[CaBSSem] [Psychat] Cognition & Brain Sciences Seminar: Fri Jan 19, Ulrich Mueller (UVic)

[Daniel Bub]

This Friday (March 1st) the Cognition and Brain Science Seminar (CaBSSem) will feature a fascinating talk by
Karen L. Campbell from Brock University at 3 pm.

http://www.brockcnalab.com/

The title of the talk is: Hyper-binding: A major cause of age-related forgetting

A long line of work suggests that associative memory, or the ability to form links between separate pieces of information, declines with age. For instance, compared to younger adults, older adults are often impaired at learning new face-name associations or recalling the source from which they heard something. This associative deficit is thought to stem from a decreased ability to form new associations, or bind information together, and to underlie age differences in episodic memory. However, my research suggests that 1) the binding process itself remains relatively intact with age, at least when tested implicitly, and 2) older adults may actually form too many associations (or “hyper-bind”) due to a decreased ability to control attention. These non-target associations likely lead to increased interference and forgetting at retrieval.  In this talk, I will present recent work in support of the hyper-binding hypothesis, including evidence that young adults with poor attentional control also hyper-bind, and show how excess binding may affect memory for more complex, everyday events.

Please note that the talk will be held via Zoom:

https://uvic.zoom.us/j/81257812980?pwd=VndFY3hueDA2cWl0SXljK0ZSYVhxdz09

Another reminder will be sent on Thursday.

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