Topic: memory-based decision-making

We can draw on both episodic memories and semantic knowledge to guide behavior in novel situations. Despite growing interest, key questions remain on the interplay between these systems. How do semantic representations guide the retrieval of episodic memories? How are low-level semantic relationships abstracted from everyday observations (episodes)? How are these low-level relationships transformed to higher-order knowledge structures? By bridging insights from memory-neuroscience with findings in memory-based decision-making, we propose that the sequential sampling of related episodic memorie