Publication

Journal Publications

• Ren, Y., Brown, T. (2025). Visual Sequence Encoding is Enhanced by Predictable Music Pairing via Modulating Medial Temporal Lobe and Its Connectivity with Frontostriatal Loops. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

• Ren, Y., Leslie, G., Brown, T. (2024). Visual Sequence Encoding is Modulated by Music Schematic Structure and Familiarity. PLOS ONE.

• Ren, Y., Mehdizadeh, S., Leslie, G., Brown, T. (2024). Music-Induced False Emotional Traces during Episodic Memory Recollection: An fMRI Study. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience.

• Ren, Y., Brown, T. (2023). Beyond the Ears: A Review Exploring the Interconnected Brain Behind the Hierarchical Memory of Music. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.  

Conference Presentations

Ren, Y., Ahluwalia, V., Arthur, C., Brown, T. (2025). Musical Context Facilitates Event Segmentation and Sequential Learning Through Interconnected Neural Networks and Strengthened Hippocampal Encoding. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston

Mehdizadeh, S.*, Ren, Y.*, Brown, T., Leslie, G. (2024). Emotional Music Modulates Episodic Memory During Recollection and Induces False Traces. Talk session presented at Society for Music Perception and Cognition Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada. *Co-first authorship

Ren, Y., Brown, T. (2023). Music Expectancy Improves Concurrent Visual Sequence Encoding by Providing Cross-Modal Temporal Schemas. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting, Washington DC.

Ren, Y., Brown, T. (2022). Listening to Familiar Music Enhances Visual Item Sequential Encoding Via Temporal Schema Effect: fMRI and behavioral evidences. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting, San Diego.

Mehdizadeh, S.*, Ren, Y.*, Brown, T., Leslie, G. (2022). Using Music to Modulate Human Emotional Memory. Poster session presented at Society for Music Perception and Cognition Annual Meeting, Portland. *Co-first authorship

Ren, Y., Brown, T. (2021). Cross-Modal Schema Effect of Music Pairing on Visual Shape Sequence Acquisition. Poster session presented at the 62th Pyschonomic Society Annual meeting, online

Ren, Y., Brown, T. (2019). Spatiotemporal Spiking Patterns in Human Medial Temporal Lobe Support Successful Episodic Encoding and Recognition. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting, Chicago

Chang, A., Ren, Y., Whiteman, A., Stern, C. (2018). Investigating individual differences in context dependent rule learning performance. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston

Chang, A., Ren, Y., Whiteman, A., Stern, C. (2017). Evaluating the relationship between activity in frontostriatal regions in successful and unsuccessful learners. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting, Washington DC

Selected Conference Posters