Publications

• Hong, B., Tran, M.A., Cheng, H., Arenas Rodriguez, B., Li, K.E., & Barense, M.D. (2024). The influence of event similarity on the detailed recall of autobiographical memories. Memory, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2406307
• Chang, M., Hong, B., Savel, K., Du, J., Meade, M.E., Martin, C.B., & Barense, M.D. (2024). Spatial context scaffolds long-term episodic richness of weaker real-world autobiographical memories in both older and younger adults. Memory, 32(4), 431-448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2334008
• Hong, B., & Barense, M.D. (2023). Memory loss and aging: How can we use smartphones to better remember?. Frontiers for Young Minds, 11(1166183). http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2023.1166183
• Martin, C.B., Hong, B., Newsome, R.N., Savel, K., Meade, M.E., Xia, A., Honey, C.J., & Barense, M.D, (2022). A smartphone intervention that enhances real-world memory and promotes differentiation of hippocampal activity in older adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(51), e2214285119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214285119
• Yeung, L.K., Olsen, R.K., Hong, B., Mihajlovic, V., D'Angelo, M.C., Kacollja, A., Ryan, J.D. & Barense, M.D. (2019). Object-in-place memory predicted by anterolateral entorhinal cortex and parahippocampal cortex volume in older adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31(5), 711-729. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01385
• Newsome, R.N., Trelle, A.N., Fidalgo, C., Hong, B., Smith, V.M., Jacob, A., Ryan, J.D., Rosenbaum, R.S., Cowell, R.A., & Barense, M.D. (2018). Dissociable contributions of thalamic nuclei to recognition memory: novel evidence from a case of medial dorsal thalamic damage. Learning & Memory, 25(1), 31-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.045484.117

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

• Hong, B., McCann, E., Chang, M., & Barense, M.D. (2024). Investigating the longevity of real-world memory following a smartphone intervention in older adults: A multi-year follow-up study. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1z35d05c
• Hong, B., Pace-Tonna, C.A., Barense, M.D., &. Mack, M.L. (2022). Emphasizing associations from encoding affects free recall at retrieval. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 44. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2gw1s36q

Publications in preparation

• Meade, M.E., Chang, M., Savel, K., Hong, B., Martin, C.B., & Barense, M.D. (2024). Memory and well-being in times of isolation: Unique events enhance mood and episodic richness of life experiences. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ep92q
• Hong, B., Pace-Tonna, C., Barense, M.D, & Mack, M.L. (2022). Emphasizing temporal and semantic associations from encoding affects free recall at retrieval. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/q4dpg

Printed copy of my doctoral thesis outlining some of the work described above. You can access a digital copy here. Typesetting and cover design by Bryan Hong.