Defined as the loss of memory due to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression or illness, amnesia can be short- or long-term, full or partial. Renowned expert in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, York Research Chair Shayna Rosenbaum, a professor of psychology in the Faculty of Health, has spent her professional life investigating, among other things, the mystery of amnesia.
York Research Chair Shayna Rosenbaum teams up with Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute in a project that leads to major advancements in our understanding of amnesia.
Defined as the loss of memory due to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression or illness, amnesia can be short- or long-term, full or partial. Renowned expert in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, York Research Chair Shayna Rosenbaum, a professor of psychology in the Faculty of Health, has spent her professional life investigating, among other things, the mystery of amnesia.
Rosenbaum’s research is unique in that it combines brain imaging techniques with cognitive methods to study learning and memory in patients with memory impairment. Her work looks at different forms of memory, which are critically supported by the hippocampus located within the brain’s medial temporal lobe; the effects of specific brain injuries on learning and memory; and the social and personal effects of amnesia. She is interested in strategies that could be used by amnesic patients to compensate for memory loss and the changes in the way their brains work.
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