The temporal signature of memories: identification of a general mechanism for dynamic memory replay in humans

Sebastian Michelmann; Howard Bowman; Simon Hanslmayr

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002528

The temporal signature of memories: identification of a general mechanism for dynamic memory replay in humans

Sebastian Michelmann
, Howard Bowman
, Simon Hanslmayr

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Abstract

Reinstatement of dynamic memories requires the replay of neural patterns that unfold over time in a similar manner as during perception. However, little is known about the mechanisms that guide such a temporally structured replay in humans, because previous studies
used either unsuitable methods or paradigms to address this question. Here, we overcome these limitations by developing a new analysis method to detect the replay of temporal patterns in a paradigm that requires participants to mentally replay short sound or video clips.
We show that memory reinstatement is accompanied by a decrease of low-frequency (8 Hz) power, which carries a temporal phase signature of the replayed stimulus. These replay effects were evident in the visual as well as in the auditory domain and were localized to sensory-specific regions. These results suggest low-frequency phase to be a domain-general mechanism that orchestrates dynamic memory replay in humans.

Original language	English
Article number	e1002528
Journal	PLoS Biology
Volume	14
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002528
Publication status	Published - 5 Aug 2016

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