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SUMMARY:Working memory binding and episodic memory formation: evidence fro
 m neuroimaging\, aging and patient studies - Professor Roy P. C. Kessels\,
  Donders Institute\, Radboud University\, Nijmegen
DTSTART:20190125T130000Z
DTEND:20190125T140000Z
UID:TALK115837@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:John Mollon
DESCRIPTION:Fifty years of memory research has resulted in theories on wor
 king memory and episodic memory\, which are generally regarded as dissocia
 ble and separate systems\, each with their own neural underpinnings. Howev
 er\, recent evidence suggests that working memory and episodic memory may 
 in fact rely on the same cognitive operations and brain processes. In this
  talk I will present evidence from fMRI studies showing that the medial te
 mporal lobe (including the hippocampus) is implicated in working-memory ma
 intenance of bound information\, especially when information processed in 
 different brain regions needs to be integrated. This activation may reflec
 t episodic buffer processing in accordance with Baddeley’s working-memor
 y model. It is\, however\, still an open question whether this hippocampal
  involvement actually reflects working-memory processing or whether it is 
 long-term encoding that determines the hippocampal activation during worki
 ng-memory tasks. Recent findings on the interaction between working memory
  processing and episodic memory formation in normal ageing indicate that l
 ong-term encoding occurs during working-memory tasks. In addition\, neurop
 sychological findings in patients with MTL-diencephalic amnesia indicate t
 hat long-term encoding processes indeed – at least in part – play a ro
 le in working-memory tasks that require the binding of information. I will
  present data from recent neuroimaging\, ageing and patient studies on the
  role of the MTL and long-term encoding in visual working memory maintenan
 ce and subsequent memory effects.
LOCATION:Kenneth Craik Room\, Craik-Marshall Building\, Downing Site
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