Month: July 2019

State Lawmakers Eye Federal Dollars To Boost Mental Health Counseling By Peers

It’s 1 p.m. on a balmy Oakland afternoon as residents of Great Expectations Residential Care, a home for people with mental illness, gather in an activity room for a game of bingo. Lee Frierson, an unpaid volunteer, introduces himself as he and his team leader, Charlie Jones, unpack chips, soda, batteries and shampoo that they […]

Published on July 1, 2019

Consolidating the Case for Transient Hippocampal Memory Traces

Moscovitch and Nadel maintain that remote memory traces endure in the hippocampus [1], despite a wealth of evidence demonstrating rapid structural and functional turnover [2]. They outline the key studies that support their view. However, we consider this evidence inconclusive and often contradictory. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on July 1, 2019

Sculpting Remote Memory: Enduring Hippocampal Traces and vmPFC Reconstructive Processes

Barry and Maguire’s (hereafter B&M) recent take in TiCS on the role of the hippocampus in remote memory retrieval, that it has a (scene) constructive role, rather than being part of the long-lasting representation of rich and detailed episodic memories, is both thoughtful and provocative [1]. They make two main claims: (i) the underlying cellular […]

Published on July 1, 2019