Episodic memory is the form of involved in remembering personally experienced past events. Here, I address two questions about episodic memory’s function: what does do for us, and why we have it? Recent work addressing these has emphasized role imaginative simulation, criticizing mnemonic view on which “for” remembering. In this paper, offer a defense by highlighting an underexplored function –...

The neural correlates of encoding mode, or the state of forming new memory episodes, have been found to change with age and mnemonic training. However, it is unclear whether neural correlates of encoding success, termed subsequent-memory (SM) effects, also differ by age and mnemonic skill. In a multi-session training study, we investigated whether SM effects are altered by instruction and train...

Neural oscillations are crucial for revealing dynamic cortical networks and for serving as a possible mechanism of inter-cortical communication, especially in association with mnemonic function. The interplay of the slow and fast oscillations might dynamically coordinate the mnemonic cortical circuits to rehearse stored items during working memory retention. We recorded simultaneous EEG-fMRI du...

Pharmacy practice in the intensive care unit (ICU) is complex, because of the high acuity of patients’ conditions and the large number of medications prescribed. Therefore, many pharmacists, especially those not familiar with ICU care, may feel overwhelmed and apprehensive in this setting. There is currently no standardized, structured approach to help pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care in...

In a conversation, speakers and listeners will often influence each other's memories, and in doing so, promote the formation of a shared, or collective, memory. One means by which a mnemonic consensus emerges is through socially shared retrieval-induced forgetting (SSRIF). When listeners attend to the speakers' selective retrieval of previously encountered events, they forget unmentioned but re...

Numerous neuroimaging studies have implicated default mode network (DMN) involvement in both internally driven processes and memory. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether memory operations reflect a particular case of internally driven processing or alternatively involve the DMN in a distinct manner, possibly depending on memory type. This question is critical for refining neurocognitive memory t...

Today’s students often have to interact with a lot of information and content, more precisely declarative knowledge, whereas their studying technique often is simple repetition and retention. To facilitate the process of learning the approach of this article is to suggest a novel paradigm of e-learning IS that rely on old memorization strategies. These strategies are based on the mechanism of m...

Qureshi A, Rizvi F, Syed A, Shahid A, Manzoor H. The method of loci as a mnemonic device to facilitate learning in endocrinology leads to improvement in student performance as measured by assessments. Adv Physiol Educ 38: 140–144, 2014; doi:10.1152/advan.00092.2013.— Cognitive psychology has demonstrated that the way knowledge is structured in memory determines the ability to retain, recall, an...