Heekyeong Park    Ph. D.



Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Bonney Research Laboratory
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3800

Phone: 949-824-8861
Fax : 949-824-4807
Email:  hkpark AT uci. edu



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Research interests

Neural correlates of episodic memory formation

Contextual features and recollection

Interference at retrieval

Recent Publications

Park, H. & Rugg, M.D. (in press). Neural correlates of sucessful encoding of semantically- and phonologically-mediated inter-item associations. Neuroimage.

Reder, L.M., Park, H., & Kieffaber, P.D. (in press). Memory systems do no divide on consciousness: Reinterpreting memory in terms of activation and binding. Psychological Bulletin.

Park, H., Uncapher, M.R., & Rugg, M.D. (2008). Effects of study task on the neural correlates of source encoding. Learning & Memory, 15, 417-425.

Rugg, M.D., Johnson, J.D., Park, H., & Uncapher, M.R. (2008). Encoding-retrieval overlap in human episodic memory: A functional neuroimaging perspective. Progress in Brain Research, 169, 339-352.

Park, H. & Rugg, M.D. (2008). The relationship between study processing and the effects of cue congruency at retrieval: fMRI support for Transfer Appropriate Processing. Cerebral Cortex, 18, 868-875.

Park, H., Arndt, J., & Reder, L.M. (2006). A contextual interference account of distinctiveness effects in recognition. Memory & Cognition, 34, 743-751. [Lead Article]

Diana, R., Reder, L.M., Arndt, J., & Park, H. (2006). Models of recognition: A review of arguments in favor of a dual process account. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 1-21. [Lead Article]

Park, H., Reder, L.M., & Dickison, D. (2005). The effect of word frequency and similarity on recognition judgments: The role of recollection. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 31, 568-578.

Park, H., Quinlan, J., Thornton, E., & Reder, L.M. (2004). The effect of midazolam on visual search: Implications for understanding amnesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 101, 17879-17883.

Park, H. & Reder, L.M. (2004). Moses illusion: Implication for human cognition. In Pohl, R.F. (Ed). Cognitive Illusions (pp. 275-291). Hove: Psychology Press.

Recent Presentations

Park, H. & Rugg, M. D. (2008, April). Encoding activity supporting item-item versus item-source associative memory. Presented at the 15^th annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting. San Francisco: CA.

Park, H., Uncapher, M. R., & Rugg, M. D. (2007, November). Effects of study modality on the neural correlates of encoding operations supporting recollection. Presented at the 48^th annual Psychonomic Society Meeting. Long Beach: CA.

Park, H. & Rugg, M. D. (2007, November). Encoding activity supporting the formation of semantically- and phonologically- mediated associations. Presented at the 37^th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. San Diego: CA.

Park, H. & Rugg, M. D. (2007, May). Modulation of the neural correlates of episodic encoding by study-test overlap. Presented at the 14th annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting. New York: NY.

Park, H., Uncapher, M. & Rugg. M. D. (2006, August). Determinants of successful recollection: Study task versus study context. Presented at the 4th annual Bay Area Memory Meeting. Palo Alto: CA.

Park, H. & Reder, L. M. (2005, November). Conjunction memory errors: The  contribution of recollection. Presented at the 46th annaul Psychonomic Society Meeting. Toronto: Canada.

Park. H., Quinlan, J. J., Thornton, E., & Reder, L. M. (2004, November). The effect of midazolam on visual search. Presented at the 45th annual Psychonomic Society Meeting. Minneapolis: MN.