Speaker:   Prof. Axel Mecklinger
　　　　　Department of Psychology, Saarland University 
　　　　　 Project Head of International Research Training
　　　　　 Group: Adaptive Minds: Neural and Environmental Constraints on Learning and Memory
Time:　　  9:30am-11:00am
Date: 　　  Jan 5, 2012
Venue:　   Lecture Hall, North Building

Abstract: The cognitive processes underlying episodic memory are of considerable interest in memory psychology. Electrophysiological and brain imaging (fMRI) measures have revealed important insights in the neural basis of these processes. This talk will review recent event-related potential (ERP) and fMRI correlates of two subprocesses of recognition memory: Familiarity and recollection. It will be shown that both forms of remembering can be dissociated by means of ERP measures and are mediated by different brain systems. In the second part, I will discuss recent studies showing how cognitive control processes that occur before retrieval can determine successful memory retrieval and subsequent behavior. It will be shown that similar control mechanisms operate in the service of successful remembering and forgetting.


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　　Never tell the same joke twice: The strategic control of memory retrieval(.doc)