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DocumentEpisodic thought distinguishes spontaneous cognition in waking from REM and NREM sleep2021

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-334
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
334 - Inducing lucid dreams with optimized sensory cues
Duration: 2019-03 - 2022-10
Researcher(s):
Benjamin Baird, Giulio Tononi, Stephen LaBerge
Institution(s): Department of Psychiatry, Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, University of Wisconsin – Madison (USA)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Baird, B.
Secondary author(s):
Tononi, G., LaBerge, S.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Lucid dream / Sensory disconnection / REM sleep / Consciousness / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-334.04
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Episodic thought distinguishes spontaneous cognition in waking from REM and NREM sleep
Publication year: 2021
URL:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810021001732
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Evidence suggests continuity between cognition in waking and sleeping states. However, one type of cognition that may differ is episodic thoughts of the past and future. The current study investigated this across waking, NREM sleep and REM sleep. We analyzed thought reports obtained from a large sample of individuals (N = 138) who underwent experience-sampling during wakefulness as well as serial awakenings in sleep. Our data suggest that while episodic thoughts are common during waking spontaneous thought, episodic thoughts of both the past and the future rarely occur in either N2 or REM sleep. Moreover, replicating previous findings, episodic thoughts during wakefulness exhibit a strong prospective bias and frequently involve autobiographical planning. Together, these results suggest that the occurrence of spontaneous episodic thoughts differs substantially across waking and dreaming sleep states. We suggest that this points to a difference in the way that human consciousness is typically experienced across the sleep-wake cycle.
Accessibility: Document exits in file
Copyright/Reproduction:
By permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Baird, B.
Secondary author(s):
Aparicio, M. K., Alauddin, T., Riedner, B., Boly, M., Tononi, G.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Baird, B., Aparicio, M. K., Alauddin, T., Riedner, B., Boly, M., & Tononi, G. (2021). Episodic thought distinguishes spontaneous cognition in waking from REM and NREM sleep. Consciousness and Cognition, 97, 103247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2021.103247
2-year Impact Factor: 2.728|2021
Times cited: 8|2025-09-20
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q3
Keywords: Dreaming / Mind-wandering / Spontaneous thought / Episodic future thought / Episodic memory / Autonoetic consciousness / Mental time travel
DocumentCue overlap supports preretrieval selection in episodic memory: ERP evidence2021

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-169
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
169 - Temporal decoding of selective recollection with psychophysiology
Duration: 2019-06 - 2022-01
Researcher(s):
Alexa Morcom, Arjen Alink
Institution(s): School of Psychology, University of Sussex (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress Report
Final Report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Morcom, A.
Secondary author(s):
Alink, A.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Recollection / Decoding / Electroencephalogram (EEG) / Event-related potential (ERP) / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-169.02
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Cue overlap supports preretrieval selection in episodic memory: ERP evidence
Publication year: 2021
URL:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2Fs13415-021-00971-0
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
People often want to recall events of a particular kind, but this selective remembering is not always possible. We contrasted two candidate mechanisms: the overlap between retrieval cues and stored memory traces, and the ease of recollection. In two preregistered experiments (Ns = 28), we used event-related potentials (ERPs) to quantify selection occurring before retrieval and the goal states - retrieval orientations - thought to achieve this selection. Participants viewed object pictures or heard object names, and one of these sources was designated as targets in each memory test. We manipulated cue overlap by probing memory with visual names (Experiment 1) or line drawings (Experiment 2). Results revealed that regardless of which source was targeted, the left parietal ERP effect indexing recollection was selective when test cues overlapped more with the targeted than non-targeted information, despite consistently better memory for pictures. ERPs for unstudied items also were more positive-going when cue overlap was high, suggesting that engagement of retrieval orientations reflected availability of external cues matching the targeted source. The data support the view that selection can act before recollection if there is sufficient overlap between retrieval cues and targeted versus competing memory traces.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Moccia, A.
Secondary author(s):
Morcom, A. M.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Moccia, A., & Morcom, A. M. (2021). Cue overlap supports preretrieval selection in episodic memory: ERP evidence. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 22(3), 492–508. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00971-0
2-year Impact Factor: 3.526|2021
Times cited: 2|2025-09-20
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q2
Keywords: Episodic memory / Event-related potentials / Proactive control / Recollection / Retrieval orientation

Cue overlap supports preretrieval selection in episodic memory: ERP evidence

Cue overlap supports preretrieval selection in episodic memory: ERP evidence
DocumentAlpha rhythm modulations in the intraparietal sulcus reflect decision signals during item recognition2022

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2016 Grants
Start date: 2017-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016-159
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
159 - Unraveling the neural mechanisms of human memory decisions with magnetoencephalography
Duration: 2017-05 - 2022-11
Researcher(s):
Carlo Sestieri, Stefania Della Penna
Institution(s): Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. D'Annunzio" of Chieti - Pescara (Italy
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Author: Sestieri, C.
Secondary author(s):
Della Penna, S.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Magnetoencephalography / Episodic memory / Decision evidence / Cortical dynamics / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016-159.03
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Alpha rhythm modulations in the intraparietal sulcus reflect decision signals during item recognition
Publication year: 2022
URL:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811922004645
Abstract/Results: Theoretical work and empirical observations suggest a contribution of regions along the intraparietal sulcus to the process of evidence accumulation during episodic memory retrieval. In the present study, we recorded magnetoencephalographic signals in a group of healthy human participants to test whether the pattern of oscillatory modulations in the lateral parietal lobe is consistent with the mnemonic accumulator hypothesis. To this aim, the dynamic properties and the spatial distribution of MEG oscillatory power modulations were investigated during an item recognition task in which the amount of evidence for old vs. new memory decisions was manipulated across three levels. A data-driven approach was employed to identify brain nodes where oscillatory activity was sensitive to both retrieval success and the amount of evidence for old decisions. The analysis identified three nodes in the left lateral parietal lobe where the event-related desynchronization (ERD) in the alpha frequency band showed both effects. Further analyses revealed that the alpha ERD in the intraparietal sulcus, but not in other parietal nodes: i. showed modulation of duration in response to the amount of evidence for both old and new decisions, ii. was behaviorally significant, and iii. more accurately tracked the subjective memory judgment rather than the objective memory status. The present findings provide support for a recent anatomical-functional model of the parietal involvement in episodic memory retrieval and suggest that the alpha ERD in the intraparietal sulcus might represent a neural signature of the evidence accumulation process during simple memory-based decisions.
Accessibility: Docuement exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:
by permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Spadone, S.
Secondary author(s):
Tosoni, A., Penna, S., Sestieri, C.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Spadone, S., Tosoni, A., Penna, S. & Sestieri, C. (2022). Alpha rhythm modulations in the intraparietal sulcus reflect decision signals during item recognition. NeuroImage, 258, 119375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119345
2-year Impact Factor: 5.700|2022
Times cited: 2|2025-09-24
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Episodic memory / Decision-making / MEG / Alpha rhythm / Parietal lobe

Alpha rhythm modulations in the intraparietal sulcus reflect decision signals during item recognition

Alpha rhythm modulations in the intraparietal sulcus reflect decision signals during item recognition
DocumentFinal report - Unraveling the neural mechanisms of human memory decisions with magnetoencephalography2019

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2016 Grants
Start date: 2017-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016-159
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
159 - Unraveling the neural mechanisms of human memory decisions with magnetoencephalography
Duration: 2017-05 - 2022-11
Researcher(s):
Carlo Sestieri, Stefania Della Penna
Institution(s): Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. D'Annunzio" of Chieti - Pescara (Italy
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Author: Sestieri, C.
Secondary author(s):
Della Penna, S.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Magnetoencephalography / Episodic memory / Decision evidence / Cortical dynamics / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016-159.01
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Final report - Unraveling the neural mechanisms of human memory decisions with magnetoencephalography
Publication year: 2019
Abstract/Results:
ABSTRACT:
Previous fMRI studies suggest that the retrieval-related activity observed in the left lateral intraparietal sulcus (IPS) might reflect a neural accumulator of evidence for memory-based decisions. In the present MEG study, we examined the dynamics of oscillatory activity in a set of previously defined cortical regions to identify potential markers of mnemonic evidence accumulation. Healthy human subjects (N=22) participated in a memory retrieval experiment that employed the manipulation of evidence for old/new decisions. Magnetic activity was estimated in six regions of interest (IPS, prefrontal cortex, caudate nuclei, bilaterally) derived from our previous fMRI study. We estimated several properties (peak amplitude, peak latency, duration, rising and falling speed) of event-related synchronization/desynchronization (ERS/ERD) in six oscillatory bands (d, ?, a, low-ß, low-?, high-?). A 3-way repeated measures ANOVA with region, memory status and evidence as factors was conducted on each property/band. The analysis revealed a significant main effect of memory status on the duration [p=0.044] and peak amplitude [p=0.013] of the alpha ERD. Since we observed a main effect of the region on several properties of the alpha ERD, we next directly tested whether the amount of decision evidence affected the oscillatory dynamics in left IPS. A main effect of evidence was observed on alpha ERD duration [p=0.042] and, crucially, on the ERD falling speed [p=0.050], meaning that the higher the evidence, the faster the ERD reached its peak. These findings are highly consistent with a mnemonic accumulator, as hypothesized by decision-making accounts of parietal activity during memory retrieval.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Sestieri, C.
Secondary author(s):
Della Penna, S.
Document type:
Final report
Number of reproductions:
1
Indexed document:
No
Keywords: Magnetoencephalography / Episodic memory / Decision evidence / Cortical dynamics

Final report - Unraveling the neural mechanisms of human memory decisions with magnetoencephalography

Final report - Unraveling the neural mechanisms of human memory decisions with magnetoencephalography
File320 - Psychophysiology of the blind mind: Shedding light on memories without imagery2024-01

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2022
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2022 Grants
Start date: 2023-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2022-320
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
320 - Psychophysiology of the blind mind: Shedding light on memories without imagery
Duration: 2024-01
Researcher(s):
Elena Azañón, Max-Philipp Stenner
Institution(s): Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg (Germany)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Article
Language: eng
Notes:
Ongoing project
Author: Azañón, E.
Secondary author(s):
Stenner, M. P.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Aphantasia / Imagery / Episodic memory / Magnetoencephalography / Psychophysiology
DocumentFinal report - Research-inspired cognitive empowerment: Modulating Episodic Memory through Egocentric Navigational Training 2023

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-336
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
336 - Research-inspired cognitive empowerment: Modulating Episodic Memory through Egocentric Navigational Training (MEMENT)
Duration: 2019-09 - 2023-04
Researcher(s):
Giorgia Committeri, Carlo Sestieri, Matteo Frisoni, Agustina Fragueiro, Annalisa Tosoni
Institution(s): Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical sciences, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University G. d' Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Resarch Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Committeri, G.
Secondary author(s):
Sestieri, C., Frisoni, M., Fragueiro, A., Tosoni, A.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Empowerment / Episodic memory / Egocentric navigation / Path integration / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-336.01
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Final report - Research-inspired cognitive empowerment: Modulating Episodic Memory through Egocentric Navigational Training
Publication year: 2023
Abstract/Results:
ABSTRACT:
According to the phylogenetic continuity hypothesis (Buzsáki and Moser, 2013), mechanisms supporting declarative memory (episodic-EM and semantic-SM) might have evolved from mechanism of navigation (egocentric-EN and allocentric-AN) in the physical world. In a series of studies, using measures of human performance, we tested if traces of this phylogenetic continuity may be observed in human behavior and its neural underpinnings. Using classic versions of navigational and memory tasks, a specific correlation and predictive relationship was observed in Study 1 between EN and EM, but not SM, abilities. In Study 2, we extended the observed association between EN and EM to the dynamic component of sequential updating of information. An indirect relationship was also described between EN and SM mediated by EM. In Study 3, the complete 4 - components model was assessed using navigational (egocentric/route, allocentric/survey) and memory (EM, SM) tasks based on the same audio-visual material. Results indicated that route-based navigation specifically predicted EM performance while survey navigation specifically predicted SM performance. In Study 4, a navigational vs. control training protocol was employed to assess a causality relationship between navigation and memory. The results indicated a significant improvement of EM but not SM or short-term memory following the navigational but not the control training. Study 5 explored the neurophysiological similarities between spatial navigation and memory through EEG, finding a specific theta band modulation during temporal memory and, on the other side, an alpha and beta band modulation during the spatial and semantic tasks. Of relevance, the observation of a shared pattern of alpha/beta strong desynchronization for the processing of spatial and conceptual information support the recent conceptual framework of a spatial representational format for high-level cognition including memory and knowledge representation (Bellmund 2018). In summary, the results provide consistent support to the phylogenetic continuity hypothesis between mechanisms of spatial navigation and declarative memory and offer new insights for application of navigational training programs for memory rehabilitation and empowerment.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Committeri, G.
Secondary author(s):
Tosoni, A.
Document type:
Final report
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Committeri, G., & Tosoni, A. (2023). Final report - Research-inspired cognitive empowerment: Modulating Episodic Memory through Egocentric Navigational Training.
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Spatial navigation / Egocentric navigation / Episodic memory / Empowerment

Final report - Research-inspired cognitive empowerment: Modulating Episodic Memory through Egocentric Navigational Training

Final report - Research-inspired cognitive empowerment: Modulating Episodic Memory through Egocentric Navigational Training

DocumentReference frames for spatial navigation and declarative memory: Individual differences in performance support the phylogenetic continuity hypothesis2024

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-336
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
336 - Research-inspired cognitive empowerment: Modulating Episodic Memory through Egocentric Navigational Training (MEMENT)
Duration: 2019-09 - 2023-04
Researcher(s):
Giorgia Committeri, Carlo Sestieri, Matteo Frisoni, Agustina Fragueiro, Annalisa Tosoni
Institution(s): Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical sciences, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University G. d' Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Resarch Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Committeri, G.
Secondary author(s):
Sestieri, C., Frisoni, M., Fragueiro, A., Tosoni, A.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Empowerment / Episodic memory / Egocentric navigation / Path integration / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-336.05
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Reference frames for spatial navigation and declarative memory: Individual differences in performance support the phylogenetic continuity hypothesis
Publication year: 2024
URL:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513823000685?utm_campaign=STMJ_AUTH_SERV_PUBLISHED&utm_medium=email&utm_acid=229199573&SIS_ID=&dgcid=STMJ_AUTH_SERV_PUBLISHED&CMX_ID=&utm_in=DM405096&utm_source=AC_
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Recent experimental evidence has led to the idea that the neural mechanisms supporting spatial navigation have been flexibly adapted to organize concepts and memories through spatial codes. The “phylogenetic continuity hypothesis” (Buszáki & Moser, 2013) further proposes that the mechanisms supporting episodic and semantic memory would have respectively evolved from self-based (i.e. egocentric) and map-based (i.e. allocentric) spatial navigation mechanisms. Recent studies have observed traces of this phylogenetic continuity in human behavior, but the full original model has not yet been tested. Here, we evaluated the relationships between the four model components by using two sets of tasks in the spatial navigation and declarative memory domains based on complex materials and emphasizing the self vs. map-based processing (i.e. route vs. survey component for spatial navigation and episodic vs. semantic component for declarative memory). Consistent with the model predictions, the results of a multiple multivariate regression analysis revealed a specific across-domain relationship, such that route-based navigation performance specifically predicted episodic memory performance (self-based, egocentric components), while survey navigation performance specifically predicted the semantic memory one (map-based, allocentric components). The results of an additional regression analysis on the within-domain transformation process from self-based to map-based representations confirmed that route-based navigation specifically predicted survey navigation, while episodic memory specifically predicted semantic memory. Our results provide further behavioral evidence in support of the general hypothesis that the neural machinery evolved to map the physical world might have been recycled to organize memory and conceptual knowledge. Crucially, they also support the more specific hypothesis that the organizational principles involved in higher-level processing of information have inherited the fundamental distinction between different reference frames (egocentric vs. allocentric) for navigation in the physical world.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Fragueiro, A.
Secondary author(s):
Tosoni, A., Boccia, M., Di Matteo, R., Sestieri, C., Committeri, G.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Fragueiro, A., Tosoni, A., Boccia, M., Di Matteo, R., Sestieri, C. & Committeri, G. (2024). Reference frames for spatial navigation and declarative memory: Individual differences in performance support the phylogenetic continuity hypothesis. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(1), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.08.001
2-year Impact Factor: 3.2|2024
Times cited: 0|2025-09-26
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Spatial navigation / Declarative memory / Self-based / Map-based / Episodic memory / Semantic memory

Reference frames for spatial navigation and declarative memory: Individual differences in performance support the phylogenetic continuity hypothesis

Reference frames for spatial navigation and declarative memory: Individual differences in performance support the phylogenetic continuity hypothesis
DocumentThe efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis2023

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-052
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
052 - Can EEG neurofeedback of theta during consolidation enhance episodic memory?
Duration: 2019-10 - 2024-01
Researcher(s):
Lisa Evans
Institution(s): Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre - CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Article
Language: eng
Author:
Evans, L.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Neurofeedback / Episodic memory / Electroencephalogram (EEG) / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-052.02
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis
Publication year: 2023
URL:
ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105455
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Several studies have examined whether electroencephalography neurofeedback (EEG-NF), a self-regulatory technique where an individual receives real-time feedback on a pattern of brain activity that is theoretically linked to a target behaviour, can enhance episodic memory. The aim of this research was to i) provide a qualitative overview of the literature, and ii) conduct a meta-analysis of appropriately controlled studies to determine whether EEG-NF can enhance episodic memory. The literature search returned 46 studies, with 21 studies (44 effect sizes) meeting the inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis. The qualitative overview revealed that, across EEG-NF studies on both healthy and clinical populations, procedures and protocols vary considerably and many studies were insufficiently powered with inadequate design features. The meta-analysis, conducted on studies with an active control, revealed a small-size, significant positive effect of EEG-NF on episodic memory performance (g = 0.31, p = 0.003), moderated by memory modality and EEG-NF self-regulation success. These results are discussed with a view towards optimising EEG-NF training and subsequent benefits to episodic memory.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Jackson, L. E.
Secondary author(s):
Han, Y. J., Evans, L. H.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Jackson, L. E., Han, Y. J., & Evans, L. H. (2023). The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 155, 105455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105455
2-year Impact Factor: 7.6|2023
Times cited: 6|2025-09-26
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Neurofeedback / Neuromodulation / Episodic memory / Electroencephalography (EEG) / Cognition / Clinical / Meta-analysis

The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis

The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis
DocumentEmpowering episodic memory through a model-based egocentric navigational training2023

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-336
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
336 - Research-inspired cognitive empowerment: Modulating Episodic Memory through Egocentric Navigational Training (MEMENT)
Duration: 2019-09 - 2023-04
Researcher(s):
Giorgia Committeri, Carlo Sestieri, Matteo Frisoni, Agustina Fragueiro, Annalisa Tosoni
Institution(s): Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical sciences, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University G. d' Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Resarch Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Committeri, G.
Secondary author(s):
Sestieri, C., Frisoni, M., Fragueiro, A., Tosoni, A.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Empowerment / Episodic memory / Egocentric navigation / Path integration / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-336.06
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Empowering episodic memory through a model-based egocentric navigational training
Publication year: 2023
URL:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00426-022-01777-6
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Recent works have proposed that spatial mechanisms in the hippocampal-entorhinal system might have originally developed to represent distances and positions in the physical space and successively evolved to represent experience and memory in the mental space (Bellmund et al. 2018; Bottini and Doeller 2020). Within this phylogenetic continuity hypothesis (Buzsáki and Moser 2013), mechanisms supporting episodic and semantic memory would have evolved from egocentric and allocentric spatial navigation mechanisms, respectively. Recent studies have described a specific relationship between human performance in egocentric navigation and episodic memory (Committeri et al. 2020; Fragueiro et al. 2021), representing the first behavioral support to this hypothesis. Here, we tested the causal relationship among egocentric navigation and both episodic and semantic components of declarative memory. We conducted two experiments on healthy young adults: in the first experiment, participants were submitted to a navigational training based on path integration, while in the second experiment, participants completed a control training based on visual-perceptual learning. Performance in a set of memory tasks assessing episodic, semantic and short-term memory was compared among the pre- vs. post-training sessions. The results indicated a significant improvement of the episodic memory but not of the semantic or the short-term memory performance following the navigational training. In addition, no modulations of performance across the three memory tasks were observed following the control perceptual training. Our findings provide brand-new evidence of a potential causal association between mechanisms of egocentric navigation and episodic memory, thereby further supporting the phylogenetic continuity hypothesis between navigation and memory mechanisms as well as offering new insights about possible clinical applications of navigational trainings for memory functions/dysfunctions.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Fragueiro, A.
Secondary author(s):
Tosoni, A., Di Matteo, R., Committeri, G.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Fragueiro, A., Tosoni, A., Di Matteo, R., & Committeri, G. (2023). Empowering episodic memory through a model-based egocentric navigational training. Psychological Research, 87(6), 1743–1752. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-022-01777-6
2-year Impact Factor: 2.2|2023
Times cited: 1|2025-09-26
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q2
Keywords: Spatial navigation / Declarative memory / Episodic memory / Path integration / Semantic memory

Empowering episodic memory through a model-based egocentric navigational training

Empowering episodic memory through a model-based egocentric navigational training
DocumentFinal report - Can EEG neurofeedback of theta during consolidation enhance episodic memory?2022

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-052
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
052 - Can EEG neurofeedback of theta during consolidation enhance episodic memory?
Duration: 2019-10 - 2024-01
Researcher(s):
Lisa Evans
Institution(s): Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre - CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Article
Language: eng
Author:
Evans, L.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Neurofeedback / Episodic memory / Electroencephalogram (EEG) / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-052.01
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Final report - Can EEG neurofeedback of theta during consolidation enhance episodic memory?
Publication year: 2022
Abstract/Results:
ABSTRACT:
Background
Electroencephalography neurofeedback (EEG-NF) is a self-regulatory technique where an individual is given feedback about certain patterns of brain activity which are proposed to be linked to a target behaviour. It is unclear from previous studies whether this technique can enhance episodic memory, our ability to remember details from our personal past.
Aims
i) To complete a meta-analysis to determine whether this technique can enhance episodic memory, and ii) To conduct an empirical study to examine if EEG- NF, of the theta oscillatory band (4-8 Hz), could enhance memory performance.
Method
A search of the literature was conducted focusing on papers which had an active control group and who randomised participants to groups for inclusion in the meta-analysis. For the empirical study healthy young adults were given an encoding task and were then randomised to either the experimental theta group or an active control low-beta group to complete 30 minutes of EEG-NF. At retrieval, participants completed a memory test which allowed us to derive several measures of memory performance.
Results & Conclusions
Twenty studies were included in the meta-analysis, which revealed a small but significant positive effect of EEG-NF on episodic memory performance relative to an active control group (g = 0.31). In contrast, in the empirical study there were no significant differences between the theta experimental group and the low-beta control on any of the memory measures. This is likely because a substantial number of participants were unable to upregulate their target brain activity. This might have been due to the increased safety measures, due to COVID-19, which enhanced participants’ anxiety levels and negatively affected their ability to regulate brain activity.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Evans, L.
Document type:
Final report
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Evans, L. (2022). Final report - Can EEG neurofeedback of theta during consolidation enhance episodic memory?
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Episodic memory / Neurofeedback / Electroencephalogram (EEG) / Meta-analysis

Final report - Can EEG neurofeedback of theta during consolidation enhance episodic memory?

Final report - Can EEG neurofeedback of theta during consolidation enhance episodic memory?
File105 - Cognitive and neural insights into mnemonic construction of complex narratives

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2024
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2024 Grants
Start date: 2025-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2024-105
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
105 - Cognitive and neural insights into mnemonic construction of complex narratives
Researcher(s): Federica Procida
Institution(s): Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Language: eng
Notes:
This project has not started yet
Author: Procida, F.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Episodic memory / Narratives / Mnemonic construction / Schema / Psychophysiology
DocumentSpecialization for different memory dimensions in brain activity evoked by cued recollection2025

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2020 Grants
Start date: 2021-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-384
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
384 - Schema-based temporal memory in parietal cortex (SCHETEMP)
Duration: 2021-10 - 2023-11
Researcher(s):
Matteo Frisoni, Paolo Capotosto
Institution(s): Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti - Pescara (Italy)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Frisoni, M.
Secondary author(s):
Capotosto, P.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
TMS/EEG / Memory for time / Episodic memory / Schematic knowledge / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-384.05
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Specialization for different memory dimensions in brain activity evoked by cued recollection
Publication year: 2025
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121068
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Cued recollection involves the retrieval of different features of the encoded event. Previous research has shown that the recollection of complex events jointly recruits the Default Mode and the Frontoparietal Control networks, but the degree to which activity within these networks varies as a function of the particular memory dimension (e.g., the "when-what-where" information) remains largely unknown. In the present functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) study, human participants retrieved specific information about a previously encoded TV show to assess the veracity of detailed sentences along four memory dimensions (i.e., object and character details, spatial layouts, temporal sequences, verbal dialogues). A common activity for all dimensions was observed in a left-lateralized network of regions that largely overlaps with the Frontoparietal Control Network (FPCN), including the lateral prefrontal, lateral superior parietal, and lateral temporal cortex. Instead, a larger degree of specialization for different memory dimensions was observed within the Default Mode Network (DMN), particularly in its posterior nodes. Dimension-related specificity in both networks was associated with memory performance across subjects. Finally, a clear leftward asymmetry was observed in the DMN for all dimensions except for the temporal one, whereas the FPCN showed a bilateral activation across dimensions. The present results generally support the view that specific memory information is processed by a mosaic of regions within large portions of the associative cortex involved in higher-order mnemonic functions.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Procida, F.
Secondary author(s):
Frisoni, M., Tullo, M. G., Tosoni, A., Perrucci, M. G., Chiacchiaretta, P., Guidotti, R., Sestieri, C.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Procida, F., Frisoni, M., Tullo, M. G., Tosoni, A., Perrucci, M. G., Chiacchiaretta, P., Guidotti, R., & Sestieri, C. (2025). Specialization for different memory dimensions in brain activity evoked by cued recollection. NeuroImage, 308, 121068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121068
2-year Impact Factor: 4.5|2024
Impact factor notes: Impact factor not available yet for 2025
Times cited: 2|2025-09-27
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Episodic memory / Cued recollection / fMRI / Default mode network / Frontoparietal control network / Functional specificity / Hemispheric asymmetry

Specialization for different memory dimensions in brain activity evoked by cued recollection

Specialization for different memory dimensions in brain activity evoked by cued recollection
DocumentShared spectral fingerprints of temporal memory precision and representation of the temporal structure of complex narratives2025

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2020 Grants
Start date: 2021-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-384
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
384 - Schema-based temporal memory in parietal cortex (SCHETEMP)
Duration: 2021-10 - 2023-11
Researcher(s):
Matteo Frisoni, Paolo Capotosto
Institution(s): Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti - Pescara (Italy)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Frisoni, M.
Secondary author(s):
Capotosto, P.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
TMS/EEG / Memory for time / Episodic memory / Schematic knowledge / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-384.06
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Shared spectral fingerprints of temporal memory precision and representation of the temporal structure of complex narratives
Publication year: 2025
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112132
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
The ability to date events is fundamental to episodic memory. Separate lines of fMRI research have explored the neurobiological mechanisms underlying temporal precision and the representation of temporal structure in complex events. The present EEG study examined the oscillatory dynamics of both processes in participants performing a timeline positioning task with movie scenes. Multivariate analyses identified a high-beta/low-gamma electrophysiological signature of temporal precision during timeline presentation, involving a right-lateralized network. An independent representation similarity analysis revealed a strong coupling between behavioral and neural distance between pairs of movie parts in the same time-frequency band as the precision effect. Crucially, participants with higher temporal precision showed a stronger correlation between behavioral and neural distance, reinforcing the link between brain signals related to precision and temporal structure representation. These findings support the idea of a systematic temporal organization of experiences, which plays a role in guiding inferential processes.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Frisoni, M.
Secondary author(s):
Croce, P., Tosoni, A., Zappasodi, F., Sestieri, C.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Frisoni, M., Croce, P., Tosoni, A., Zappasodi, F., & Sestieri, C. (2025). Shared spectral fingerprints of temporal memory precision and representation of the temporal structure of complex narratives. iScience, 28(4), 112132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112132
2-year Impact Factor: 4.1|2024
Impact factor notes: Impact factor not available yet for 2025
Times cited: 0|2025-09-27
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Episodic memory / Movie / Narratives / Temporal memory precision / Event representation / Temporal structure / Beta band / Gamma band

Shared spectral fingerprints of temporal memory precision and representation of the temporal structure of complex narratives

Shared spectral fingerprints of temporal memory precision and representation of the temporal structure of complex narratives
DocumentThe effects of external cue overlap and internal goals on selective memory retrieval as revealed by electroencephalographic (EEG) neural pattern reinstatement2025

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-169
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
169 - Temporal decoding of selective recollection with psychophysiology
Duration: 2019-06 - 2022-01
Researcher(s):
Alexa Morcom, Arjen Alink
Institution(s): School of Psychology, University of Sussex (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress Report
Final Report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Morcom, A.
Secondary author(s):
Alink, A.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Recollection / Decoding / Electroencephalogram (EEG) / Event-related potential (ERP) / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-169.03
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
The effects of external cue overlap and internal goals on selective memory retrieval as revealed by electroencephalographic (EEG) neural pattern reinstatement
Publication year: 2025
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.70194
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
For past experiences to guide our actions, we need to retrieve the relevant memories. Here, we used electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate how memories are selected for retrieval and to test how current goals and external retrieval cues drive selection during the retrieval cascade. We analysed data from two studies in which people studied objects in picture or auditory word formats and later recalled them using either written words (Experiment 1, n = 28) or line drawings (Experiment 2, n = 28) as retrieval cues. We used multivariate decoding to quantify the reinstatement of study phase neural patterns when people successfully identified items that had been studied in a format currently designated as targeted, compared with non-targeted items. Neural reinstatement emerged at around 500 ms post-stimulus, like the established left parietal event-related potential (ERP) signature of recollection. Reinstatement was target-selective (greater for targets than non-targets) when test cues overlapped more with targets, a pattern previously shown for the left parietal ERP. In contrast, when cues overlapped more with non-targets, neural reinstatement was reversed - greater for non-targets - unlike the left parietal ERP. We also tested for goal-directed mental reinstatement proposed to guide selection prior to retrieval cues. When words were cues, there was strong evidence of this proactive reinstatement, but it was not detected when pictures were cues. Together, the data suggest that selection can act at multiple stages of memory retrieval and depends on both external cues and goal-directed control.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Moccia, A.
Secondary author(s):
Plummer, M., Simpson, I., Morcom, A. M.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Moccia, A., Plummer, M., Simpson, I., & Morcom, A. M. (2025). The effects of external cue overlap and internal goals on selective memory retrieval as revealed by electroencephalographic (EEG) neural pattern reinstatement. European Journal of Neuroscience, 62, e70194. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.70194
2-year Impact Factor: 2.4|2024
Impact factor notes: Impact factor not available yet for 2025
Times cited: 0|2025-09-27
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q3
Keywords: Control of recollection / EEG / Episodic memory / MVPA / Neural reinstatement

The effects of external cue overlap and internal goals on selective memory retrieval as revealed by electroencephalographic (EEG) neural pattern reinstatement

The effects of external cue overlap and internal goals on selective memory retrieval as revealed by electroencephalographic (EEG) neural pattern reinstatement