Welcome to the Cognitive Aging & Neuroimaging Lab!
The Cognitive Aging & Neuroimaging (CAN) Lab, in the Department of Psychology at Penn State, examines the effects of aging on episodic memory using both behavioral and neuroimaging (fMRI) methods. Regarding neuroimaging, we specifically utilize univariate, multivariate (pattern classification, representational similarity analyses), functional connectivity, and structural analytical approaches in our investigation of encoding and retrieval processes underlying memory performance. An emphasis is placed on understanding the cognitive and neural processes underlying false memories and associative memories. With respect to cognitive aging, our research examines neural markers of age-related cognitive decline, as well as mechanisms supporting neural compensation. Other lines of research pursued within the lab include cognitive training, cognitive control, and statistical learning.
Publications
In Press/Under Review
Dennis, N. A., Chamberlain, J. D., Carpenter, C.M., (2023). False Memories: What Neuroimaging Tells Us About How We Mis-remember the Past. The Sage Handbook of Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience, 8(2), 2-43
Carpenter, C., Webb, C., Overman, A. A., & Dennis, N. A. (2022, February 24). Contextual similarity negatively affects associative memory performance in both younger and older adults. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ytbw4
Gerver, C. R., Griffin, J. W., Dennis, N. A., & Beaty, R. (2022). Memory and creativity: A meta-analytic examination of the relationship between memory systems and creative cognition. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ag5q9
2023
Carpenter, C.M., Dennis, N.A. (2023). Does unitization really function like items? The role of interference on item and associative memory processes. Memory & Cognition. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-022-01389-w
2022
Dennis, N. A., Overman, A. A., Carpenter, C. M., & Gerver, C. R. (2022). Understanding associative false memories in aging using multivariate analyses. Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition, 1–26. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2022.2037500
Chamberlain, J. D., Bowman, C. R., & Dennis, N. A. (2022). Age-related differences in encoding-retrieval similarity and their relationship to false memory. Neurobiology of Aging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.01.011
Carpenter, C., Webb, C., Overman, A. A., & Dennis, N. A. (2022, February 24). Contextual similarity negatively affects associative memory performance in both younger and older adults. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ytbw4
*Ricuperio, S., *Carpenter, C. M., Steinkrauss, A., Gerver., C. R., Chamberlain., J. D.,
Overman., A. A. & Dennis, N., A. (2022, July 14). Neural distinctiveness and
reinstatement of hippocampal representations supports associative unitization.
News
Good job Alexa on your first publication as a primary author!
Congrats to our lab manager, Ashley, for heading off to grad school. Good luck!
We’d like to officially welcome John, Spencer, and Luke to the CANLab! We are excited to see what you will accomplish.
Congrats to Jordan for successfully defending his dissertation and graduating!
A huge congrats to Cat for receiving the T32 Fellowship to work with Nancy and Janine Kwapis!
We are proud of our research assistants for presenting at Penn State’s annual Undergraduate Exhibition, congrats to both Cheyna and Gitana
The CANLab enjoyed attending and participating at the final Lenten Dinner at Good Shepherd Catholic Church!
A big congrats to Jordan for his RGSO poster presentation!
The CANLab had a great time presenting at CNS!
Big congratulations to our graduate student Cat who was awarded a Fellowship to the University of Utah’s Advanced Statistical Methods in Neuroimaging & Genetics Course. We are all so proud!
Questions? Let us know!
441 Moore Building, University Park, PA 16802 / (814) 865-0878 / CANLABatPSU@gmail.com