Cognitive Neuroscience

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Scientists frequently attempt to isolate encoding, storage, and retrieval stages of human memory, but interactions among these stages dramatically influence what we remember. For example, relevant memories from course prerequisites help us retain lecture material, and leading questions can permanently alter eyewitnesses retrieved memories. My research investigates such encoding-retrieval interactions. Using emerging brain imaging methods to track the neural signature of retrieved memories, I observe how memories interact, and link interactions to participants brain anatomy. This work may yield enhanced educational techniques, methods for attenuating intrusive memories, predictions about brain injury impacts, and understanding of how brain structures support memory.