Functional Mechanisms of Episodic Memory Impairment in Schizophrenia

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the functional mechanisms underlying episodic memory dysfunction in schizophrenia, which...paper reviews empirical evidence of episodic memory dysfunction in schizophrenia obtained...reference to various theoretical models of episodic memory. Results: All the studies converge...

Memory Encoding and Retrieval in the Aging Brain

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Aging of Memory Encoding and Retrieval Episodic Memory (EM) Effect Event-Related Potentials...Semantic Selection ABSTRACT Decline in episodic memory, the encoding and retrieval of autobiographical...to an understanding of age-related episodic memory failure. These data reveal that, ...

Neuroscientist analyzes human ability to look forward

University Wire;  January 21, 2000 ;     555 words ......autonoetic consciousness, also known as episodic memory. "Autonoetic memory is unique in that...past. To illustrate the importance of episodic memory, Tulving discussed a patient whom...reason as to why animals would need episodic memory to survive and adapt. During his lecture...

Discrimination of what, when, and where is not based on time of day

Learning & Behavior;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......1972) proposed a distinction between episodic memory and semantic memory. Episodic memory refers to the encoding and retrieval...Tulving's (1972) classic definition of episodic memory states that "Episodic memory receives...

Cognition and cognitive aging

Climacteric;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......conclusion appears particularly true for episodic memory, a cognitive domain in which impairments...estrogen therapy may benefit verbal episodic memory, at least over a period of several...substantial effect of hormone therapy on episodic memory, at least over the short term. ...

The pitfalls of the past

The Independent - London;  January 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......date of the Battle of Hastings. And episodic memory delivers first-hand recall of events...subject, but their main focus is on episodic memory and its literary embodiment. The library...touches on another danger of faith in episodic memory. DNA evidence now regularly leads...

The Blossoms and the Weeds

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......specific, as research had already shown episodic memory tasks to be. There were two roots...our approach was the vibrant work on episodic memory that had been done in the 1970s. Larry...categorization as they are for what was termed "episodic memory." At heart, we were questioning ...

A mixed-handed advantage in episodic memory: A possible role of...

Memory & Cognition;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......that performance on explicit tests of episodic memory is associated with interaction between...that mixed-handers displayed better episodic memory in comparison with strong right-handers...memory framework, explicit tests of episodic memory involve greater corpus callosum-mediated...

Birds have a memory similar to humans'

AP Online;  September 16, 1998 ;     631 words ......Previously, many scientists believed episodic memory was unique to humans. This type of...dropping the keys on a table in the hall. Episodic memory functions in a fundamentally different...Determining that birds use some form of episodic memory is enormously important, said ...

People with autobiographical memory loss still sensitive to others: Study

The Hindustan Times;  November 24, 2007 ;     474 words ......that severe loss of autobiographical episodic memory does not necessarily compromise the...erased most of their autobiographical episodic memory. Both of them could no longer remember...Rosenbaum said. "Our findings suggest that episodic memory is not necessary to have normal ...

Study may aid Alzheimer's research.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  June 3, 2005 ;     312 words ......a given environment is like human episodic memory. For example, when we remember what...mentally create possible futures. Episodic memory in humans is the first type of memory...have an interest in the mechanisms of episodic memory and other complex events. Episodic...

YOU'VE GOT A GOOD MEMORY, BIRDBRAIN!(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 17, 1998 ;     388 words ......Previously, many scientists believed episodic memory was unique to humans. This type of...dropping the keys on a table in the hall. Episodic memory functions in a fundamentally different...Determining that birds use some form of episodic memory is enormously important, said ...

Brain lesion and memory functioning: Short-term memory deficit is...

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......short-term memory (STM), semantic memory, verbal episodic memory, and visual episodic memory. The striking finding was that large STM...Smaller deficits in semantic memory, verbal episodic memory, and visual episodic memory depended on...

^sup 15^O-CO2 PET in Bipolar Disorder

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  November 1, 2005 ;     229 words ......functional neuroanatomy of episodic memory impairment in euthymic individuals...impairments, particularly in verbal episodic memory, not only during mood episodes...regions involved in learning and episodic memory. Biological Psychiatry

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Charleston Gazette;  September 17, 1998 ;     440 words ......Previously, many scientists believed episodic memory was unique to humans. This type of...dropping the keys on a table in the hall. Episodic memory functions in a fundamentally different...Determining that birds use some form of episodic memory is enormously important, said ...