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Catalina Yang

@catalinayang.bsky.social
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🧠 PhD student at the University of Toronto | The Memory & Perception Lab and The Duncan Lab

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Catalina Yang @catalinayang.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Come join our wonderful lab!!!
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Yongzhen Xie @doryyongzhenxie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My fMRI study from the Mack Lab (@drmack.bsky.social) is now published on JNeuro! Here, we look into how hippocampal subfields flexibly update category knowledge representations in the face of novel exceptions. Check out the article here: doi.org/10.1523/JNEU....
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Distinct Hippocampal Subfield Representational Shifts Underlie Category Exception Learning
When we encounter an exception to our prior category knowledge, such as a leaf-like butterfly that perceptually diverges from the butterflies we commonly see, we must update our knowledge to reconcile...
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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It was a delight to co-edit this issue with @peterkok.bsky.social & @barense.bsky.social, who are every bit as amazing to work with as you might expect 😊 I'm grateful to the authors, whose papers make this such an exciting collection, and to @catalinayang.bsky.social for the gorgeous cover!
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Peter Kok @peterkok.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The hippocampus sits at the interface of perception & memory, allowing us to link past, present, & future through its role in generating predictions. Excited to share this theme issue in @royalsociety.org's Philosophical Transactions B, co-edited with @barense.bsky.social & @mariamaly.bsky.social
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Volume 381 Issue 1954 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | The Royal Society
Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.
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Catalina Yang @catalinayang.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
New paper out w/ Katherine Duncan and Morgan Barense! Why do some memories update when our expectations are violated, while others remain stable? What matters most is the strength of a memory at reactivation—not how old it is. And, I designed the cover! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
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Memory strength at reactivation, not memory age, governs prediction error-driven updating of naturalistic event memory
Abstract. Prediction error during memory reactivation is posited to be a key driver of memory updating. However, prediction error leads to varied memory ou
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Lauren Homann @laurenhomann.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🧠 CNS Trainees! Join us Monday March 9 at #CNS2026 for our annual career panel: “Survival to Sustainability: Building a Career That Lasts” featuring Drs. Morgan Barense, Caterina Gratton, Regina Lapate, and Ajay Satpute 🎮 Then, join us at the trainee social at GRETA Arcade Bar! See you there!
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duncanlabuoft.bsky.social @duncanlabuoft.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Our lab will be presenting at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference this year #CNS2026! Learn more from our graduate students in their sessions! @catalinayang.bsky.social and @matthewdougherty.bsky.social
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Yongzhen Xie @doryyongzhenxie.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🧠 The MackLab (@drmack.bsky.social) will be presenting at #CNS2026! Stop by our posters to chat about learning, insight, and hippocampus!
MACK LAB IS PRESENTING AT CNS 2026!

YONGZHEN (DORY) XIE, LINDA HE, & MICHAEL L. MACK
Mnemonic effect of category exception learning as a function of prediction error type
B71, SUNDAY, 8:00 - 10:00 AM

LINDA HE & MICHAEL L. MACK
Exploring the effects of self-generated and induced insight on incidental memory and pupil dilation
B126, SUNDAY, 8:00 - 10:00 AM

JESSIE SONG, FRIDA PRINTZLAU, SAGANA VIJAYARAJAH, DANA HUANG, STEPHANIE CARDILLO, MARGARET L. SCHLICHTING, & MICHAEL L. MACK
Category learning in adults but not children benefits from delayed introduction of exceptions
C51, SUNDAY, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

SAGANA VIJAYARAJAH, MICHAEL L. MACK, & MARGARET L. SCHLICHTING
Delaying exception introduction enhances children's hippocampal engagement during category learning
C54, SUNDAY, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

MADELINE BLOOMBERG & MICHAEL L. MACK
Novelty-driven attentional shifts during concept
learning
D8, MONDAY, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
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John Thorp @johnthorp.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
new preprint! we generalize the retroactive memory enhancement from categories of objects (like animals, tools) to schemas of objects (things at the beach / camping), with a bit of a twist about whether you find all beaches threatening or just one specific beach 🤔 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Catalina Yang @catalinayang.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Super excited to share my first preprint with Katherine Duncan and Morgan Barense (@barense.bsky.social) -- "Memory strength at reactivation, not memory age, governs prediction error driven updating of naturalistic event memory"! 🧠🎉https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/q9rkn_v1
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Yongzhen Xie @doryyongzhenxie.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#CNS2025 If you are curious about how hippocampal subfields distinctively support the learning of surprising exceptions to category knowledge, come check out my poster at Session C tomorrow between 5 and 7 pm!
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Morgan Barense @barense.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
If you're at #CNS2025 come check out our lab's Sunday line-up of posters from @catalinayang.bsky.social, @bryanhong.bsky.social, @nellymatorina.bsky.social, and @laurenhomann.bsky.social.
CNS 2025 presentations from the Barense lab
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Catalina Yang @catalinayang.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Curious about how individual differences in episodic memory traits relate to changes in memory performance over time? Come check out my poster on Sunday, 5-7pm, poster session C, board 66. #CNS2025
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