Manda Fischer, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Memory-guided perception is shaped by dynamic two-stage theta- and alpha-mediated retrieval.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025 · first author
Ready for action! When the brain learns, yet memory-biased action does not follow.
Neuropsychologia · 2023 · first author
A systematic review and meta-analysis of memory-guided attention: Frontal and parietal activation suggests involvement of fronto-parietal networks.
Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science · 2021 · first author

All 4 publications

4 publications.

01

Memory-guided perception is shaped by dynamic two-stage theta- and alpha-mediated retrieval.

Fischer M, Moscovitch M, Alain C

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences20251 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15287 PMID: 39901582

02

Ready for action! When the brain learns, yet memory-biased action does not follow.

Fischer M, Moscovitch M, Fukuda K, Alain C

Neuropsychologia20232 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108660 PMID: 37604333

03

A systematic review and meta-analysis of memory-guided attention: Frontal and parietal activation suggests involvement of fronto-parietal networks.

Fischer M, Moscovitch M, Alain C

Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science202152 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1546 PMID: 33099860

04

Incidental auditory learning and memory-guided attention: Examining the role of attention at the behavioural and neural level using EEG.

Fischer M, Moscovitch M, Alain C

Neuropsychologia20206 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107586 PMID: 32818487

Frequent collaborators

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Institute of Medical Science
Psychology (St. George Campus)

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Morris Moscovitch

Psychology (St. George Campus)

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Claude Alain

Institute of Medical Science

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Keisuke Fukuda

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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