Xian Li @xianl-explorer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Thanks for putting together this great summary, Chris! Hard to believe we’ve been working on this for six years—so glad to finally share it 🙌 040
Xian Li @xianl-explorer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Thanks for the kind words and for sharing our work, Mariam! 010
Reposted by Xian LiChristopher Honey @chrishoney.bsky.social · 16/09/20261/ How do we sustain mental continuity in the face of interruption? @xianl-explorer.bsky.social found that, while people listen to a story, posterior medial cortex expresses a slowly evolving "background" representation of the story's context, which survived through silence and interfering tasks. 26828
Reposted by Xian LiMariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026How do keep a narrative active in our mind despite interruptions? The default mode network can maintain a representation of an interrupted story over a delay, even when the delay is filled with a demanding task. This representation is strikingly transformed from the initial experience!biorxiv.orgCortical and Hippocampal Pathways to Mental ContinuityHow do people preserve mental continuity when tasks are interrupted? One established pathway runs through the hippocampus, which stores snapshots of our mental context for later reinstatement. We prop... 17824
Reposted by Xian Liscienceartnews.bsky.social @scienceartnews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026#Agenda #PhD #Research @xianl-explorer.bsky.social 's #Poster #Presentation 6 August 2026, 10:30-12:15 Kimmel Center, Shorin&Rosenthal Rooms at #CCN2026 012
Xian Li @xianl-explorer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026In New York for #CCN2026! I’ll be presenting a poster on human-LLM alignment in narrative causal reasoning. If you’re interested in memory, narratives, AI, cognitive neuroscience, or just want to chat about research, postdocs, life, or exploring NYC, come say hi. Always happy to meet new people! 070
Reposted by Xian Liaaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Planning to start talking with potential postdoc candidates by the end of this week. The position is very open in terms of topic area. Let me know ASAP if you might be interested! 0135
Reposted by Xian LiRayna Tang @raynatang.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Excited to share that my first-ever first-author paper (w/ @atabk.bsky.social @AngeliqueDelarazan @zreagh.bsky.social) is now out in PNAS! Building a story to link two objects boosts associative memory and inference, but not memory for the objects themselves. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵pnas.orgActive linking through narratives facilitates associative inference | PNASIn daily life, we often draw inferences about novel associations from prior experiences. This ability, associative inference, is thought to be a ke... 39833
Reposted by Xian LiBuddhika Bellana @buddhikabellana.bsky.social · 03/07/2026New work on agency and memory by @xianl-explorer.bsky.social, Janice Chen, myself and others! Using choose-your-own-adventures, we found that agency doesn’t always improve memory. Instead, agency personalized memory ❄️ ❄️ — even when people read the same text. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 32611