Signy Sheldon (McGill University): "Memory, Meaning, and Age: Understanding How and Why We Remember Differently"

Monday 1 Sep 2025, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Brussels

B-30/0-000 - Big meeting room (CRC)

Abstract: Memory retrieval is a dynamic process, shaped by how we represent past experiences. Cognitive neuroscience models suggest that distinct hippocampal pathways support either conceptual or perceptual memory representations. In this talk, I will first present neuroimaging studies examining how these representations are supported by different neural pathways. Then, I will present work that uses this distinction in memory to better understand differences in remembering that come with age. Finally, I will propose why we may have such distinctions in how we represent memory.

Bio: Signy Sheldon received her PhD in Psychology from the University of Toronto and subsequently completed post-doctoral fellowships at St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto), and the Rotman Research Institute. Dr. Sheldon began her appointment at McGill University in January 2015, and has already established herself as a highly successful researcher. What is particularly striking about Dr. Sheldon’s record is how her research on memory draws from many different research areas within brain, behavior and cognitive science, including problem solving, psycholinguistics, and visual imagery.

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