Alexa Morcom

Senior Research Associate

Professional Qualification/Membership

PhD, M.B., B. Chir

Personal Statement

My primary research is in the neural correlates of healthy ageing, and the current project explores the role that changes in the dopamine system may play in age-related memory decline. More generally, I am interested in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, and cognitive control, and in the role of the prefrontal cortex in memory function.

Selected Publications:

1. Effects of age on retrieval cue processing as revealed by erps
   Alexa Morcom and Michael Rugg
   Neuropsychologia. In Press
   
   
2. Age effects on the neural correlates of successful memory encoding
   Alexa Morcom, Catriona Good, Richard Frackowiak and Michael Rugg
   Brain. 126(Pt 1):213 -- 229 January 2003
   [application/pdf][Abstract - Link to PubMed]
   
   
3. Getting ready to remember: The neural correlates of task set during recognition memory
   Alexa Morcom and Michael Rugg
   Neuroreport. 13(1):149 -- 152 January 2002
   [Abstract - Link to PubMed]
   
   
4. The Relationship Between Brain Activity, Cognitive Performance and Aging: The case of Memory
   Michael Rugg and Alexa Morcom
   The Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging. Cabeza R, Hyberg L, and Park DC (Eds). Oxford University Press, New York.