Figure 1 (Key Figure). Model of shared encoding mechanisms.

While much of the literature has focused on memory benefits that are proposed to be linked to self-referential processing (at left) or to emotional processing (at right), we propose that shared mechanisms (center panel; see Table 1) account for enhanced encoding of both of these types of information. We propose that neural signatures of these shared mechanisms include the Late Positivity (figure adapted from [63]) and MPFC engagement (figure from Neurosynth [74]).