Arianna Moccia
LightNews LightNews
banner
arimoccia.bsky.social
Arianna Moccia
@arimoccia.bsky.social
630 followers 300 following 34 posts
Postdoc @yorkpsychology.bsky.social. Researching how, when, and what the brain remembers/forgets.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
arimoccia.bsky.social
Arianna Moccia @arimoccia.bsky.social · Jul 16
🚨Paper now published! 🚨

The Effects of External Cue Overlap and Internal Goals on Selective Memory Retrieval.

Grateful for thorough reviews that made it stronger. Out now in #EJN: doi.org/10.1111/ejn..... w @alexamorcom.bsky.social @MattPlummer @ivorsimpson.bsky.social. Updated summary🧵👇
The Effects of External Cue Overlap and Internal Goals on Selective Memory Retrieval as Revealed by Electroencephalographic (EEG) Neural Pattern Reinstatement
This EEG study used multivariate decoding in humans to investigate how memories are selected when retrieval goals vary. The results showed that EEG neural patterns reinstating studied information tra...
doi.org
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
woodforbrains.bsky.social
New paper from our lab by Ricardo Morales-Torres (@rmt93.bsky.social) on the visual and semantic properties that shape the vividness of mental representations for events past.

psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

The short answer to the title, "What Makes Memories Vivid?" is ... meaning!
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
benjamingriffiths.bsky.social
Delighted to share our new preprint!

We show that rhythmic light stimulation produces multiplexed oscillatory responses at fundamental and harmonic frequencies that are spatially, temporally, and functionally distinct.

Read on for the details [1/6]

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence
Rhythmic light stimulation elicits multiple concurrent neural responses that separably shape human perception
Rhythmic light stimulation offers solutions to innumerable cognitive and neurological disorders. However, like any neuromodulatory technique, responses to rhythmic light stimulation are highly variabl...
www.biorxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
aidanhorner.bsky.social
I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.

A neural state space for episodic memories

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
kasiamojescik.bsky.social
The podcast is now available on Spotify!

You can still take part in our survey here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
arimoccia.bsky.social
This was super fun! Thanks @alexandrapike.bsky.social for proposing and to @chloebrunskill.bsky.social and all speakers and attendees for making this day happen! 🥹
alexandrapike.bsky.social Alex Pike @alexandrapike.bsky.social · 15d
Super pleased that we are doing a @yorkpsychology.bsky.social Postdoc and RA showcase today! Thank you so much to @chloebrunskill.bsky.social and @arimoccia.bsky.social for doing all the hard work and bringing the humorous comics.
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
renoultlouis.bsky.social
It is a great pleasure to share this new collaborative work on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Representations with @fnim-lab.bsky.social @cvlneuro.bsky.social @psychologyuea.bsky.social

osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
buddhikabellana.bsky.social
How might stories shed light on brain function? Check out this opinion piece by @alexbarnett.bsky.social and I about the DMN and "situation models" -- our understanding of the current "state of affairs" in a story (or even experience).

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On the left: an illustration from Brooke's 1904 rendition of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, where Little bear discovers their favourite chair is broken 😲. On the right, a sketch of what a corresponding "situation model" might contain.
September 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
jamiecockcroft.bsky.social
Was meant to be presenting at #BACN25 on Thursday. Unfortunately, COVID has decided otherwise. My poster will still make an appearance though. Even better? It’s presented by @aidanhorner.bsky.social instead! Go check it out on Thursday along with other lab posters on narratives, objects and schema.
jamiecockcroft.bsky.social Jamie Cockcroft @jamiecockcroft.bsky.social · Sep 3
🚪🧠 Ever wondered if walking through doors really changes your memory? At #ESCOP25 today I’m at Board 19 showing how spatiotemporal boundaries impact recall in VR. Although time matters, it’s more to do with using it effectively!
This poster presents work that examines how spatiotemporal boundaries influence recall. Previous research suggests that such boundaries improve memory (Logie & Donaldson, 2021). It remains unclear, however, whether the benefit comes directly from the boundaries or from the post-encoding processes they permit, such as elaborative rehearsal. Across three experiments, participants studied words in a virtual environment under different conditions: (1) Non-segmented: continuous word presentation in a single room; (2) Segmented: a new room introduced every four words, creating spatiotemporal boundaries; (3) Non-segmented (time): continuous word presentation in one room, with structured pauses to match the timing of the segmented condition. In Experiment 3, the segmented condition was replaced by a non-segmented (task) condition, which used the same timing as the non-segmented (time) condition but filled the pauses with a 2-back task to prevent rehearsal. Findings were as follows: Experiments 1 and 2 showed better recall in the segmented and non-segmented (time) conditions compared to the non-segmented condition, with no difference between segmented and non-segmented (time). Experiment 3 found reduced recall when a task replaced the free period. However, it did not replicate the earlier benefit of non-segmented (time) over non-segmented. Overall, the results suggest that recall advantages observed in earlier work may be due to post-encoding processes rather than the boundaries themselves. The next experiment will test whether elaborative rehearsal or resource allocation during encoding better explains these effects by systematically varying the presence of free periods and tasks.
September 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
jamiecockcroft.bsky.social
Mixed-effects modellers, assemble!

Just dropped a (very niche) blog on the weird quirks that occur with uncorrelated random effects and the trifecta of packages: lme4, afex, and performance (in R).

Read here 👉 sites.google.com/view/jamieco...

#rstats #MixedModels #lme4 #afex #performanceR
captain america is holding a hammer and says avengers assemble
Alt: Captain America holding Mjölnir and says: “Avengers… Assemble!”
media.tenor.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
alexamorcom.bsky.social
So happy this is finally out! Despite Covid delays and thanks to persistence by @arimoccia.bsky.social + the helpful reviewers

Starting to uncover how memory cues and goals interact - with implications for how we understand memory reconstruction during retrieval
July 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
aidanhorner.bsky.social
Happy publication day to first author @ewanmurray.bsky.social! A lot of hard work by Ewan went into this, so it is great to see if fully published.

A Meta-analytic Review of the Effectiveness of Spacing and Retrieval Practice for Mathematics Learning

#cognition #psychscisky #neuroskyence
A Meta-analytic Review of the Effectiveness of Spacing and Retrieval Practice for Mathematics Learning - Educational Psychology Review
Spaced retrieval practice harnesses two well-studied phenomena: the spacing effect, where spacing out practice over several sessions leads to a gain in retention compared to massed practice in one ses...
link.springer.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
emljames.bsky.social
📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
arimoccia.bsky.social
🚨Paper now published! 🚨

The Effects of External Cue Overlap and Internal Goals on Selective Memory Retrieval.

Grateful for thorough reviews that made it stronger. Out now in #EJN: doi.org/10.1111/ejn..... w @alexamorcom.bsky.social @MattPlummer @ivorsimpson.bsky.social. Updated summary🧵👇
The Effects of External Cue Overlap and Internal Goals on Selective Memory Retrieval as Revealed by Electroencephalographic (EEG) Neural Pattern Reinstatement
This EEG study used multivariate decoding in humans to investigate how memories are selected when retrieval goals vary. The results showed that EEG neural patterns reinstating studied information tra...
doi.org
July 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
aidanhorner.bsky.social
Paper accepted!!!

The holistic forgetting of events and the (sometimes) fragmented forgetting of objects

osf.io/preprints/ps...

#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
November 21, 2024 at 10:26 AM
arimoccia.bsky.social
🚨Long-awaited revised preprint thanks to rigorous and helpful reviewers🚨. We validated LDA approach, obtained reactivation to index neural reinstatement, and updated inferential models w @alexamorcom.bsky.social, Matt Plummer + new co-author Ivor Simpson
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... . Summary👇🧵
www.biorxiv.org
October 15, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
ewanmurray.bsky.social
Submitted my first paper today and released it as a preprint! Murray, E., Goebel, S. M., & @aidanhorner.bsky.social (2024). More Steps, Same Effect: Spacing Increases the Retention of Mathematics Procedures of Varying Complexity. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
October 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM
arimoccia.bsky.social
Follow the end of the rainbow and come and see my poster tomorrow at #EPSYork24 ✨🍀. We’ll chat about how we forget and I’ll show you some initial work w/ @aidanhorner.bsky.social 🧠🐘
Link to poster: eps.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Link to ~4min walk-through; youtu.be/0K0bBv1qiPA
July 4, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
aidanhorner.bsky.social
We've updated our preprint to include some new control analyses and also made changes to the introduction and discussion. Check it out!

The holistic forgetting of events and the (sometimes) fragmented forgetting of objects

osf.io/preprints/ps... #psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition
OSF
osf.io
May 24, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
kasiamojescik.bsky.social
The first paper of my PhD is out! See our findings in the thread below
https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/10/1/116195/200614/The-Relationship-Between-Subjective-Memory
(co-authors @chrismbird.bsky.social @flaviadielle.bsky.social @samberens.bsky.social @maureenritchey.bsky.social) (1/9)
May 14, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Arianna Moccia
aidanhorner.bsky.social
1 week left to apply, so get your applications in! #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
aidanhorner.bsky.social Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Feb 3
Postdoc alert! Come work with me on an ESRC project on the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material.

2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.

Application deadline 1st March.

#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
February 23, 2024 at 10:51 AM
arimoccia.bsky.social
👋
February 19, 2024 at 1:39 PM