Bryan Hong
Assistant Professor
College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science
Research Areas
- Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Sciences
- Aging
- Health and well-being
- Learning and memory
- Science and technology
About
Bryan completed his PhD and postdoctoral training at the University of Toronto before joining the University of Guelph as an Assistant Professor.
Broadly, his research investigates how and why we remember—specifically, what are the cognitive mechanisms that allow us to encode, organize, and retrieve information? He is particularly interested in studying this in the context of autobiographical memory, or memory for our personal past.
Additionally, his work aims to translate our current understanding of memory to develop technologies and interventions for those affected by memory loss.
Teaching
- PSYC*1010: Making Sense of Data in Psychological Research
- PSYC*4540: Practical Applications of Psychology
Select Publications
A complete list of my publications can be found on my Google Scholar profile. Below are my five most recent publications (last updated December 1, 2025):
- Meade, M.E., Chang, M., Savel, K., Hong, B., Martin, C.B., & Barense, M.D. (2024). Unique events enhance mood and episodic richness of life experiences. Scientific Reports, 14(29439). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80591-z
- Hong, B., Tran, M.A., Cheng, H., Arenas Rodriguez, B., Li, K.E., & Barense, M.D. (2024). The influence of event similarity on the detailed recall of autobiographical memories. Memory, 33(1). 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2406307
- Chang, M., Hong, B., Savel, K., Du, J., Meade, M.E., Martin, C.B., & Barense, M.D. (2024). Spatial context scaffolds long-term episodic richness of weaker real-world autobiographical memories in both older and younger adults. Memory, 32(4), 431-448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2334008
- Hong, B., & Barense, M.D. (2023). Memory loss and aging: How can we use smartphones to better remember?. Frontiers for Young Minds, 11(1166183). http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2023.1166183
- Martin, C.B., Hong, B., Newsome, R.N., Savel, K., Meade, M.E., Xia, A., Honey, C.J., & Barense, M.D, (2022). A smartphone intervention that enhances real-world memory and promotes differentiation of hippocampal activity in older adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(51), e2214285119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214285119