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@matthewdougherty.bsky.social

Cognitive Neuroscience PhD Student @ The Duncan Lab, UofT

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Inside the Memory Lab: Why We Forget and How We Remember | U of T PhD Candidate Matthew Dougherty Smart Growth Rocket Β· Episode

I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Smart Growth Rocket podcast to talk through core elements of my research, managing grad work, and why we remember in the ways that we do. Give it a listen!

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6nGB...

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJu...

25.06.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On a roll: Recent familiarity primes the brain to retrieve other memories via dopaminergic nuclei mechanisms Memory retrieval is notoriously variable. Various neurocognitive states have been theorized to affect retrieval success from moment to moment, but the presence and catalysts of these states in the hum...

New preprint in the Duncan Lab
On a roll: Recent familiarity primes the brain to retrieve other memories via dopaminergic nuclei mechanisms

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

21.04.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super excited to share the preprint we've been working on, "On a roll: Recent familiarity primes the brain to retrieve other memories via dopaminergic nuclei responses"! Check it out, and come see us at CNS if you're around this afternoon! drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fo...

30.03.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster C151

Poster C151

#CNS2025 If you are curious about how hippocampal subfields distinctively support the learning of surprising exceptions to category knowledge, come check out my poster at Session C tomorrow between 5 and 7 pm!

29.03.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come and check out recent Duncan Lab findings at CNS 2025!

26.03.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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