LIP External Colloquium: Roberto Cabeza - How is memory affected by the way information is stored in the brain?

Roberto Cabeza, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, USA,-

How is memory affected by the way information is stored in the brain?

Our research uses brain imaging techniques to explore how the way information is stored in the brain affects our ability to remember it later. We have found that memory is influenced by several factors, including the type of information, how memory is tested, where in the brain the information is stored, and how it interacts with a key memory-related brain region called the hippocampus. With aging, we observe changes in how the brain processes information. Older adults tend to lose some of the distinctions between different visual memories, but their brains compensate by enhancing differences in meaning-based (semantic) memories. We also find shifts in how different brain regions, including the hippocampus, coordinate during memory tasks. Overall, our findings provide a detailed view of how memory and brain activity are interconnected, and how this relationship changes with age.

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