The Memory and Knowledge Group aims to develop comprehensive theoretical accounts of various aspects of human memory and to explore ways in which these accounts might inform, and be informed by, clinical practice. Our current research has two main themes:

• The organization and neural basis of long-term memory and knowledge (Graham, Henson, Hodges, Patterson)
• The neuropsychological rehabilitation of memory and learning disorders (Wilson)

Approaches

Our research uses a wide variety of neuroscientific approaches and aims to integrate findings from these methodologies in order to generate new theoretical predictions and innovative therapeutic strategies to be applied in patient populations á

• Cognitive neuropsychology - the study of individuals with memory impairments (e.g., in the context of dementia, encephalitis, stroke)
• Structural brain imaging - the use of novel visual and volumetric measurement techniques to assess damage to particular brain structures
• Functional brain imaging - the application of sophisticated techniques allowing measurement of activity in the brain, both in healthy controls and patients, during cognitive processing
• Computational modelling - the development of connectionist models of memory function based on patient findings
• Cognitive rehabilitation - working with people with brain injury in order to remediate or alleviate cognitive deficits arising from a neurological insult

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