 14:10 Electrophysiology symposium, including:
14:25 William J. Hopper 14:10 Joshua Jacobs
14:45 Gregory Cox 14:30 Youssef Ezzyat
15:05 Retrieval Latencies panel discussion 14:50 Kareem Zaghloul
15:25 Break 15:10 Electrophysiology panel discussion
15:40-16:30 Data Blitz, including: 15:30-17:00 Poster Session 2
15:40 Robert Yaffe
15:50 Jack Wilson
16:00 Ghootae Kim
16:10 Halle Zucker
16:20 Ida Momennejad
16:30-16:55 Marc Howard
17:00-18:30 Reception and Poster Session 1


List of featured spoken presentations

First author will be presenting unless otherwise noted.


  • Keynote Presentation: Event Comprehension and Memory in the Predictive Brain, by Dr. Jeffrey Zacks, Associate Chair, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Professor of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis


Full-length Presentations (listed by mini-symposia [noted by "symposium" at the end of the respective topic] as applicable; affiliation noted by first author)

  • Associative Processes symposium
    • Sean M. Polyn, Neal W. Morton, Joshua D. McCluey (Vanderbilt University): Eddies in the flow of mental time: Semantic structure can remove the forward asymmetry of free recall
    • Sandro Romani, Mikhail Katkov, Misha Tsodyks (presenter) (Columbia University): Practice Makes Perfect in Memory Recall
    • Jeremy B. Caplan, Rachel L. Burton, Mayank Rehani, Jennifer A. Cole, Isabel Lek (University of Alberta): Associative independence revisited


  • Retrieval Latencies symposium
    • Adam Osth, Beatrice Bora, Andrew Heathcote, Simon Dennis (University of Melbourne): Diffusion vs. linear ballistic accumulation: Different models, different conclusions about the slope of the zROC in recognition memory
    • Jeffrey Starns, Qiuli Ma (University of Massachusetts): Continuous versus discrete information in recognition memory
    • William J. Hopper, David E. Huber (University of Massachusetts): The Primary and Convergent Retrieval Model of Recall
    • Gregory E. Cox, Amy H. Criss (Syracuse University): Parallel Facilitatory Retrieval of Item and Associative Information from Event Memory


  • Marc Howard, Karthik Shankar, Zoran Tiganj (Boston University): A general framework for efficient cognitive computation


  • Frontal-Hippocampal Interactions
    • Neal W. Morton, Margaret L. Schlichting, Alison R. Preston (University of Texas at Austin): Developing a neurocognitive model of memory integration
    • Michael L. Mack, Bradley C. Love, Alison R. Preston (University of Texas at Austin): Attention shapes hippocampal representations during learning through interactions with frontoparietal cortex
    • Fang Wang, Rachel A. Diana (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University): Temporal context processing within hippocampal subfields


  • Hippocampal Processes
    • Marc N. Coutanche (University of Pittsburgh): The rapid consolidation of new knowledge into cortical networks through fast mapping
    • A. Tompary, L. Davachi (New York University): Converging evidence for consolidation-related integration of overlapping episodic memories
    • Nicole M. Long, Hongmi Lee, Marvin M. Chun, Brice A. Kuhl (University of Oregon): Hippocampal mismatch signals are modulated by the similarity between predicted and realized outcomes
    • Nicholas C. Hindy, Felicia Y. Ng, Nicholas B. Turk-Browne (Princeton University): Action-based prediction in the hippocampus
    • David A. Ross, D. Merika Wilson, Patrick Sadil, Rosemary A. Cowell (University of Massachusetts): Hippocampus is not the unique seat of pattern completion in cued recall


  • Christopher Baldassano, Janice Chen, Jonathan W. Pillow, Uri Hasson, Kenneth A. Norman (Princeton University): Tracking brain activity during continuous perception and recall


  • Electrophysiology symposium
    • Joshua Jacobs, Jonathan Miller, Sang Ah Lee, Tom Coffey, Andrew J. Watrous, Michael R. Sperling, Ashwini Sharan, Gregory Worrell, Brent Berry, Bradley Lega, Barbara Jobst, Kathryn Davis, Robert E. Gross, Sameer A. Sheth, Youssef Ezzyat, Sandhitsu R. Das, Joel Stein, Richard Gorniak, Michael J. Kahana, and Daniel S. Rizzuto (Columbia University): Electrical stimulation in the human medial temporal lobe impairs spatial and episodic memory in a manner that illustrates the role of this structure in memory formation
    • Youssef Ezzyat, John F. Burke, Deborah F. Levy, Anastasia Lyalenko, Michael R. Sperling, Ashwini D. Sharan, Gregory A. Worrell, Michal T. Kucewicz, Barbara C. Jobst, Katherine A. Davis, Timothy H. Lucas, Cory S. Inman, Bradley C. Lega, Joel M. Stein, Sandhitsu Das, Richard Gorniak, Daniel S. Rizzuto, Michael J. Kahana (University of Pennsylvania): Targeted brain stimulation to modulate episodic memory encoding in humans
    • Kareem A. Zaghloul, Robert B. Yaffe, Julio Chapeton, Sara K. Inati (National Institutes of Health): Functional connectivity in human intracranial EEG is reinstated during cued recall

Data Blitz Session

  • Robert Yaffe, Jennifer Arai, Sarah Inati, Kareem Zaghloul (National Institutes of Health): Memory retrieval exhibits replay of spectral power dynamics of encoding on faster timescale
  • J.H. Wilson, A.H. Criss (Syracuse University): The list strength effect in cued recall
  • Ghootae Kim, Kenneth A. Norman, Nicholas B. Turk-Browne (Princeton University): Incorrectly predicted memories become differentiated after restudy
  • Halle R. Zucker, Maureen Ritchey, Arne D. Ekstrom, Andy P. Yonelinas, Charan Ranganath (University of California, Davis): Memory for space and time in the human hippocampus
  • Ida Momennejad, A. Ross Otto, Eeh Pyoung Rhee, Nathaniel Daw, Ken Norman (Princeton University): Changing the past: The interplay of replay and uncertainty in retrospective revaluation


Poster Sessions

If you are presenting and have schedule conflicts, please let us know by emailing context.symposium@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Thursday

  • Jeremy B. Caplan, Christopher R. Madan (University of Alberta): Imageability may enhance pair-memory by leveraging the hippocampus
  • M. Karl Healey, Michael J. Kahana (University of Pennsylvania): Neural dynamics during memory encoding provide a biomarker of successful aging
  • Margaret L. Schlichting, Katharine F. Guarino, Anna C. Schapiro, Nicholas B. Turk-Browne, Alison R. Preston (University of Texas at Austin): Structural development of hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex is related to statistical learning and inference
  • Ryan J. Hubbard, Kara D. Federmeier (University of Illinois): Encoding the Context: Effects of Sentential Context and Predictability on Recognition Memory
  • O. Bein, M. Trzewik, A. Maril (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): The role of prior knowledge in learning over repetitions
  • Michael S. Cohen, Jesse Rissman, Mariam Hovhannisyan, Alan D. Castel, Barbara J. Knowlton (Northwestern University; University of California, Los Angeles): Dissociating strategy-driven and automatic effects of value on memory
  • James E. Kragel, John F. Burke, Michael J. Kahana (University of Pennsylvania): Core episodic encoding and retrieval processes revealed by dynamics of oscillatory brain activity
  • Robert J. Molitor, Margaret L. Schlichting , Michael L. Mack, Katharine F. Guarino, Sam McKenzie, Howard Eichenbaum, Alison R. Preston (University of Texas at Austin): Generalization of schema representations to novel contexts is supported by hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex
  • Zoran Tiganj, Joseph M. Di Lascio, Per B. Sederberg, Michael J. Kahana, Daniel S. Rizzuto, Marc W. Howard (Boston University): Identifying the neural processes that govern contextual encoding and contextual retrieval
  • Emily R. Weichart, Andrew J. Bigler, Vincent Y. Man, William A. Cunningham, Per B. Sederberg (Ohio State University): Testing the effects of context repetition for valence and items
  • N. Rouhani, K. Norman, Y. Niv (Princeton University): Reward prediction errors enhance episodic memory
  • Lynn J. Lohnas, Lila Davachi (New York University): Disentangling interactions between context, spacing and repetition to item and source memory
  • Y. Yeshurun, J. Chen, U. Hasson (Princeton University): From words to narratives: amplification of global meaning in the brain

Friday

  • Vishnu Sreekumar, Dylan M. Nielson, Troy A. Smith, Simon Dennis, Per B. Sederberg (Ohio State University): The precuneus represents subjective content during vivid reminiscence of real-world experience
  • Tomi Ann Limcangco, Kenichi Kato, Shrida Sahadevan, and Jeremy Caplan (University of Alberta): Simple strategies can improve memory for order of items within word-pairs
  • Patrick Sadil, Rosemary A. Cowell (University of Massachusetts): Computational Model of Perceptual Deficits in Medial Temporal Lobe Amnesia
  • Joshua D. McCluey, Meghan A. Collins, Gregory M. Kyle, Sean M. Polyn (Vanderbilt University): Increased semantic similarity reduces the forward asymmetry in free recall
  • E. Cowan, A. Liu, S. Kothare, O. Devinksky, L. Davachi (New York University): Sleep relates to the neural representation and behavioral stability of memory
  • Inder Singh, Marc Howard (Boston University): Judgement of imminence: Predictions from an underlying temporal representation
  • A.C. Heusser, T. Brooks, L. Davachi (New York University): OpenEXP: An open-source platform for running EEG and behavioral experiments in the wild
  • Joseph M. Di Lascio, Daniela J. Palombo, Per B. Sederberg, Mieke H. Verfaellie, Marc W. Howard (Boston University): Computational Modeling of Free Recall in Memory Disordered Patients
  • Sarah DuBrow, Brynn Sherman, Lila Davachi (New York University): Measuring neural dynamics underlying short duration estimation with fMRI
  • Sucheta Chakravarty, Isha Ober, Christopher R. Madan, Yvonne Y. Chen, Esther Fujiwara, Jeremy B. Caplan (University of Alberta): Feedback related negativity signals prediction error in a value-learning task involving many stimuli
  • Brian Siefke, Per Sederberg (Ohio State University): Violation of visual timing enhances subsequent memory for words
  • Kenichi Kato, Jeremy B. Caplan (University of Alberta): Participants do not study word pairs differently to optimize for order
  • M. C. Inhoff, L. A. Libby, T. Noguchi, B. C. Love, C. Ranganath (University College London): Emergence of contextual representations revealed by Bayesian model-based fMRI

Past Symposia

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