Memory

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Memory mechanisms in posttraumatic stress disorder.

The authors present a new theory of the neurobiological mechanisms mediating the memory processes involved in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The current fear-conditioning model accounts for learning that underlies certain central features of PTSD, ...
Barry Layton, Robert Krikorian (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2002SUMMER)
memory-mechanisms-posttraumatic-stress-disorder.asp

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A naturalistic study of autobiographical memories evoked by olfactory and visual cues: testing the Proustian hypothesis.

The emotional and evocative qualities of autobiographical memories evoked by odors and visual cues were compared using a new repeated-measures paradigm in which the sensory cue was presented after the memory had been retrieved by its verbal label. Memory ...
Rachel S Herz, Jonathan W Schooler (Am J Psychol, 2002SPRING)
naturalistic-study-autobiographical-memories-evoked-olfactory-visual.asp

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Working memory span: the effect of prior learning.

Recent work suggests that working memory span (WMS) tasks are not simple measures of the capacity to simultaneously store and process new information. Instead, these measures may be influenced by numerous factors, including proactive interference (PI). ...
Cindy Lustig, Lynn Hasher (Am J Psychol, 2002SPRING)
working-memory-span-effect-prior-learning.asp

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Memory, neurodynamics, and human relationships.

In this article we discuss the implications of the functional organization and dynamics of the brain for understanding human relationships. In particular, we focus on the brains multiple memory systems and the various roles they play in organizing the ...
Jim Grigsby, David Stevens (Psychiatry, 2002SPRING)
memory-neurodynamics-human-relationships.asp

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Cortical potential imaging of episodic memory encoding.

Previous findings suggest that episodic memory encoding is subserved by different brain structures that interplay and transform experience into memories. The present study aims to identify topographic location of the underlying neural generators, and ...
Jie Lian, Abraham Goldstein, Emanuel Donchin, Bin He (Brain Topogr, 2002FALL)
cortical-potential-imaging-episodic-memory-encoding.asp

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Characteristics of Mexican-American elders with dementia presenting to a community-based memory evaluation program.

OBJECTIVE: To determine sociodemographic characteristics associated with the initial presentation of Mexican-American elders to a community-based memory evaluation clinic. METHODS: Retrospective review of the charts of 89 Mexican Americans presenting ...
David V Espino, David DelAguila, Charles P Mouton, Cynthia Alford, Robert W Parker, Toni P Miles, Olga Olivares (Ethn Dis, 2002FALL)
characteristics-mexican-american-elders-dementia-presenting-community.asp

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Neuropsychological function in female victims of intimate partner violence with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

BACKGROUND: Various aspects of neuropsychologic function have been reported to be abnormal in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, the majority of these data come from studies of seriously ill, treatment-seeking samples with ...
Murray B Stein, Colleen M Kennedy, Elizabeth W Twamley (Biol Psychiatry, 200212)
neuropsychological-function-female-victims-intimate-partner-violence.asp

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Long-term retention of motor skill in macaque monkeys and humans.

Remarkable human performance, such as playing the violin, is often based on motor skills that, once acquired, are retained for a long time. To examine how motor skills are retained, we trained monkeys and humans extensively to perform many visuomotor ...
O Hikosaka, M K Rand, K Nakamura, S Miyachi, K Kitaguchi, K Sakai, X Lu, Y Shimo (Exp Brain Res, 200212)
long-term-retention-motor-skill-macaque-monkeys-humans.asp

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Cognitive allocentric representations of visual space shape pointing errors.

Subjects reached in three-dimensional space to a set of remembered targets whose position was varied randomly from trial to trial, but always fell along a "virtual" line (line condition). Targets were presented briefly, one-by-one and in an empty visual ...
M Carrozzo, F Stratta, J McIntyre, F Lacquaniti (Exp Brain Res, 200212)
cognitive-allocentric-representations-visual-space-shape-pointing.asp

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Long-term effects of covert face recognition.

Covert face recognition has previously been thought to produce only very short-lasting effects. In this study we demonstrate that manipulating subjects attentional load affects explicit, but not implicit memory for faces, and that implicit effects can ...
Rob Jenkins, A Mike Burton, Andrew W Ellis (Cognition, 200212)
long-term-effects-covert-face-recognition.asp