Project description
Understanding the relationships between novelty detection and episodic memory
Memorising new information relies on distinguishing the new from the familiar, connecting novelty detection to memory. However, the exact nature of this link remains unclear. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the DENOVO project will investigate how different types of novelty affect episodic memory. The project will use neuroimaging and cognitive psychology, engaging volunteers aged 55 and older to explore this relationship. It will also study memory-impaired patients, including those with probable Alzheimer’s disease and amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, to assess the impact of brain network dysfunction. Additionally, the project will analyse longitudinal data from participants over 60 to examine how changes in novelty types relate to memory decline and brain atrophy.
Objective
"As memorizing new information relies on distinguishing the new from the familiar, novelty detection is closely tied to memory. Yet, the exact nature of this link remains unclear—are they two sides of the same function or rather distinct yet interacting processes? Critically, there are different types of novelty: absolute (new stimulus) or contextual (familiar stimulus in unexpected context). The ultimate goal of the MSCA ""DENOVO"" project is to develop an integrative model of the relationships between episodic memory and these novelty types. Specifically, I will test the way novelty types interact with memory: unitary relation for absolute vs. independence for contextual. I will design innovative tasks and use complementary approaches of neuroimaging, neuropsychology, and cognitive psychology in 3 work packages—(i) a correlational study in volunteers aged >55 to examine the relationship between novelty and memory, (ii) a neuropsychological study with memory-impaired patients (probable Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment) to probe the impact of underlying brains network dysfunction and to characterize the patterns of impairments across novelty types at AD stages, and (iii) analysis of longitudinal data from a cohort of subjects aged >60 to study the temporality of changes in novelty types in relation to memory decline and brain regions atrophy. Beyond ground-breaking advances in understanding memory function, the insights will be of great interest to clinicians for both diagnosis and rehabilitation of memory disorders. Altered precociously in AD, absolute novelty may be an early diagnosis marker while contextual novelty, which boosts memory encoding, may be a compensation strategy. Personally, thanks to the expertise of my host and secondment labs, DENOVO will equip me with essential technical and clinical skills, advancing my long-term career goal of conducting research using neuropsychological approaches to study episodic memory function."
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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