Research Interest: My lab focuses on human memory and learning. One of the central questions we investigate concerns the dynamics of prior knowledge influences on the acquisition of new knowledge, within the framework of the Complementary Memory Systems; we are particularly interested in understanding the interplay between two key opposing contributors to memory and learning: repetition and novelty.  Tools used in our lab include behavioral experiments and fMRI brain imaging.    Publications: Gilead, M. , Liberman, N. , Maril, A. (2014). “I remember thinking …”: Neural activity associated with subsequent memory for stimulus-evoked internal mentations. Social Neuroscience. 9(4), 387-399. Gilead, M. , Liberman, N. , Maril, A. (2014). From mind to matter: Neural correlates of concrete and abstract mindsets. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 9(5), 638645. Gilead, M. , Liberman, N. , Maril, A. (2013). The language of future thought: An fMRI study of embodiment and tense processing. NeuroImage. 65, 267-279.