A hallmark feature of episodic memory is that of “mental time travel,” whereby an individual
feels they have returned to a prior moment in time. Cognitive and behavioral neuroscience …

It is well established that healthy aging, amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI), and
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are associated with substantial declines in episodic memory …

In contrast to long-held axioms of old age as a time of “doom and gloom,” mounting
evidence indicates an age-related positivity effect in attention and memory. However …

Recognizing a stimulus as previously encountered is a crucial everyday life skill and a
critical task motivating theoretical development in models of human memory. Although there …

A belief bias effect in syllogistic reasoning (Evans, Barston, & Pollard, 1983) is observed
when subjects accept more valid than invalid arguments and more believable than …

Younger adults tend to remember negative information better than positive or neutral
information (negativity bias). The negativity bias is reduced in aging, with older adults …

A tacit but fundamental assumption of the theory of signal detection is that criterion
placement is a noise-free process. This article challenges that assumption on theoretical …

As we grow older, we gain knowledge and experience greater emotional balance, but we
also experience memory loss and difficulties in learning new associations. Which cognitive …

Multinomial processing tree (MPT) models such as the single high-threshold, double high-
threshold, and low-threshold models are discrete-state decision models that map internal …

Current theories predict opposing effects of emotionally arousing information on false
memory. If emotion enhances true recollection, then false recollection might be lower for …