Well-structured knowledge allows us to quickly understand the world around us and make
informed decisions to adequately control behavior. Knowledge structures, or schemas, are�…

Expertise is a core goal for the achievement of elite-level performances. In sport, expertise is
deeply related to the ability of making accurate decisions. In this context, decision-making�…

Research has firmly established that the integrity of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) is critical
for recognition memory. This ability is supported by recollection, which involves recovery of�…

The method of loci (MoL) is a well-known mnemonic technique in which visuospatial spatial
environments are used to scaffold the memorization of non-spatial information. We�…

The acquisition of special skills can induce plastic changes in the human hippocampus, a
finding demonstrated in expert navigators (Maguire et al.(2000) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97�…

This article argues that rapid eye movement (REM) dreaming is elaborative encoding for
episodic memories. Elaborative encoding in REM can, at least partially, be understood�…

Cognitive enhancement, the amplification or extension of core capacities of the mind, has
become a major topic in bioethics. But cognitive enhancement is a prime example of a�…

Recently we showed that the occipital cortex of congenitally blind humans is activated
during verbal-memory tasks. Activation was found in regions corresponding to the�…

In a recent study, Maguire and colleagues failed to find systematic differences in brain
anatomy between world-class memory performers and matched control subjects. The world�…

This study describes an approach to history education which leverages augmented reality
(AR). Currently, most learning interventions with AR are designed from the paradigm of an�…