Buckner, Randy
<p>Oct 16, 2014 03:49 PM</p>
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PI of Cog Neurosci Lab = CNL and Prof of Psych at Hvd.
and at Martinos Center at MGH;</p>
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imaging of areas involved in memory.
3 Qs: </p>
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1) how does PFC participate in formation and retr of memroies and how
are these strucs rel to medial temporal regions;
(damage to PFC can cause diffic with strategy in mem formation and retr)</p>
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2) how does brain code remnants fomemory (the echo) while it is being remembered)
how does brain reviv and repr remembered perceptions.
does visual cortex become active when one retr a visual (image) memory and
does audit cortex become active when a sound is remembered.</p>
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3) how does acitiv change when items are repeated.
(activ is REDUCED in certain specific areas when items like words are repeatedly
presented to a subject and S gets faster at proc.</p>
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also how can this guide out understanding of stroke and DAT = Dementia of the Alz type.</p>