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Memory Networks


Intrinsic functional connectivity among memory networks does not predict individual differences in narrative recall.

Kurkela, K.A., & Ritchey, M. (2024). Imaging Neuroscience.      

Integrating region- and network-level contributions to episodic recollection using multilevel structural equation modeling.

Kurkela, K.A., Cooper, R.A., Ryu, E., & Ritchey, M. (2022). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.      

Summary metrics of memory subnetwork functional connectivity alterations in multiple sclerosis.

Leavitt, V., Dworkin, J., Buyukturkoglu, K., Riley, C. & Ritchey, M. (2022). Multiple Sclerosis Journal.    

Brain mechanisms underlying the subjective experience of remembering.

Simons, J.S., Ritchey, M., & Fernyhough, C. (2022). Annual Review of Psychology.    

Mapping the organization and dynamics of the posterior medial network during movie watching.

Cooper, R.A., Kurkela, K., Davis, S.W., & Ritchey, M. (2021). NeuroImage.      

Deconstructing the posterior medial episodic network.

Ritchey, M.* & Cooper, R.A.* (2020). Trends in Cognitive Sciences.    

Progression from feature-specific brain activity to hippocampal binding during episodic encoding.

Cooper, R.A. & Ritchey, M. (2020). Journal of Neuroscience.      

Cortico-hippocampal network connections support the multidimensional quality of episodic memory.

Cooper, R.A. & Ritchey, M. (2019). eLife.      

Dissociable medial temporal pathways for encoding emotional item and context information.

Ritchey, M., Wang, S.-F., Yonelinas, A.P., & Ranganath, C. (2019). Neuropsychologia.      

Neural reactivation in parietal cortex enhances memory for episodically linked information.

Jonker, T.R., Dimsdale-Zucker, H.R., Ritchey, M., Clarke, A., & Ranganath, C. (2018). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.    

Functional connectivity based parcellation of the human medial temporal lobe.

Wang, S.-F., Ritchey, M., Libby, L.A., & Ranganath, C. (2016). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.    

Cortico-hippocampal systems involved in memory and cognition: The PMAT framework.

Ritchey, M., Libby, L.A., & Ranganath, C. (2015). The Connected Hippocampus. Progress in Brain Research.    

Functional connectivity relationships predict similarities in task activation and pattern information during associative memory encoding.

Ritchey, M., Yonelinas, A.P., & Ranganath, C. (2014). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.    

Two cortical systems for memory-guided behavior.

Ranganath, C. & Ritchey, M. (2012). Nature Reviews Neuroscience.    


Emotional Memory


Eye tracking evidence for the reinstatement of emotionally negative and neutral memories.

Brooks, P. P., Guzman, B.A., Kensinger, E.A., Norman, K. A., & Ritchey, M. (2024). PLoS ONE.      

How list composition affects the emotional enhancement of memory in younger and older adults.

Garcia, S., Ritchey, M., & Kensinger, E.A. (2023). Cognition and Emotion.    

Distinct medial-temporal lobe mechanisms of encoding and amygdala-mediated memory reinstatement for disgust and fear.

Riegel, M., Wierzba, M., Wypych, M., Ritchey, M., Jednorog, K., Grabowska, A., Vuilleumier, P., & Marchewka, A. (2022). NeuroImage.    

Reframing the past: Role of memory processes in emotion regulation.

Samide, R., & Ritchey, M. (2021). Cognitive Therapy and Research.    

Amygdala and ventral tegmental area differentially interact with hippocampus and cortical medial temporal lobe during rest in humans.

Gregory, D.F., Ritchey, M., & Murty, V.P. (2020). Hippocampus.    

A database of news videos for investigating the dynamics of emotion and memory.

Samide, R., Cooper, R.A. & Ritchey, M. (2020). Behavior Research Methods.      

Memories fade: The relationship between memory vividness and remembered visual salience.

Cooper, R.A., Kensinger, E.A., & Ritchey, M. (2019). Psychological Science.      

Stress and the medial temporal lobe at rest: Functional connectivity is associated with both memory and cortisol.

Shields, G.S., McCullough, A.M., Ritchey, M., Ranganath, C., & Yonelinas, A.P. (2019). Psychoneuroendocrinology.    

Dissociable medial temporal pathways for encoding emotional item and context information.

Ritchey, M., Wang, S.-F., Yonelinas, A.P., & Ranganath, C. (2019). Neuropsychologia.      

Stress as a mnemonic filter: Interactions between medial temporal lobe encoding processes and post-encoding stress.

Ritchey, M., McCullough, A.M., Ranganath, C., & Yonelinas, A.P. (2017). Hippocampus.    

Adaptive memory systems for remembering the salient and the seemingly mundane.

Ritchey, M., Murty, V.P., & Dunsmoor, J.E. (2016). Behavioral and Brain Sciences.    

The slow forgetting of emotional episodic memories: An emotional binding account.

Yonelinas, A.P., & Ritchey, M. (2015). Trends in Cognitive Sciences.    

Differential effects of stress-induced cortisol responses on recollection and familiarity based recognition memory.

McCullough, A.M. Ritchey, M., Ranganath, C., & Yonelinas, A.P. (2015). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.    

Prior perceptual processing enhances the effect of emotional arousal on the neural correlates of memory retrieval.

Dew, I.T.Z., Ritchey, M., LaBar, K.S., & Cabeza, R. (2014). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.    

Neural similarity between encoding and retrieval is related to memory via hippocampal interactions.

Ritchey, M., Wing, E.A., LaBar, K.S., & Cabeza, R. (2013). Cerebral Cortex.    

Level of processing modulates the neural correlates of emotional memory formation.

Ritchey, M., LaBar, K.S., & Cabeza, R. (2011). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.    

fMRI studies of successful emotional memory encoding: A quantitative meta-analysis.

Murty, V.P.*, Ritchey, M.*, Adcock, R.A., & LaBar, K.S. (2010). Neuropsychologia.    

Role of amygdala connectivity in the persistence of emotional memories over time: An event-related fMRI investigation.

Ritchey, M., Dolcos, F., & Cabeza, R. (2008). Cerebral Cortex.    

Dissociable effects of conscious emotion regulation strategies on explicit and implicit memory.

Dillon, D.G., Ritchey, M., Johnson, B.D., & LaBar, K.S. (2007). Emotion.    


Memory Consolidation


A new look at memory retention and forgetting.

Radvansky, G.A., Doolen, A.C., Pettijohn, K.A., & Ritchey, M. (2022). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.    

Stress and the medial temporal lobe at rest: Functional connectivity is associated with both memory and cortisol.

Shields, G.S., McCullough, A.M., Ritchey, M., Ranganath, C., & Yonelinas, A.P. (2019). Psychoneuroendocrinology.    

Stress as a mnemonic filter: Interactions between medial temporal lobe encoding processes and post-encoding stress.

Ritchey, M., McCullough, A.M., Ranganath, C., & Yonelinas, A.P. (2017). Hippocampus.    

Adaptive memory systems for remembering the salient and the seemingly mundane.

Ritchey, M., Murty, V.P., & Dunsmoor, J.E. (2016). Behavioral and Brain Sciences.    

Post-learning hippocampal dynamics promote preferential retention of rewarding events.

Gruber, M.J., Ritchey, M., Wang, S.-F., Doss, M.K., & Ranganath, C. (2016). Neuron.    

The slow forgetting of emotional episodic memories: An emotional binding account.

Yonelinas, A.P., & Ritchey, M. (2015). Trends in Cognitive Sciences.    

Delay-dependent contributions of medial temporal lobe regions to episodic memory retrieval.

Ritchey, M., Montchal, M.E., Yonelinas, A.P., & Ranganath, C. (2015). eLife.      

Role of amygdala connectivity in the persistence of emotional memories over time: An event-related fMRI investigation.

Ritchey, M., Dolcos, F., & Cabeza, R. (2008). Cerebral Cortex.    


Memory Reactivation


Reinstated patterns of visual attention promote flexible scene recognition.

Hu, T., Yi, H.Y., Brooks, P.P., & Ritchey, M. (pre-print). PsyArXiv.      

Eye tracking evidence for the reinstatement of emotionally negative and neutral memories.

Brooks, P. P., Guzman, B.A., Kensinger, E.A., Norman, K. A., & Ritchey, M. (2024). PLoS ONE.      

Neural reactivation in parietal cortex enhances memory for episodically linked information.

Jonker, T.R., Dimsdale-Zucker, H.R., Ritchey, M., Clarke, A., & Ranganath, C. (2018). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.    

CA1 and CA3 differentially support spontaneous retrieval of episodic contexts within human hippocampal subfields.

Dimsdale-Zucker, H.R., Ritchey, M., Ekstrom, A.D., Yonelinas, A.P., & Ranganath, C. (2018). Nature Communications.      

Delay-dependent contributions of medial temporal lobe regions to episodic memory retrieval.

Ritchey, M., Montchal, M.E., Yonelinas, A.P., & Ranganath, C. (2015). eLife.      

Reinstatement of individual past events revealed by the similarity of distributed activation patterns during encoding and retrieval.

Wing, E.A., Ritchey, M., & Cabeza, R. (2015). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.    

Functional connectivity relationships predict similarities in task activation and pattern information during associative memory encoding.

Ritchey, M., Yonelinas, A.P., & Ranganath, C. (2014). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.    

Neural similarity between encoding and retrieval is related to memory via hippocampal interactions.

Ritchey, M., Wing, E.A., LaBar, K.S., & Cabeza, R. (2013). Cerebral Cortex.