Research team
Memory and Cognition
Our team investigates the cognitive and neural basis of memory control, and its interactions with other mental and cognitive processes, with the aim of understanding complex mental phenomena such as language comprehension or psychological disorders.
Memory is one of our most remarkable cognitive abilities. It allows us to keep track of our changing environment, integrating the past and present, and even projecting ourselves into the future. How do we turn a fleeting experience into a lifelong memory? How are we able to forget those events we do not want to recall? And what role do memory and forgetting play in our cognitive and emotional functioning? These are some of the questions we seek to answer in our laboratory, using behavioural experiments, psychophysiological techniques, and non-invasive brain stimulation.
Selected publications
- Villalobos D, Pacios J, Vázquez C. Cognitive Control, Cognitive Biases and Emotion Regulation in Depression: A New Proposal for an Integrative Interplay Model. Front Psychol. 2021; 12:628416. PubMed ID: 33995183. PDF file.
- Pacios J, Caperos JM, Del Río D, Maestú F. Emotional distraction in working memory: Bayesian-based evidence of the equivalent effect of positive and neutral interference. Cogn Emot. 2021 Mar; 35(2):282-290. PubMed ID: 33143521. PDF file.
- Villalobos D, Caperos JM, Bilbao Á, López-Muñoz F, Pacios J. Cognitive predictors of self-awareness in patients with acquired brain injury along neuropsychological rehabilitation. Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2021 Jul; 31(6):983-1001. PubMed ID: 32325009. PDF file.
- Villalobos D, Caperos JM, Bilbao Á, Bivona U, Formisano R, Pacios J. Self-Awareness Moderates the Association Between Executive Dysfunction and Functional Independence After Acquired Brain Injury. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2020 Aug; In press. PubMed ID: 32743646. PDF file.
- Villalobos D, Bilbao A, López-Muñoz F, Pacios J. [Self-awareness as a key process for rehabilitation of patients with acquired brain injury: a systematic review]. Rev Neurol. 2020 Jan; 70(1):1-11. PubMed ID: 31845750. PDF file.
