Signy Sheldon, McGill University

Research

Crc

Latest papers

Tracking changes for a positive public event memory: a longitudinal study of the 2024 solar eclipse.
Memory (Hove, England) · 2026 · senior author
A transient effect of episodic simulation in repeated decision-making.
Consciousness and cognition · 2026 · senior author
Lingering Options: How Choice Context Shapes Hippocampal Memory Representations.
Journal of cognitive neuroscience · 2026 · senior author

All 63 publications

Latest funding

Distinctions in the behavioural and neural representations of event memory
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$129,660
Using episodic memory to engage empathy and helping behaviour in younger and older adults
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$103,724
Using episodic memory to engage empathy and helping behaviour in younger and older adults
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$19,476

All 8 grants and awards

63 publications.

01

Tracking changes for a positive public event memory: a longitudinal study of the 2024 solar eclipse.

Nordstrom L, Gordon J, Lalla A, Palombo DJ, Sheldon S

Memory (Hove, England)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2727404 PMID: 42696008

02

A transient effect of episodic simulation in repeated decision-making.

Lalla A, Sheldon S

Consciousness and cognition2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104094 PMID: 42571756

03

Lingering Options: How Choice Context Shapes Hippocampal Memory Representations.

Lalla A, Snytte J, Sheldon S

Journal of cognitive neuroscience2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1162/jocn.a.2414 PMID: 41324503

04

The conceptual relatedness of post-encoding interference influences forgetting for central details in complex memories.

Lalla A, Sheldon S

Memory & cognition2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3758/s13421-025-01792-z PMID: 41060494

05

Updating social knowledge via episodic memory prediction errors.

Sheldon S, Dupertuys J, Lisus D, Lalla A, Liu TT

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/17470218251353509 PMID: 40524333

06

Hippocampal-Cortical Networks Predict Conceptual versus Perceptually Guided Narrative Memory.

Ferris C, Scheurich R, Palmer C, Sheldon S

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1936-24.2025 PMID: 41115795

07

The impact of retrieval goals on memory for complex events in younger and older adults.

Fenerci C, O'Toole S, Ranalli E, Summers K, Sheldon S

Cognition2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106263 PMID: 40684689

08

Targeting schema change in social anxiety via autobiographical memory reconstruction.

Sheldon S, Atack L, Ngo N, Moscovitch M, Moscovitch DA

Cognition & emotion2025First author

DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2024.2433516 PMID: 39618300

09

Studying memory narratives with natural language processing.

Fenerci C, Cheng Z, Addis DR, Bellana B, Sheldon S

Trends in cognitive sciences2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2025.02.003 PMID: 40113472

10

Emotional events induce retrograde memory impairments on conceptually-related neutral events.

Snytte J, Liu TT, Withnell R, Rajah MN, Sheldon S

Cognition2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106103 PMID: 40073692

Distinctions in the behavioural and neural representations of event memory

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sheldon, Signy

Keywords: aging; autobiographical memory; cognition; cognitive flexibility; episodic memory; hippocampus; human memory; naturalistic memory; neural networks; neuroimaging

$129,660

Using episodic memory to engage empathy and helping behaviour in younger and older adults

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sheldon, Signy A.M.

Keywords: episodic memory; episodic simulation; empathy; prosocial behaviour; aging; well-being

$103,724

Using episodic memory to engage empathy and helping behaviour in younger and older adults

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sheldon, Signy A.M.

Keywords: episodic memory; episodic simulation; empathy; prosocial behaviour; aging; well-being

$19,476

Canada Reseach Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2021Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Sheldon, Signy A

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Understanding the link between episodic memory and empathy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Sheldon, Signy

Keywords: (1) social cognition; (2) autobiographical memory; (3) episodic memory; (4) imagination; (5) mentalizing; (6) empathy; (7) familiarity; (8) functions of memory

$40,048

WeChoose: a mixed-methods study for developing a personalized risk communication tool in pediatric surgery

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Poenaru, Dan

Keywords: Patient Preferences; Patient-Centered Care; Patient-Reported Experiences; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Patient-Valued Outcomes; Pediatric Surgery; Shared Decision-Making; Surgical Adverse Effects

$96,250

CRC Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2016Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Sheldon, Signy A

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

The computations of the hippocampus from an individual differences perspective

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sheldon, Signy

$196,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Rotman Research Institute
Pediatric Surgery
Family Medicine
Psychiatry
Medicine
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics
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Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Brian Levine

Rotman Research Institute

7 shared papers, latest 2020

Morris Moscovitch

Rotman Research Institute

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Dan Poenaru

Pediatric Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Simona Brambati

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Patricia Li

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Jens Pruessner

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Patricia Li

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Jeannie Haggerty

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Meredith Young

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Crc Dear Professor Sheldon, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Tracking changes for a positive public event memory: a longitudinal study of the 2024 solar eclipse." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Distinctions in the behavioural and neural representations of event memory" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]