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David Rubin

Professor

david.rubin@duke.edu
919 660 5732 (tel)
919 660 5726 (fax)

My main research interest has been in long-term memory, especially for complex (or "real-world") stimuli. This work includes the study of autobiographical memory and oral traditions, as well as prose. I have also studied memory as it is more commonly done in experimental psychology laboratories using lists. In addition to this purely behavioral research, which I plan to continue, I work on memory in clinical populations with the aid of a National Institute of Mental Health grant to study PTSD and on the underlying neural basis of memory the aid of a National Institute of Aging grant to study autobiographical memory using fMRI.

Anne Botzung

Research Associate

Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

anne.botzung@duke.edu
919 660 5639 (tel)

During my PhD, I used functional MRI and 'real life' stimuli to investigate the cerebral networks sustaining autobiographical recollection and planning for the future, both in healthy subjects and in patients with selective autobiographical memory deficits. Currently, my work focuses more particularly on how recollection and its neural correlates are influenced by the valence and the arousal of highly emotional stimuli.

Steve Janssen

steve.janssen@duke.edu

I am interested in autobiographical memory, episodic memory, working memory, memory for time, and in related phenomena, such as the telescoping effect, the reminiscence bump, and flashbulb memory. I obtained both my master and PhD at the University of Amsterdam, in 2003 and 2007 respectively. Most of my work is conducted on our website, http://memory.uva.nl , which has already yielded several publications in journals such as Memory , Memory & Cognition , and European Journal of Cognitive Psychology . Currently I am examining the role of working memory capacity on the temporal distribution of autobiographical memory. Furthermore, we are trying to dissect biological and cultural factors in the development of autobiographical memory.

Peggy St. Jacques

Graduate Student

Website: http://www.duke.edu/~pls10/

Department of Psychology and Neuroscience/Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

peggy.st.jacques@duke.edu
919 660 5739(tel)

My research focuses on understanding the cognitive and neural basis of age-related differences during memory formation and retrieval of emotionally meaningful stimuli. In particular, I am interested in the effects of emotion and aging on autobiographical memory, which refers to memory for events from our own life. I am interested in the specificity of autobiographical memories and the role of emotion in modulating autobiographical retrieval across the lifespan. In addition to behavioral indices, I am investigating the neural correlates of autobiographical memory and retrieval processes by using neuroimaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).