Sleep is essential for effective cognitive functioning. Loosing even a few hours of sleep can
have detrimental effects on a wide variety of cognitive processes such as attention …

Insulin is now well-established as playing multiple roles within the brain, and specifically as
regulating hippocampal cognitive processes and metabolism. Impairments to insulin …

The fundamental claim of the declarative/procedural model is that the declarative and
procedural memory systems should play roles in language that are largely analogous to the …

This book focuses on a number of contemporary mainstream theories in second language
(L2) acquisition research that have generated attention among scholars. Since the mid …

The reconsolidation hypothesis states that memories, when reactivated, enter a transient,
labile state followed by a re-stabilization termed reconsolidation. By affecting the …

This research first develops a conceptual model to link relevant concepts in psychology and
tourism research to each stage of the long-term memory (LTM) system. It combines insights …

Memory impairment (MI) is one of the predominant criteria generally used to identify
schizophrenia, dementia and amnesia that are associated with neurodegenerative disorders …

Memory consolidation involves transcriptional control of genes in neurons to stabilize a
newly formed memory. Following retrieval, a once consolidated memory destabilizes and …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability characterized by impairments
in social interaction and repetitive behavior, and is also associated with cognitive deficits …

Scientific advances in the last decades uncovered that memory is not a stable, fixed entity.
Apparently stable memories may become transiently labile and susceptible to modifications …