{"690043":{"#nid":"690043","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MS Defense by Liam Hart","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EName: Liam Hart\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaster\u2019s Thesis Defense Meeting\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EData:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, May 8th, 2026\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;12:00PM \u2013 2:00PM\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Room 148 and virtual, link here:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgatech.zoom.us%2Fj%2F92396114398%3Fpwd%3DoyyqwzRKjsfkPD7WfrK0UKtsdH6hEi.1\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctm186%40gtvault.onmicrosoft.com%7C5ad73703c0e94632bc0008dea5375ef2%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639129854448560433%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=kZe%2B52CQ70uDm3aNf3pO8bcmwq0uwFXxwA9bJ9OyxZU%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 title=\u0022Original URL: https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92396114398?pwd=oyyqwzRKjsfkPD7WfrK0UKtsdH6hEi.1. Click or tap if you trust this link.\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92396114398?pwd=oyyqwzRKjsfkPD7WfrK0UKtsdH6hEi.1\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Chair\/Advisor\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr\u003EHsiao-Wen Liao, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Committee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESashank Varma, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAudrey Leroux, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u0026nbsp;Gist-Based Compensation for Age-Related Episodic Decline in Emotional Autobiographical Memory: A Natural Language Analysis of Life\u2019s Highs and Lows\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAge-related declines in episodic specificity during autobiographical recall are well-established. Recent work, however, suggests that older adults\u0027 preserved semantic knowledge may scaffold episodic retrieval. Sheldon et al. (2024) found that semantic content diversity \u2014 the breadth of semantic content within a memory narrative \u2014 predicted greater episodic, but not non-episodic, detail in memories collected via the Autobiographical Interview, a task that constrains recall toward maximizing episodic specificity. Whether this pattern generalizes to retrieval contexts that foreground identity and personal meaning remains untested. This preregistered study examined whether semantic content diversity predicted episodic detail in the Life Story Interview, in which memories are situated within a personal life story. A total of 4576 memory narratives spanning five memory types (high points, low points, turning points, critical events, and health events) from 932 older adults (ages 62\u201375; 56.3% female) were analyzed using LLM-based detail scoring and topic modeling\u2013derived semantic content diversity. Multilevel models showed that semantic content diversity predicted greater episodic detail. This relationship held at both the memory and individual levels, with between-individual effects of greater magnitude. Neither association was moderated by memory type. While high point memories contained more episodic detail than low point memories, consistent with socioemotional aging accounts, the two memory types did not differ in semantic content diversity. Contrary to Sheldon et al. (2024), semantic content diversity was found to positively predict non-episodic detail. Taken together, the current study findings suggest that semantic knowledge supports detailed life story memories in older adults. The influence of retrieval context in shaping the scaffolding role of semantic processing in autobiographical memory is discussed.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGist-Based Compensation for Age-Related Episodic Decline in Emotional Autobiographical Memory: A Natural Language Analysis of Life\u2019s Highs and Lows\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Gist-Based Compensation for Age-Related Episodic Decline in Emotional Autobiographical Memory: A Natural Language Analysis of Life\u2019s Highs and Lows "}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-29 15:43:34","changed_gmt":"2026-04-29 15:44:05","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-05-08T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-05-08T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-05-08T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-05-08 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-05-08 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-05-08 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Room 148 and virtual, ","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"111531","name":"ms defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}