Brain structures and memory: an audio interview with Professor John Aggleton

In this interview John Aggleton, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Cardiff University, discusses his research on how brain regions interact to support different forms of memory.

Professor Aggleton explains that to understand the processes that lead to cognitive loss with conditions such as dementia we need to know the full array of brain structures being affected and malfunctioning in the progression of this disease. This could inform future research and treatments.

You can also read a related article by Professor Aggleton in the BPS monthly magazine The Psychologist 'Looking Back: Understanding amnesia - Is it time to forget HM?'

Interview date: January 2014
Interviewer: Wendy Barnaby

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In this interview John Aggleton, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Cardiff University, discusses his research on how brain regions interact to support different forms of memory. 

Professor Aggleton explains that to understand the processes that lead to cognitive loss with conditions such as dementia we need to know the full array of brain structures being affected and malfunctioning in the progression of this disease. This could inform future research and treatments.


Interview date: January 2014
Interviewer: Wendy Barnaby