Research Links

H.M.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/epi.html
A basic description of epilepsy and treatment options.

http://www.psy.ohio-state.edu/psy312/deniz-hm.html
The case report of H.M.

http://ahsmail.uwaterloo.ca/kin356/amnesia/amnesia7.html
H.M. and procedural learning.

Normal Memory

http://www.science.ca/scientists/Tulving/tulving.html
A biography of Endel Tulving. Tulving proposed the episodic/semantic distinction.

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/tulving.html
MIT's entry on episodic vs. semantic memory written by Endel Tulving.

http://mbdefault.org/6_memory/default.asp
A chapter on episodic memory relating brain structures to neural networks.

http://www.vvcconline.com/bachofner/temp/Psych1a/implicnexplict.htm
A chart showing how implicit and explicit memory differs.

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/schacter.html
MIT's entry on implicit vs. explicit memory.

http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-1.4/mbmmult.html
A look at the implicit and explicit memory systems.

http://www.acusd.edu/~taylor/skillmem.htm
Explicit and implicit memory in the context of memory of skills.

http://www.cogneuro.med.utah.edu/declarative_mem.html
Very detailed site on declarative memory.

Capacity and Duration

http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~dbesner/psych207/lecture2.html
Sensory memories (iconic and echoic memories).

http://www.psyc.memphis.edu/students/link/sensorymem.pdf
A slide show on sensory memories from a course at the University of Memphis.

http://www.science.wayne.edu/~psy3090/lectures/iconic/
A slide show on iconic memory from a course at Wayne State University.

http://www.geocities.com/jinxcar/IconMemory.htm
A very detailed essay on iconic memory.

http://wings.buffalo.edu/psychology/church/psy345/Class5.html
Class notes from a University of Buffalo course on the properties of echoic memory.

http://coe.uca.edu/psych/barile/cogstudentsfall2000/chap4.htm
Sensory memory and short-term memory.

http://library.thinkquest.org/26618/en-5.2.3=Short-term%20memory.htm
A good description of short-term memory.

http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~mathed/Stats/memory14.htm
A short-term memory exercise.

http://psychology.uww.edu/Rov/shortterm
Definition of short-term memory with a demonstration of chunking as a technique to improve short-term memory.

http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/vockell/EdPsyBook/Edpsy6/edpsy6_working.htm
Good description of working memory.

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/smithe.html
MIT's entry on working memory.

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/goldman-rakic
MIT's entry on the neural representation of working memory.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3041/workingmem.html
A detailed essay on working memory.

http://brain.web-us.com/memory/generic_ltm_memory.htm
A description of long-term memory. Includes good links.

http://ahsmail.uwaterloo.ca/kin356/ltm/ltm.htm
Neural pathways to long-term memory.

Components of Memory

http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/encoding.html
Focus on the processes of encoding and retrieval with helpful tips to improve memory.

http://www.twu.ca/cpsy/students/pierce/schema4.htm
An essay on schema-driven false memories.

Medial temporal lobe and memory

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/eichenbaum
MIT's entry on the hippocampus.

http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/neuro/neuroexam/mtl.html
The implications of the medial temporal lobe on memory.

http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~pineda/guide/hippocampus_handout.html
An article on the role of the hippocampus in memory function, including findings from research on rats, monkeys, and humans.

http://www.psy.ohio-state.edu/psy312/cog-sys.html
The cognitive memory system of the brain.

Diencephalon and Memory

http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/neuro/neuroexam/thal.html
The thalamus and memory.

http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/neuro/neuroexam/bf.html
The basal forebrain and memory.

http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/000771.cfm
An informative site on Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.

http://www.caregiver.org/factsheets/wks.html
A patient-centered factsheet on Korsakoff's disease with different contact resources available.

http://www.medfriendly.com/confabulation.html
Definition of confabulation and its place among memory disorders.

http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/neurol/challeng/pat44/summary.html
A case study on diencephalic amnesia from Baylor College of Medicine.

Preserved Abilities of Amnesics

http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/neuro/neuroexam/amnesia.html
Memories spared in amnesics.

http://ahsmail.uwaterloo.ca/kin356/vcues/vcuesmethods.html
The method of vanishing cues (including Schacter's case study).

Semantic Memory and Amnesia

http://neuroland.com/sands/tga.htm
Diagnostic criteria for transient global amnesia.

http://currawong.psy.mq.edu.au/~max/104/semantic.html
A great description of semantic memory impairments.

http://www.nd.edu/~rwest1/landm/lechtm/Lecture18.htm
Case reports of semantic memory impairments.

http://unisci.com/stories/20012/0416012.htm
An article on the difference between Alzheimer's and semantic dementia.

Neural Representation of Memory

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/thompson1
MIT's entry on Karl Lashley. Lashley believed memory was represented equally throughout the cortex.

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/mcgaugh
MIT's entry on storage of memory.

http://www.newhorizons.org/blab_diamond3.html
An essay on the effects of enrichment on brain development.

http://www.benbest.com/science/anatmind/anatmd3.html
A very detailed site on learning, memory, and plasticity.

http://hebb.mit.edu/courses/9.03/lecture4.html
Cellular mechanisms of learning in the fruit fly.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v284n22/ffull/jmn1213-1.html
An article on fruit fly learning mechanisms research.

General Memory Sites

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/zola
MIT's entry on memory.

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/squire
MIT's entry on human neuropsychology of memory.

http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/online/neuroanatomy/memory_aging/L24/L24.html
Notes from a University of Sydney neuroanatomy class lecture on memory.

http://neuro.psyc.memphis.edu/ugp/css024.html
A course outline on memory from the University of Memphis.

Other Sites of Interest

http://www.mtsu.edu/~sschmidt/Cognitive/forgetting/forgetting.html
Theories of forgetting.

http://www.demon.co.uk/mindtool/memory.html
Interesting techniques to improve memory.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/alz.html
A basic site on Alzheimer's disease. Includes great links.

http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/rapp
MIT's entry on aging and memory.

http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edupdate/2001/june01/19.html
Application of neuropsychological research of memory in the classroom.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmemory.html
Memory exercises and games.

http://www.memoryzine.com/index.html
A web magazine posted by the Practical Memory Institute. Includes exercises and memory research.

http://www.neurologychannel.com/dementia/
A good review of dementia.

http://www.adrc.wustl.edu/adrc/brain_atrophy.html
Brain atrophy related to dementing disorders.