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PSYC 420

Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology

3.00 units · Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · Mind and Memory

Topics

  • Kellogg, R. T. (2007). “Memory Systems.” In Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology
  • Zaki, Y., & Cai, D. J. (2024). Memory engram stability and flexibility. Nature Reviews
  • The funhouse mirror of memory (Jan 21)
  • o Nadel, L., & Sederberg, P. B. (2022). Memory reconsolidation: making
  • Nadel, L., & Maurer, A. P. (2021). Revisiting the hippocampal cognitive map: Memory
  • Tseng, J., & Poppenk, J. (2020). Brain meta-state transitions demarcate thoughts across
  • Dreams as memory’s workshop (Feb 11)
  • Budson, A. E., & Paller, K. A. (2025). Memory, Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness: A
  • Perspective Based on the Memory Theory of Consciousness. Nature and Science of
  • cognition can change the waking mind for the better. Annual Review of
  • of associative memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(10)
  • Memory in the Flow of Time (Feb 25)
  • Rummel, J., & Kvavilashvili, L. (2023). Current theories of prospective memory and new
  • systems: Structure, connectivity, and functional contributions to memory and flexible
  • Blaney-Gale, T. (2025). Beyond episodic memory: An empirical characterization of
  • Tulving, E. (2002). Episodic memory: From mind to brain. Annual Review of
  • Aging and autobiographical memory: dissociating episodic from semantic
  • n Deadline: Written proposal draft (1 hour before class)
  • Where memory goes, mind goes (Mar 11)
  • control of memory retrieval and motor processing associated with the right lateral
  • memory as a predictor of the course of depression: A meta-analysis. Behaviour research
  • Kawas, C. (2008). Memory impairment, executive dysfunction, and intellectual
  • decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the International
  • modulating intrusive memories following lab-analogue trauma exposure in non
  • Optimal memory, in a world that remembers everything (Mar 18)
  • (2025). Memory augmentation with an adaptive cognitive interface. Psychonomic
  • memory benefit from different training sequences. Journal of Applied Research in
  • learning. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2019(12)
  • Memory materiality (Mar 25)
  • Neuroscience
  • Synthesis
  • Clinical psychology

Readings

  • Required: There is no textbook.
  • Required: Qlicker Qlicker is a website supporting class interaction that is hosted at Queen’s University at https://qlicker.queensu.ca.
Winter 2026

Topics

  • Cognition
  • Attention
  • Perception
  • Memory
  • Brain
  • Emotion
  • Intelligence
  • Racism
  • Healthcare
  • Learning
  • Neuroscience
  • Synthesis
  • Ethics
  • Problem solving
  • Language
  • Problem-solving
  • Consciousness

Readings

  • Listed material: This course has no textbook. Instead, you will be assigned up to 4 readings each week that comprises of journal articles, tech papers, and popular science columns.
Fall 2025

Topics

  • Decision-making
  • Healthcare
  • Learning
Winter 2024

Topics

  • Cognition
  • Attention
  • Perception
  • Memory
  • Brain
  • Emotion
  • Intelligence
2022-2023

Topics

  • Attention
  • Learning
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Consciousness
  • Brain
  • Dreaming
  • Sleep
  • E2
  • Research methods
  • Stress
  • Training
  • Working memory
Winter 2022

Topics

  • The Brain
  • Social Cognition
  • Attention
  • Facial Recognition & Memory
  • Development
  • Perception
  • Learning

Readings

  • Required: See reading list for details. Additional required readings as posted via onQ. Exact topics to vary by year.
  • Required: Indicates focal papers for seminar presenters.
  • Required: Introduction
  • Required: Oruc, I., Balas, B., & Landy, M. S. (2019). Face perception: A brief journey through recent discoveries and current directions. Vision Research, 157, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2019.06.005.
  • Required: Science & Methods
  • Required: Tsao, D. Y., & Livingstone, M. S. (2008). Mechanisms of face perception. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 31, 411–437. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.neuro.30.051606.094238
  • Required: Haxby, J. V., Hoffman, E. A., & Gobbini, M. I. (2000). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4, 22–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(00)01482-0
Fall 2022

Topics

  • The Brain
  • Social Cognition
  • Attention
  • Facial Recognition & Memory
  • Development
  • Perception
  • Learning
  • Cognitive neuroscience

Readings

  • Required: See reading list for details. Additional required readings as posted via onQ.
  • Required: Exact topics to vary by year.
  • Required: Letters (a, b, c) indicate papers for “Seminar Leadership” assignments.
2021-2022 · F2021 (on campus)

Readings

  • Listed material: Assessments 1 Sep 09 Organizational Meeting
  • Listed material: 1 Craik, F. I., & Lockhart, R. S. (1972). Levels of processing: A framework for memory research. Journal of Verbal Learning And Verbal Behavior, 11(6), 671-684. [link] 2 Roediger, H. L. (1980). The effectiveness of four mnemonics in ordering recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 6(5), 558. [link] 3 Kuhl, B. A., Rissman, J., & Wagner, A. D. (2012). Multi-voxel patterns of visual category representation during episodic encoding are predictive of subsequent memory. Neuropsychologia, 50(4), 458-469. [link] 4 Xue, G., Dong, Q., Chen, C., Lu, Z., Mumford, J. A., & Poldrack, R. A. (2010). Greater neural pattern similarity across repetitions is associated with better memory. Science, 330(6000), 97-101. [link] 5 Nadel, L., & Moscovitch, M. (1997). Memory consolidation, retrograde amnesia and the hippocampal complex. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 7(2), 217-227. [link] 6 Hupbach, A., Gomez, R., Hardt, O., & Nadel, L. (2007). Reconsolidation of episodic memories: A subtle reminder triggers integration of new information. Learning & Memory, 14(1-2), 47-53. [link] 7 Wilhelm, I., Diekelmann, S., Molzow, I., Ayoub, A., Mölle, M., & Born, J. (2011). Sleep selectively enhances memory expected to be of future relevance. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(5), 1563-1569. [link] 8 Parker, E. S., Cahill, L., & McGaugh, J. L. (2006). A case of unusual autobiographical remembering. Neurocase, 12(1), 35- 49. [link] 9 Roediger III, H. L., & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). Test-enhanced learning: Taking memory tests improves long-term retention. Psychological Science, 17(3), 249-255. [link] 10 Boldini, A., Russo, R., & Avons, S. E. (2004). One process is not enough! A speed-accuracy tradeoff study of recognition memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11(2), 353-361 [See source for the remaining reading list.]
2021-2022

Topics

  • Attention
  • Learning
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Consciousness
  • Dreaming
  • Sleep
  • Brain
  • E2
  • Research methods
  • Stress
  • Training
  • Working memory
  • Autism
2021 · W2021

Readings

  • Listed material: Assessments 1 Jan 11-15 Organizational Meeting
  • Listed material: 1 Craik, F. I., & Lockhart, R. S. (1972). Levels of processing: A framework for memory research. Journal of Verbal Learning And Verbal Behavior, 11(6), 671-684. [link] 2 Roediger, H. L. (1980). The effectiveness of four mnemonics in ordering recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 6(5), 558. [link] 3 Kuhl, B. A., Rissman, J., & Wagner, A. D. (2012). Multi-voxel patterns of visual category representation during episodic encoding are predictive of subsequent memory. Neuropsychologia, 50(4), 458-469. [link] 4 Xue, G., Dong, Q., Chen, C., Lu, Z., Mumford, J. A., & Poldrack, R. A. (2010). Greater neural pattern similarity across repetitions is associated with better memory. Science, 330(6000), 97-101. [link] 5 Nadel, L., & Moscovitch, M. (1997). Memory consolidation, retrograde amnesia and the hippocampal complex. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 7(2), 217-227. [link] 6 Hupbach, A., Gomez, R., Hardt, O., & Nadel, L. (2007). Reconsolidation of episodic memories: A subtle reminder triggers integration of new information. Learning & Memory, 14(1-2), 47-53. [link] 7 Wilhelm, I., Diekelmann, S., Molzow, I., Ayoub, A., Mölle, M., & Born, J. (2011). Sleep selectively enhances memory expected to be of future relevance. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(5), 1563-1569. [link] 8 Parker, E. S., Cahill, L., & McGaugh, J. L. (2006). A case of unusual autobiographical remembering. Neurocase, 12(1), 35- 49. [link] 9 Roediger III, H. L., & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). Test-enhanced learning: Taking memory tests improves long-term retention. Psychological Science, 17(3), 249-255. [link] 10 Boldini, A., Russo, R., & Avons, S. E. (2004). One process is not enough! A speed-accuracy tradeoff study of recognition memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11(2), 353-361 [See source for the remaining reading list.]
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