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Too Many Connections? How Aging Impacts Memory and Recall
How does the brain’s memory function change as we grow older? What recent discoveries are helping us understand these changes better? In this episode of Under the Cortex, Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum welcomes Karen Campbell of Brock
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Cognitive Psychologist Endel Tulving Shed Light on How Human Memory Functions
University of Toronto psychologist Endel Tulving came up with numerous paradigm-shifting theories about how memory functions, and backed them up years later using human studies. “He was one of the very top scientists of memory
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on statistical learning within objects, the effects of acute stress on learning and decision-making, aging-associated declines in cognition, reconsidering belief in contradictory conspiracy theories, and much more.
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New Research from Psychological Science
A sample of research on discounting past and future events, episodic recollection, and visual attention.
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The Vibrancy of Memories Fades With Time
When memories fade, they don’t just lose the factual detail, they also lose their visual vividness, research shows.
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The Culturally Specific Role of Specific Episodic Memory
Cross cultural studies suggest that the positive link between detailed recall of autobiographical experiences and wellbeing may not be universal.
