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Department of Cognitive Science

Dr Donna Rose Addis

BA Auckland, MA Auckland, PhD Toronto.

Contact Details

Phone : +64 9 373 7599 ext 88552
email : d.addis@auckland.ac.nz
Homepage : www.memorylab.org

External Address

Department of Psychology
University of Auckland
New Zealand

Visits to MACCS

  • 26th of November 2008 - 28th of November 2008
  • 26th of January 2011 - 11th of February 2011
  • 29th of September 2011 - 30th of September 2011
  • 22nd of November 2011 - 26th of November 2011
  • 9th of December 2011 - 13th of December 2011

External Appointments

  • Co-organizer & Presenter, Mind Reading? (Live MRI Event), Brain Awareness Week, Auckland, New Zealand. (2012)
  • Symposium organizer and chair, International Society for Behavioural Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Half Moon Bay, California. (2012)

Awards

  • Early Career Research Excellence Award (2012), Addis, D. R. The University of Auckland

Grants Awarded

  • ARC CCD Cross Program Support Scheme (2013) "The historical present in past and future narratives". Irish, M., Crain, S., Thornton, R., Johnson, B., Addis, D., & Piguet, O. ($40,000)
  • ARC CCD Cross Program Support Scheme (2012) "Belief in Memory." Barnier, A., Savage, G., Addis, D., Cox, R., Sutton, J., Bullot, N., Harris, C., Irish, M., Connaughton, E., Cordonnier, A., Selwood, A., Temler, M., Williamson, K., & Keil, P. ($40,000)

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

  • Suddendorf, T., Addis, D.R., & Corballis, M.C. (2011). Mental Time Travel and the Shaping of the Human Mind. In M. Bar (Ed.), Predictions in the Brain: Using Our Past to Generate a Future (pp. 344-354). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Schacter, D.L., & Addis, D.R. (2011). On the nature of medial temporal lobe contributions to the constructive simulation of future events. In M. Bar (Ed.), Predictions in the Brain: Using Our Past to Generate a Future (pp. 58-69). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011). Memory and Healthy Aging: Implications for Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future. In J. Low, & P. Jose (Eds.), Lifespan Development: New Zealand Perspectives (2nd ed.). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.

Periodicals

  • Addis, D.R., Knapp, K., Roberts, R.P., & Schacter, D.L. (2012). Routes to the past: Neural substrates of direct and generative autobiographical memory retrieval. Neuroimage, 59(3), 2908–2922.
  • Szpunar, K.K., Addis, D.R., & Schacter, D.L. (2012). Memory for emotional simulations: Remembering a rosy future. Psychological Science, 23(1), 24-29.
  • Addis, D.R., & Schacter, D.L. (2012). The hippocampus and imagining the future: Where do we stand? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, 173.
  • Irish, M., Addis, D.R., Hodges, J.R., & Piguet, O. (2012). Considering the role of semantic memory in episodic future thinking: Evidence from semantic dementia. Brain, 135(7), 2178-2191.
  • Irish, M., Addis, D.R., Hodges, J.R., & Piguet, O. (2012). Exploring the content and quality of episodic future simulations in semantic dementia. Neuropsychologia, 50, 3488-3495.
  • Addis, D.R., Roberts, R.P., & Schacter, D.L. (2011). Age-related neural changes in autobiographical remembering and imagining. Neuropsychologia, 49, 3656-3669.
  • Martin, V.C., Schacter, D.L., Corballis, M.C., & Addis, D.R. (2011). A role for the hippocampus in encoding future simulations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 108, 13858-13863.
  • Holland, A.C., Addis, D.R., & Kensinger, E.A. (2011). The neural correlates of specific versus general autobiographical memory construction and elaboration. Neuropsychologia, 49, 3164-3177.
  • Hennessey, J.A., Addis, D.R., & Giovanello, K.S. (2011). Differential neural activity during search of specific and general autobiographical memories elicited by musical cues. Neuropsychologia, 49, 2514-2526.
  • Kensinger, E.A., Addis, D.R., & Atapattu, R.K. (2011). Amygdala activity at encoding corresponds with memory vividness and with memory for select episodic details. Neuropsychologia, 49, 663-673.
  • Addis, D.R., Cheng, T., Roberts, R., & Schacter, D.L. (2011). Hippocampal contributions to the episodic simulation of specific and general future events. Hippocampus, 21, 1045-1052.

Published Abstracts

  • Irish, M., Addis, D.R., Hodges, J.R., & Piguet, O. (2012). Divergent damage to the default network relates to self-projection deficits in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease [Abstract]. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 34(Suppl. 1), 166.

Conference Presentations, Colloquia, and other presentations

  • Addis, D.R. (2012, November). Enhancing memory for the past and the future. Invited paper presented at the Scaffolding Memory Across the Lifespan Workshop, Macquarie University, Sydney.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, November). Making the future memorable. Keynote presentation given at the Psycolloquy Public Seminar, Otago University, Otago, New Zealand.
  • Barnier, A., Priddis, A., & Addis, D.R. (2012, November). Older adults recall more episodic details when they remember together. Poster session presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, USA.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, October). Making the future memorable. Keynote paper presented at the Postgraduate Psychology Conference, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Irish, M., Addis, D.R., Hodges, J.R., & Piguet, O. (2012, September). Divergent damage to the default network relates to self-projection deficits in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. Poster session presented at the 8th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias, Manchester, UK.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, September). Enhancing memory in aging: Neurocognitive scaffolding. Invited paper presented at the New Zealand Association of Gerontology Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Jacob, S., Addis, D.R., & Tippett, L.J. (2012, September). Older people and cognition. Paper presented at the New Zealand Association of Gerontology Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, July). The science of imagining a bright future. Keynote paper presented at the New Zealand Association for Science Educators Annual Science Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, July). Memory. Invited presentation given at the Howick Women's Dinner Club, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, June). Dare to dream. Invited presentation given at the PACIFICA Women of Influence Event, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, June). From autobiographical memory to the default network and back. In D.R. Addis (Chair), Exploring (dys)function of the default network: Implications for internally-guided cognition. Symposium conducted at the International Society for Behavioural Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, May). Students as researchers. Invited presentation given at the LENScience Brainwaves, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, April). Routes to the past: The neural substrates of direct and generative autobiographical memory retrieval. Presentation given at the Auckland Memory Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, March). The hippocampus and imagining the future: A component process approach. Keynote paper presented at the 10th Tsukuba International Conference on Memory: Functional Neuroimaging of Episodic Memory, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Addis, D.R. (2012, January). Remembering my past, imagining your future. Keynote presentation given at the Rotary National Science & Technology Science Forum, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, December). Exploring the Human Brain. Presentation given at the LENScience Bio-Med Summer School, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Mickley Steinmetz, K.R., Addis, D.R., & Kensinger, E.A. (2011, November). How does Emotional Processing Lead to Increased Memory Confidence? A fMRI examination at encoding. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, September). Imaging the Aging Brain. Colloquium at the Aging and Neurodegeneration Theme Meeting, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, August). Memory and the self in the past, present and future. In D.R. Addis (Chair), Symposium on Memory and the Self in the Brain. Keynote symposium conducted at the 5th International Conference on Memory (ICOM5), York, UK.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, August). Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future in Aging and Alzheimer’s disease. In D.R. Addis (Chair), Symposium on Memory and the Future in Clinical Disorders. Symposium conducted at the 5th International Conference on Memory (ICOM5), York, UK.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, August). Remembering the Future: Generating and encoding future simulations. In R. Anderson & S. Dewhurst (Chair), Symposium on Memory and Future Thinking. Symposium conducted at the 5th International Conference on Memory (ICOM5), York, UK.
  • Irish, M., Addis, D.R., Hodges, J., & Piguet, O. (2011, August). Episodic Future Thinking is differentially impaired in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. In D.R. Addis (Chair), Symposium on Memory and the Future in Clinical Disorders. Symposium conducted at the 5th International Conference on Memory (ICOM5), York, UK.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, August). Age-related Neural Changes in Remembering and Imagining. Colloquium at the Centre for Brain Research Seminar Series, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Meier, S.L., Tippett, L.J., & Addis, D.R. (2011, July). Assessment of orbital prefrontal cortex using fMRI in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Case study approach. Presentation given at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Bull, P.N., Kensinger, E.A., & Addis, D.R. (2011, July). Type of recognition test may influence the relative contributions of familiarity and recollection when recognising emotional visual images. Poster session presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Martin, V.C., Schacter, D.L., Corballis, M.C., & Addis, D.R. (2011, July). Prior construction of imagined events affects degree of core autobiographical network activation. Poster session presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • McCormick, K.A.A., Searle, J.A., & Addis, D.R. (2011, July). The Influence of Visual/Verbal Abilities and List Concreteness on Susceptibility to False Memories. Poster session presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Van Mulukom, V., Roberts, R.P., Schacter, D.L., Corballis, M.C., & Addis, D.R. (2011, July). Hippocampal and Amygdalar Connectivity during Simulation of Novel Future Events. Poster session presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, July). How the brain uses the past to imagine the future. Invited presentation given at the Rotman Research Institute Seminar Series, Toronto, Canada.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, June). Hippocampal activity during future simulation: Effects of encoding and novelty. Presentation given at the International Society for Behavioral Neuroscience Meeting, Verona, Italy.
  • Van Mulukom, V., Schacter, D.L., Corballis, M.C., & Addis, D.R. (2011, June). Hippocampal and Amygdalar Responses to the Novelty of Future Simulations. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Quebec City, Canada.
  • Martin, V.C., Schacter, D.L., Corballis, M.C., & Addis, D.R. (2011, April). Anterior and posterior hippocampal connectivity during the encoding of future simulations. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
  • MacDuffie, K.E., Johnson, E.B., Iyengar, T., Addis, D.R., & Adcock, R.A. (2011, April). Reward facilitates construction and later memory of autobiographical episodes. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
  • Kwan, D., Carson, N., Addis, D.R., & Rosenbaum, R.S. (2011, April). Episodic Construction vs. Elaboration: Evidence from Developmental Amnesia. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, March). How the brain uses the past to imagine the future. Invited presentation given at the Cognitive Seminar Series, Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
  • Addis, D.R. (2011, March). The Past and the Future: Remembering and Imagining in Young and Older Adults. Invited colloquium at the Centre for Vital Longevity, University of Texas, Dallas, USA.
  • Schacter, D.L., & Addis, D.R. (2011, January). Episodic simulation: Evidence from aging, amnesia, and neuroimaging. Paper presented at the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, Dallas, Texas.