A commonly expressed view is that short-term memory (STM) is nothing more than activated
long-term memory. If true, this would overturn a central tenet of cognitive psychology—the …

The term “modal model” reflects the importance of Atkinson and Shiffrin's paper in capturing
the major developments in the cognitive psychology of memory that were achieved over the …

It is widely assumed that the short-term retention of information is accomplished via
maintenance of an active neural trace. However, we demonstrate that memory can be …

The second edition of this comprehensive textbook for students of Neuropsychology gives a
thorough overview of the complex relationship between brain and behaviour. With an …

Challenging the conventional wisdom that users cannot remember cryptographically-strong
secrets, we test the hypothesis that users can learn randomly-assigned 56-bit codes …

In developing password policies, IT managers must strike a balance between security and
memorability. Rules that improve structural integrity against attacks may also result in …

The significance of the recent introduction to cognitive neuroscience of multivariate pattern
analysis (MVPA) is that, unlike univariate approaches which are limited to identifying …

Although the use of multiple methods of user authentication for IT system increases security,
passwords are often the only credential required for access. Consequently, the challenge is …

This study examines whether interpreters have better working memory (WM) than non-
interpreters, taking into account different WM components and the potential modulatory …

Regions of the left inferotemporal cortex are involved in visual word recognition and
semantics. We utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging to localize an inferotemporal …