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CANLAB Cognitive Aging andNeuroimaging Lab

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 processesMemory & 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. 

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