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Michael Mack

Katy, Toronto
As seen in: PLOS ONE, Royal Society of Chemistry, BioRxiv, JNeurosci, Lens culture Magazine, Chemistry World, Farmers Weekly, Christian Standard
Cognitive Neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Moved to BlueSky: @drmack.bsky.social
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Distinct hippocampal subfield representational shifts underlie category exception learning

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By Michael Mack
| JNeurosci Verified
Abstract 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 this exception item and generalize it to similar instances. Category knowledge updating has been suggested to rely on flexible representational modulation by the hippocampus, which involves two critical operations – pattern differentiation and integration.
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Menstrual cycle and perceived stress predict performance on the mnemonic similarity task

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By Mateja Perović, Michael Mack
| PLOS ONE
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Citation: Perović M, Mack ML (2025) Menstrual cycle and perceived stress predict performance on the mnemonic similarity task. PLoS One 20(5): e0322652. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322652 Editor: Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Memorial University of Newfoundland, CANADA Received: July 29, 2024; Accepted: March 25, 2025; Published: May 2, 2025 Copyright: © 2025 Perović, Mack.
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Distinct hippocampal mechanisms support concept formation and updating

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By Michael Mack, Bradley C. Love, Alison Preston
| BioRxiv
Abstract Learning systems must constantly decide whether to create new representations or update existing ones. For example, a child learning that a bat is a mammal and not a bird would be best served by creating a new representation, whereas updating may be best when encountering a second similar bat. Characterizing the neural dynamics that underlie these complementary memory operations requires identifying the exact moments when each operation occurs.
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