In the Media
Research in the Computational Memory Lab focuses on the study of human memory, combining approaches from traditional experimental psychology, computational modeling, and experimental neuroscience. Please click on a link below to see some of the representative media coverage the lab has received:
A memory boosting brain implant
SciTech Now | July 30, 2018
2018 Mid-Career Award
Psychonomic Society | June 7, 2018
Faculty of the Mind
Penn One Health | April 30, 2018
Memory-boosting brain implants are in the works. Would you get one?
NBC News MACH | April 23, 2018
Newport, Kahana Honored by the Society of Experimental Psychologists
APS | March 9, 2018
The First Step Toward a Personal Memory Maker?
The New York Times | February 12, 2018
Brain Implant Improves Memory
Discover Magazine | February 8, 2018
A Brain Implant Improved Memory, Scientists Report
The New York Times | February 6, 2018
AI Just Learned How to Boost the Brain's Memory
Wired | February 6, 2018
Brain “Pacemaker” Could Help You Remember Only What You Might Forget
Scientific American | February 6, 2018
A Tiny Pulse Of Electricity Can Help The Brain Form Lasting Memories
NPR | February 6, 2018
Electric jolt boosts memory by 15%, trial shows
The Times | February 6, 2018
Electric shock to the brain boosts memory '15 percent'
The Telegraph | February 6, 2018
With Strategic Zaps to the Brain, Scientists Boost Memory
Quanta Magazine | February 6, 2018
Electric pulses to the brain can improve memory as much as 15 percent, finds study
The Independent | February 6, 2018
Tickling the brain with electrical stimulation improves memory
Science Daily | January 29, 2018
These Penn neuroscientists created the first complete brain map to be used in Alzheimer's research
The Daily Pennsylvanian | December 1, 2017
‘Pacemaker’ for the Brain Can Help Memory, Study Finds
The New York Times | April 20, 2017
Brain stimulation restores memory during lapses
Penn Today | April 20, 2017
Electrical Stimulation To Boost Memory: Maybe It's All In The Timing
NPR | April 20, 2017
Penn's Restoring Active Memory Project Releases Extensive Human Brain Dataset
Penn Today | November 11, 2016
When Should We Expect The Robot Army: The Memory Chip
Omnia | November 21, 2016
Researchers aim for an electrical memory prosthesis
Science | July 18, 2014
DARPA’s $40 Million Plan to Save Soldiers’ Brains
Daily Beast | July 15, 2014
Human memory-saving devices get $37.5m research boost from DARPA
Ars Technica; first appeared in Wired UK | July 13, 2014
Philadelphia researchers to create brain prosthesis to restore memory loss
WHYY | July 10, 2014
DARPA Wants a Memory Prosthetic for Injured Vets—and Wants It Now
iEEE Spectrum | July 10, 2014
Penn to lead project to restore memory loss
The Daily Pennsylvanian | July 10, 2014
Penn Gets DoD Grant to Heal Brain Injuries
Philadelphia Magazine | July 10, 2014
How DARPA's Brain Chip Could Restore Lost Memories
Fast Company | July 10, 2014
Memory-saving devices snag US research funds
Nature | July 10, 2014
DARPA funds two universities to produce memory-restoring device
Tech Times | July 10, 2014
Probing Brain's Depths, Trying to Aid Memory
The New York Times | July 9, 2014
DARPA awards $40 million to restore memories
Science | July 9, 2014
US $40m towards brain implant that could restore soldiers' memories
South China Morning Post | July 9, 2014
Pentagon spurs new work on a brain implant to aid memory problems
L.A.Times | July 9, 2014
DARPA wants to develop electronic memory-restoring implants
New Atlas | July 9, 2014
US Military developing brain implants to restore memory
Live Science | July 9, 2014
Penn to Lead $22.5 Million Project on Restoring Memory Loss
Penn Today | July 9, 2014
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