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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"memory updating"”.
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The role of recursive remindings on memory updating of emotional stimuli
… that the remindings embedded in emotional memory representations are stronger than neutral remindings (as supported by a preliminary experiment) and therefore attract attention internally during re-presentation, resulting in less attention toward the external stimulus and thus poorer …
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Effects of Emotional Content on Working Memory Updating: Proactive Interference and Resolution
<p>The working memory (WM) system refers to the structures and processes supporting the encoding, maintenance, manipulation, and retrieval of information to be used for goal-directed behavior. Proactive interference (PI) is often experienced when information to be processed shares physical …
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Investigating Spatial Memory Reconsolidation in Rats: Memory Updating, Effects of Aging, and Hippocampal Network Activity
… that reactivation or retrieval of a consolidated memory opens up a window of time during which the memory can be strengthened, disrupted, or updated via a process of "reconsolidation". This dissertation is comprised of three experimental studies in rats aimed at investigating previously unexamined …
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Process estimates of recollection and familiarity in working memory and episodic memory
Working memory is consistently shown to be related to episodic memory, but the underlying processes that contribute to this relationship are poorly understood. The following dissertation outlines a study which investigated the relationship between working memory and episodic memory, with particular …
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIMENSIONS OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND RUMINATION IN YOUTH: A LONGITUDINAL AND BIDIRECTIONAL STUDY
… by poorer shifting, inhibition, and/or working memory updating abilities. However, literature on the relationship between rumination and EF in youth is more equivocal. Further, the directionality of this relationship is somewhat unclear, and may differ as a function of EF type. The present study …
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The differential effects of MDMA (ecstasy) use on executive and memory processes
… of mental set switching, response inhibition, memory updating and access to semantic memory. It was found that ecstasy users performed significantly worse than nonusers on measures of updating and access, although cocaine also emerged as an important factor in deficits in access. The …
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The precision of initial context fear memory encoding determines the behavioural, cognitive and molecular changes that occur following recall
Maintaining memory relevance in the face of an ever-changing world is essential for survival. When animals form memories about specific environmental contexts and their associations, they must be able to continually assess the validity of both those associations and of the contextual memories …
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The Effects of Nicotine on Attention Orienting
… of complex novel stimulus initiated processes of memory updating that significantly impaired response sensitivity and accuracy. Nicotine withdrawal enhanced these distraction effects, whereas nicotine intake, particularly via smoking, normalized performance. In experiment 3, dichotic listening …
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Neurobiological mechanisms underlying episodic memory retrieval
Memory is a central function of the brain and is essential to everyday life. Memory disorders range from those of memory transience, such as Alzheimer's disease, to those of memory persistence, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. To treat memory disorders, a thorough understanding of memory …
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Inhibition, attentional control, and causes of forgetting in working memory: a formal approach
… step in order to reach a cognitive goal. Working memory has been regarded as the process responsible for those cognitive activities. This thesis addresses the question: what limits working-memory capacity (WMC)? A question that still remains controversial (Barrouillet & Camos, 2009; Lewandowsky, …
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Something old, something new: The demanding process of serial updating in working memory
Working memory (WM) is a cognitive system that holds and manipulates information over short periods. The process of updating allows WM to selectively keep track of task-relevant information so that ongoing mental activity can proceed smoothly. The thesis established the first fine-grained temporal …
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How does practice affect working memory? : The efficacy of adaptive-difficulty working memory training programs
Working memory refers to a mental ’workbench’ whereby new or goal relevant information is held in a readily accessible state in order to achieve success with cognitive problems. Working memory has been shown to be relevant to individual differences in many aspect of cognition including fluid …