2020
Superior short-term memory in APOE ε2 carriers across the age range
Zokaei N, Board A, Slavkova E, Mackay C, Nobre A, Husain M. Superior short-term memory in APOE ε2 carriers across the age range. Behavioural Brain Research 2020, 397: 112918. PMID: 32961217, PMCID: PMC7732594, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term memoryMemory advantageAssociated with individual differencesShort-term memory taskSignificant memory advantageAlzheimer's diseaseMemory performanceIndividual differencesTask difficultyAD-related pathologyAge rangeCognitive healthE3/E3 carriersSensitive to subtle changesAt-risk cohortElderly adultsApolipoprotein E4 alleleMemoryCognitionCohort of individualsMiddle-agedDevelopment of ADE4 alleleIndividualsPhenotypic effects
2016
Slow wave sleep and accelerated forgetting
Atherton K, Nobre A, Lazar A, Wulff K, Whittaker R, Dhawan V, Lazar Z, Zeman A, Butler C. Slow wave sleep and accelerated forgetting. Cortex 2016, 84: 80-89. PMID: 27710778, PMCID: PMC5084685, DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.08.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAccelerated long-term forgettingSlow wave sleepMemory benefitsAmount of slow wave sleepWord pair association taskLong-term forgettingBenefits of sleepDeclarative memoryAccelerated forgettingMemory consolidationAssociation taskMemory retentionBrain activityHealthy control groupHealthy participantsMemoryHealthy individualsElectrographic epileptiform activitySleepForgettingEpileptiform activityIndividualsSleep stagesControl groupHealthy people
2013
Distinct neural mechanisms of individual and developmental differences in VSTM capacity
Astle D, Harvey H, Stokes M, Mohseni H, Nobre A, Scerif G. Distinct neural mechanisms of individual and developmental differences in VSTM capacity. Developmental Psychobiology 2013, 56: 601-610. PMID: 23775219, DOI: 10.1002/dev.21126.Peer-Reviewed Original Research