Tarek Amer, University of Victoria

Research

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Memory Aging Attention Cognitive control

Latest papers

Gaze patterns reveal attention-based modulation of lure discrimination.
Cognition · 2026 · first author
Opposite effects of emotion and event segmentation on temporal order memory and object-context binding.
Cognition & emotion · 2025
Predictions transform memories: How expected versus unexpected events are integrated or separated in memory.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Cognitive control regulation of memory content
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$66,000
Cognitive control regulation of memory content
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 2 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Gaze patterns reveal attention-based modulation of lure discrimination.

Amer T, Wynn JS, Porterfield MM, Schacter DL, Davachi L

Cognition2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2026.106553 PMID: 42034352

02

Opposite effects of emotion and event segmentation on temporal order memory and object-context binding.

Riegel M, Granja D, Amer T, Vuilleumier P, Rimmele U

Cognition & emotion2025

DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2023.2270195 PMID: 37882239

03

Predictions transform memories: How expected versus unexpected events are integrated or separated in memory.

Bein O, Gasser C, Amer T, Maril A, Davachi L

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105368 PMID: 37619645

04

Extra-hippocampal contributions to pattern separation.

Amer T, Davachi L

eLife2023First author

DOI: 10.7554/elife.82250 PMID: 36972123

Cognitive control regulation of memory content

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Amer, Tarek

Keywords: cognitive control; attention; memory; memory interference; aging

$66,000

Cognitive control regulation of memory content

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Amer, Tarek

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Memory Dear Professor Amer, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Gaze patterns reveal attention-based modulation of lure discrimination." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Cognitive control regulation of memory content" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]