Date: Oct 17, 2018 3pm-4:30pm
Location: Dunton Tower: Room 2203
Speaker: Signy Sheldon
Title: Neural processing systems that support and factors that affect autobiographical recall
Abstract:
Autobiographical memory retrieval is complex – it involves binding together various details of a past event into a single memory representation. Contemporary research has suggested that these representations are only constructed in mind when a memory is retrieved. This leads to important questions about the neural processes that allow for memory retrieval to be a constructive act and the factors in our environment that influence memory construction.
In this talk, I will discuss results from a series of human behavioural and neuroimaging experiments that report on a.) the neural mechanisms that allow memories to be recovered in different ways, with a focus on contributions of the hippocampus and b.) the way two retrieval states –emotion and stress– alter autobiographical memory recall. Both avenues of research emphasize the dynamic neurocognitive processes that support autobiographical memory retrieval.