Fig. 2. Unguided spoken narrative recall behavior.

a The duration and order of spoken recall for two example fMRI participants. Each colored rectangular dot represents a movie event. Different colors denote different movies. The x and y coordinates of a dot represent the temporal position of the event during recall and movie watching, respectively (TR = 1.5 s). The width and height of a dot represent the duration of the event during recall and movie watching, respectively. b Recall order (top) and recall probability (bottom) of the ten movies used in the fMRI experiment. c Recall order of individual movie events in four example movies. d Recall probability of individual movie events for the ten movies shown in different colors. In b and c, recall order was defined as the rank among recalled movies or events (i.e., 1 = recalled first, N = recalled last, where N is the total number of movies or events). Shaded areas indicate SEM across participants. In b and d, recall probability was calculated as the proportion of participants who recalled each movie or event. Source data for b–d are provided as a Source Data file.