Dynamic Memory and Cognition Laboratory
Welcome to the Dynamic Memory and Cognition (DMC) Laboratory website.
The DMC Lab is part of the Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London.
Research
The work in the Dynamic Memory and Cognition laboratory is organised around human memory and its interactions with other cognitive functions.
Two major themes in the lab are:
Dynamic search and storage
The dynamic search and storage of information for use at a later time
Adjust the cognitive system
The ability to adjust the cognitive system to deal with a changing external environment
The guiding principle in this work is the premise that thought processes are fundamentally fluid and that the cognitive system as a whole consists of interacting subprocesses. As such, we take an interactive processing approach to cognition instead of the more common systems approach. The research employs mainly experimental and computational methodologies, and collaborative projects also use neuroscientific and clinical methods.
Funded projects
Active Grants
A quantitative and phenomenological approach to understanding neurofeedback. (with V. Eatough) School of Science Research Grant, 1 March – 31 July 2014.
The temporal dynamics of hypothesis generation and maintenance. (with R. Thomas and N. Lange) National Science Foundation SES-1024650, 1 September 2010 – 31 August 2014.
Decision and memory: the effect of stopping rules on memory use. (with M. Dougherty and J. Harbison) National Science Foundation BCS-1030831, 1 September 2010 – 31 August 2014.
Completed Grants
The role of short-term memory in language processing. Economic and Social Research Council T026271312, 1 March 2003 – 31 March 2004.
Semantic inhibition through short term retention. British Academy SG-54155, 1 October 2009 – 31 March 2010.
Investigating attentional control. Faculty of Science, 1 February 2008 – 30 April 2008.
Behavioral studies on the dynamics of memory and selective attention. (with M. Usher and H. Müller). Faculty of Science, 1 January 2007 – 31 July 2007.
Individual differences in memory and language: executive control and short-term memory capacity. (with M. Usher). British Academy SG-38634, 1 August 2004 – 31 December 2004.
Investigating semantic inhibition due to short-term retention of words. Economic and Social Research Council RES-000-22-0655, 1 April 2004 – 28 February 2005.
Lab tour: Cognitive Neurofeedback as part of Science Week 2014
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