We investigate the cognitive neuroscience of memory by using functional MRI (fMRI) to examine the neural correlates of episodic memory (memory for personally experienced past events) in healthy young and older adults. We have been pursuing four main lines of research: (1) basic episodic memory processes, (2) autobiographical memory, (3) emotional memory, and (4) cognitive aging.

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CabezaLab
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Duke University, LSRC, B254, Box 90999
Durham, NC 27708

Recent news:

12/2008 - St. Jacques, Dolcos, and Cabeza's recent paper entitled "Effects of Aging on Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala for Subsequent Memory of Negative Pictures: A Network Analysis of fMRI Data" has received media coverage from many sources. Check out the links below, and visit our News page to read more.  Also, click here to see a video segment describing the findings of this study.

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08/2008 - Faculty of 1000 has named Dennis, Kim, and Cabeza (2008) one of their "must read" articles. The paper, entitled "Age-Related Differences in Brain Activity during True and False Memory Retrieval," was published in the August 2008 issue of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

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08/2008 - Roberto Cabeza and his colleagues discuss the role of the parietal cortex in episodic memory in Nature Reviews Neuroscience special issue on memory systems.

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Recent publications:

• Huijbers, W., Pennartz, C. M., Cabeza, R., & Daselaar, S. M. (in press). When Learning and Remembering Compete: A functional MRI study. PLoS Biology.

• St. Jacques, P. L., Dolcos, F., & Cabeza, R. (in press). Effects of aging on functional connectivity of the amygdala for subsequent memory of negative pictures: A network analysis of fMRI data. Psychological Science.

• St. Jacques, P., Dolcos, F., & Cabeza, R. (in press). Effects of aging on functional connectivity of the amygdala during negative evaluation: A network analysis of fMRI data. Neurobiology of Aging.

• Madden, D. J., Spaniol, J., Costello, M. C., Bucur, B., White, L. E., Cabeza, R., Davis, S. W., Dennis, N. A., Provenzale, J. M., & Huettel, S. A. (in press). Cerebral white matter integrity mediates adult age differences in cognitive performance. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

• Cabeza, R., Ciaramelli, E., Olson, I. R., & Moscovitch, M. (2008). The parietal cortex and episodic memory: An attentional account. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9, 613-625.