Preprints
Huang, R., Chen, Z., Zou, F., Ali, A., Jain, S., & Clewett, D. (preprint). The fuzzy attentional boost: novelty-linked arousal supports gist memory. [Link]
In Revision
Harris, B., McClay, M., & Clewett, D. (preprint; in revision). Cognitive reappraisal influences the organization of emotional episodes in memory. [Paper]
Chandreswaran, V., Stawarczyk, D., Bierbrauer, A., Clewett, D., Brunec, I., Coughlan, G., Davachi, L., Spiers, H., Hornberger, M., Silva, M., Fuentemilla, L., Barense, M., Ozubko, J., Kunz, L., Pink, D., Axmacher, N., & Zhang, H. (in revision). Shared and Distinct Cognitive Processes Across Multiple Virtual Navigation Tasks.
In Press
Flores, G., Damon, Z., Gancz, N., Savoca, P., Esfand, S., Querdasi, F., McCann, C., Chu, K., Westman, J., Labus, J., Clewett, D., Parr, A., Hsiao, E., Jacobs, J., Silvers, J., & Callaghan, B. (in press). A protocol for the Teen Bugs study: An integrative, multi-omic approach to understanding the role of the gut microbiome and mesocorticolimbic system in adolescent mental health following early adverse caregiving. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity.
Peck, F., & Clewett, D. (in press). Eye movements reveal an impairing role of context reinstatement in temporal memory retrieval. Cognition.
Güler, B., Karahamza, S., Şentürk, Y., Bein, O., Clewett, D., & Günseli, E. (in press). Working memory facilitates event segmentation via boundary-triggered reactivation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. [Paper]
2026
Morrow, E., Huang, R., & Clewett, D. (2026). Dopaminergic processes predict temporal distortions in event memory. Nature Communications. [Paper]
Kumar, R., Huang, A., Clewett, D., & Cohen, A. (2026). The impact of affective prediction errors on memory. Cognition. [Link]
2025
Clewett, D., Huang, R., & Davachi, L. (2025). Locus coeruleus activation ‘resets’ hippocampal event representations and separates adjacent memories. Neuron. [Paper]
McClay, M., Rouhani, N., & Clewett, D. (2025). Negative emotional events retroactively disrupt semantic scaffolding of temporal memory. Emotion. [PDF]
Morrow, E., & Clewett, D. (2025). Distortion of overlapping memories relates to arousal and anxiety. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 25(1), 154-172. [PDF]
2024
Greer, J., Laksman, C., Huang, R., McClay, M., & Clewett, D. (2024). Effortful retrieval of semantic memories induces forgetting of related negative and neutral episodic memories. Cognition, 251, 105908. [PDF]
Rouhani, N., Clewett D., & Antony, J. (2024). Building and breaking the chain: A model of reward prediction error integration and segmentation of memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-13. [PDF]
Cowan, E., Chanales, A., Davachi, L., & Clewett, D. (2024). Goal shifts structure memories and prioritize event-defining information in long-term memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-17. [PDF]
Clewett, D., & McClay, M. (2024). Emotional arousal lingers in time to bind discrete episodes in memory. Cognition and Emotion, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2023.2295853. [PDF]
Huang, R.* & Clewett, D.* (2024). The locus coeruleus: Where cognitive and emotion processing meet the eye. *authors contributed equally. In: Papesh, M.H., Goldinger, S.D. (eds) Modern Pupillometry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54896-3_1. [PDF]
2023
McClay, M., Sachs, M. E., & Clewett, D. (2023). Dynamic emotional states shape the episodic structure of memory. Nature Communications, 14(1), 6533. [PDF]
2022
Greer, J.*, Morrow, E.*, & Clewett, D. (2022). Subliminal backdoors to forgetting emotional memories. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. *authors contributed equally [PDF]
Clewett, D. & Dunsmoor, J. (2022). Novel strategies for expanding memory’s penumbra in aging. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. [PDF]
Dunsmoor, J., Murty, V., Clewett, D., Phelps., E. & Davachi, L. (2022). Tag and Capture: How salient experiences target and rescue nearby events in memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. [PDF]
Clewett, D., Dunsmoor, J., Bachman, S. L., Phelps, E. A., & Davachi, L. (2022). Survival of the salient: Aversive learning rescues otherwise forgettable memories via neural reactivation and post-encoding hippocampal connectivity. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 187, 107572. [PDF]
2020
Clewett, D., Gasser, C., & Davachi, L. (2020). Pupil-linked arousal signals track the temporal organization of events in memory. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1-14. [PDF]
Thorp, J., Clewett, D., & Riegel, M. (2020). Two routes to incidental memory under arousal: Dopamine and norepinephrine.
, M., , R., Clewett, D., Nielsen, S., Velasco, R., Tu, K., Han, S., & Kennedy, B. (2020). Isometric exercise facilitates attention to salient events in women via the noradrenergic system. NeuroImage, 210, 116560. [PDF]
2019
Clewett, D.* & Murty, V.* (2019). Echoes of emotions past: How neuromodulators determine what we recollect. eNeuro. *authors contributed equally [PDF]
Clewett, D., Dubrow, S., & Davachi, L. (2019). Transcending time in the brain: How event memories emerge from experience. Hippocampus, 29(3),162-183. [PDF]
2018
Clewett, D., Huang, R., Velasco, R., Lee, T.H., & Mather, M. (2018). Locus coeruleus activity strengthens prioritized memories under arousal. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(6), 1558-1574. [PDF]
Lee, T.H., Greening, S., Ueno, T., Clewett, D., Ponzio, A., Sakaki, M. & Mather, M. (2018). Arousal increases neural gain via the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system in younger adults but not in older adults. Nature Human Behavior, 2, 356-366. [PDF]
Durbin, K., Clewett, D., Huang, R., & Mather, M. (2018). Age differences in selective memory of goal-relevant stimuli under threat. Emotion, 18(6),906-911. [PDF]
2017
Clewett, D., & Davachi, L. (2017). The ebb and flow of experience determines the temporal structure of memory. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 17,186-193. [PDF]
Clewett, D., Sakaki, M., Huang, R., Nielsen, S., & Mather, M. (2017). Arousal amplifies biased competition between high and low priority memories more in women than in men: the role of elevated noradrenergic activity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 80, 80-91. [PDF]
Mather, M., Yoo, H.-J, Clewett, D., Lee, T.-H., Greening, S., Ponzio, A., Min, J., & Thayer, J.F. (2017). Higher locus coeruleus MRI contrast is associated with lower parasympathetic influence over heart rate variability. Neuroimage, 150,329-335. [PDF]
Clewett, D., Sakaki, M., Nielsen, S., Petzinger, G., & Mather, M. (2017). Noradrenergic mechanisms of arousal’s bidirectional effects on episodic memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 137, 1-14. [PDF]
2016
Mather, M.,Clewett, D., Sakaki, M., & Harley, C. W. (2016). GANEing traction: The broad applicability of NE hotspots to diverse cognitive and arousal phenomena. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39. [PDF]
Clewett, D., Lee, T.H., Greening, S., Ponzio, A., Margalit, E., & Mather, M. (2016). Neuromelanin marks the spot: Identifying a locus coeruleus biomarker of cognitive reserve in healthy aging. Neurobiology of Aging, 37, 117-126. [PDF]
2015
Nielsen, S., Barber, S., Chai, A., Clewett, D., & Mather, M. (2015). Sympathetic arousal increases a negative memory bias in young women with low sex hormone levels. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 62, 96-106. [PDF]
Mather, M., Clewett, D., Sakaki, M., & Harley, C. (2015). Norepinephrine ignites local hot spots of neuronal excitation: How arousal amplifies selectivity in perception and memory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1-100. [PDF]
Aminoff, E. M., Freeman, S., Clewett, D., Tipper, C., Frithsen, A., Johnson, A., Grafton, S. T., & Miller, M. B. (2015). Maintaining a cautious state of mind during a recognition test: a large-scale fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 67, 132-47. [PDF]
2014
Clewett, D. V., & Mather, M. (2014). Not all that glittered is gold: neural mechanisms that determine when reward will enhance or impair memory. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8:194. [PDF]
Freeman, S. M., Clewett, D. V., Bennett, C. M., Kiehl, K. A., Gazzaniga, M. S., & Miller, M. B. (2014). The posteromedial region of the default mode network shows attenuated task-induced deactivation in psychopathic prisoners. Neuropsychology, 29(3), 493-500. [PDF]
Clewett, D., Schoeke, A., & Mather, M. (2014). Locus coeruleus neuromodulation of memories encoded during negative or unexpected action outcomes. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 111, 65-70. [PDF]
Clewett, D., Bachman, S., & Mather, M. (2014). Age-related reduced prefrontal-amygdala structural connectivity is associated with lower trait anxiety. Neuropsychology, 28(4): 631-42. [PDF]
Clewett, D.*, Luo, S.*, Hsu, E., Ainslie, G., Mather, M., & Monterosso, J. (2014). Increased functional coupling between the left fronto-parietal network and anterior insula predicts steeper delay discounting in smokers. Human Brain Mapping, 35(8): 3774-87. *co-first authors [PDF]
2013
Clewett, D., Schoeke, A., & Mather, M. (2013). Amygdala functional connectivity is reduced after the cold pressor task. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 3(3): 501-18. [PDF]
Hermundstad, A. M., Bassett, D. S., Brown, K. S., Aminoff, E. M., Clewett, D., Freeman, S., Frithsen, A., Johnson, A., Tipper, C. M., Miller, M. B., Grafton, S. T., & Carlson, J. M. (2013). Structural foundations of resting-state and task-based functional connectivity in the human brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(15): 6169-74. [PDF]
2011
Aminoff, E. M., Clewett, D., Freeman, S., Tipper, C., Frithsen, A., Johnson, A., Grafton, S. T., & Miller, M. B. (2011). Individual differences in shifting decision criterion: A recognition memory study. Memory and Cognition, 40(7), 1016-30. [PDF]