Can input in one sensory modality strengthen memory in a different sensory modality? To address this question, we asked participants to encode images presented in various locations (e.g., a depicted dog in the top left corner of the screen) while they heard spatially uninformative sounds. Some of these sounds matched the image (e.g., the word “dog” or a barking sound) while others did not. In a...

It has recently been conjectured that dyslexia arises from abnormal auditory sampling. What sampling rate is altered and how it affects reading remains unclear. We hypothesized that by impairing phonemic parsing abnormal low-gamma sampling could yield phonemic representations of unusual format and disrupt phonological processing and verbal memory. Using magnetoencephalography and behavioral tes...

Abstract Aim The aim of this pilot study was to examine the acute effect a psychomotor intervention (PMI) on auditory‐verbal memory, emotional state, and electrocortical activity recorded by electroencephalography subjectively healthy older adults (sHE) diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCIs). Methods Eleven MCIs 11 sHE underwent single 45‐min PMI. Resting state electroencephalography, ...

Because of permanent use-dependent brain plasticity, all lifelong individuals' experiences are believed to influence the cognitive aging quality. In older individuals, both former and current musical practices have been associated with better verbal skills, visual memory, processing speed, and planning function. This work sought for an interaction between musical practice and cognitive aging by...

We analyzed the relationship between several measures of attention (e.g., sustained and divided attention) and measures of verbal memory (e.g., immediate and delayed memory) in children aged 8-17 years. The attentional measures were derived from several tests of attention: Trail-Making, Digit Cancellation, Digit-Symbol, and Digit-Span. The verbal memory measures were derived from the Rey Audito...

Behavioral frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) may present with episodic memory deficits. In 38 patients bvFTD and 61 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) specific measures of verbal (learning curves serial position effects) were studied through the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test. Forty-two percent showed deficits delayed recall similar to that found in AD including effects. Amnestic had more severe atrophy...