Alexander Gustave Konkel
Psychology
Contact Information:
- Address: Beckman room 2424
- Telephone: (217)244-1618
- akonkel2@illinois.edu
Research Description
Currently I'm looking into the debate about what role the hippocampus plays in cognition. Our lab believes that the hippocampus is necessary for binding together arbitrary items (like names and faces) in memory - relational memory. Other people believe that it is responsible for detecting and responding to novel events. I am investigating some of the claims that the 'novelty people' make. I'm also interested in the overlap between relational, source, and context memory, and the contribution of non-medial temporal lobe regions (namely prefrontal and parietal cortex) to memory.
Education
- M.A., psychology, Univ. of Illinois
- B.S., physics, Washington University in St. Louis
Publications
Journal Articles
- Konkel, Alex, and Neal J. Cohen. "Relational memory and the hippocampus: Methods and representations." Frontiers in Neuroscience 3 (2009): 166-174.
- Alex, Konkel, David E. Warren, Melissa C. Duff, Daniel Tranel, and Neal J. Cohen. "Hippocampal damage impairs all manner of relational memory." Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2 (2008):
- Lustig, Cindy, Alex Konkel, and Larry L. Jacoby. "Which route to recovery? Controlled retrieval and accessibility bias in retroactive interference." Psychological Science 15 (2004): 729-735.