Not remembering what you shouldn't Are there brain regions that help us to fill in gaps in memory? What would happen when those regions are damaged? My co-authors and I recently published a short report in the Journal of Neuroscience describing findings that may begin to address this question. A…

Our new paper I recently had the good fortune to be the lead author of an article published in PNAS. I'm proud of how the paper turned out, and anyone who's interested should take a look. If the article is more than you care to tackle, you might try the…

In the fall of 2014, I was very pleased to accept an offer to assume a non-tenure-track junior faculty position in the University of Iowa Neurology Department. It's a great temporary position while I'm on the job market, and I'm excited to be at Iowa for another year. One odd…

Arbitrary but related Many of the things that we need to remember are related only arbitrarily. Consider: You're at a party, and your wife introduces to one of her co-workers whom you've never met before. You smile, shake hands, and try frantically to remember that this new face belongs to…

I'm Dave Warren, and as of this writing, I'm a post-doc at the University of Iowa working with Prof. Dan Tranel. I'm adding a blog to my website to offer my thoughts on a variety of topics that interest me professionally, including but not limited to: Cognitive neuroscience Memory research…