Current Projects

We are currently investigating the relationship between source memory and the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, in conjunction with Professors Cyma Van Petten and Elena Plante. The project is funded in part by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

We co-operate with Professor Lee Ryan in her use of both functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and neuropsychological testing to study memory. Professors Barnes, Forster, Jacobs, Kaszniak, McNaughton, Nadel, Rapcsak, Wenk, and Wilson also study memory in animals and humans.

We are very interested in clinical cases of amnesia, and also focus on the rehabilitation of memory. Currently we are trying to encourage learning in patients with memory disorders.

Other projects in our lab concern the relationship between emotion and memory, false recognition, and the role of the frontal lobes in prospective memory.