Alex Kafkas

Work

The University of Manchester

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

University of Manchester

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Lecturer

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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University of Manchester

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Research Fellow

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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University of Manchester

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Postdoctoral research associate

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Education

The University of Manchester

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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University of Manchester

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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PhD

University College London

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Msc

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece
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BSc

Publications

Response specificity in the medial temporal lobe during recognition of novel objects, faces and scenes: A mixed-design fMRI experiment.

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Kafkas, A., Roper, A., Migo, E., Gholipour, T., MontaldiHippocampus is only sensitive to amount recollected, not to recollection strength

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The neural substrates of familiarity memory for abstract and concrete words

Human Brain Mapping

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The effect of expectation on memory is modulated by personality

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The effect of expectation on memory is modulated by personality

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Examining neuroanatomical correlates of win-stay, lose-shift behaviour

Brain Structure and Function

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When personality meets surprise: Individual differences in memory for unexpected events

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Emotion and list context modulate the impact of expectation on memory formation

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When personality meets surprise: Individual differences in memory for unexpected events

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Neurocognitive insights

Rheumatology

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Grasp and Remember: The Impact of Human and Robotic Actions on Object Preference and Memory

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Grasp and remember: The impact of human and robotic actions on object preference and memory

Nature Scientific Reports

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The hippocampus supports the representation of abstract concepts: Implications for the study of recognition memory

Neuropsychologia

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Eyes on Memory: Pupillometry in Encoding and Retrieval

Vision

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Pupil response patterns distinguish true from false memories

Nature Scientific Reports

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Pupil response patterns distinguish true from false memories

Scientific Reports

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The hippocampus assumes a special role in supporting abstract concept representation

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Neural Mechanisms of Familiarity

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Experiencing surprise: the temporal dynamics of its impact on memory

Journal of Neuroscience

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Encoding-linked pupil response is modulated by expected and unexpected novelty: Implications for memory formation and neurotransmission

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Expectation-driven novelty effects in episodic memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

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Thalamic-medial temporal lobe connectivity underpins familiarity memory

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

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Experiencing surprise: the temporal dynamics of its impact on memory

preprint

Amount, not strength of recollection, drives hippocampal activity: a problem for apparent word familiarity-related hippocampal activation

Hippocampus

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Amount, not strength of recollection, drives hippocampal activity: A problem for apparent word familiarity‐related hippocampal activation

Hippocampus

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Thalamic-medial temporal lobe connectivity underpins familiarity memory

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How do memory systems detect and respond to novelty?

Neuroscience Letters

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How do memory systems detect and respond to novelty?

Neuroscience letters

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Optimised multimodal MRI of the Medial Temporal Lobes for patients with selective hippocampal damage

Organisation for Human Brain Mapping, 9/06/18

conference-poster

Expectation affects learning and modulates memory experience at retrieval

Cognition

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Expectation affects learning and modulates memory experience at retrieval

Cognition

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Commentary: Pupil old/new effects reflect stimulus encoding and decoding in short-term memory

Frontiers in Psychology

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Commentary: Pupil old/new effects reflect stimulus encoding and decoding in short-term memory

Frontiers in Psychology

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Material Specificity Drives Medial Temporal Lobe Familiarity But Not Hippocampal Recollection

Hippocampus

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Material specificity drives medial temporal lobe familiarity but not hippocampal recollection

Hippocampus

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The challenges of arterial spin labelling MRI in the medial temporal lobe

22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Chapter of the ISMRM, Leeds, United Kingdom, 7/09/16

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The pupillary response discriminates between subjective and objective familiarity and novelty

Psychophysiology

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Striatal and midbrain connectivity with the hippocampus selectively boosts memory for contextual novelty

The Hippocampus

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Striatal and midbrain connectivity with the hippocampus selectively boosts memory for contextual novelty

Hippocampus

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The pupillary response discriminates between subjective and objective familiarity and novelty

Psychophysiology

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Two separate, but interacting, neural systems for familiarity and novelty detection: A dual-route mechanism

Hippocampus

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The neural substrates of familiarity memory for abstract and concrete words

Human Brain Mapping, Hamburg, 8/06/14

conference-poster

Two separate, but interacting, neural systems for familiarity and novelty detection: A dual-route mechanism

Hippocampus

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Response specificity in the medial temporal lobe during recognition of novel objects, faces and scenes: A mixed-design fMRI experiment

Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, USA,, 1/01/24

conference-poster

Hippocampus is only sensitive to amount recollected, not to recollection strength

British Neuroscience Association, Harrogate, UK, 1/01/24

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Familiarity and recollection produce distinct eye movement, pupil and medial temporal lobe responses when memory strength is matched

Neuropsychologia

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Familiarity and recollection produce distinct eye movement, pupil and medial temporal lobe responses when memory strength is matched

NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

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Recognition memory strength is predicted by pupillary responses at encoding while fixation patterns distinguish recollection from familiarity

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Financial crisis and mental health in Greece

Psychiatriki

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Recognition memory strength is predicted by pupillary responses at encoding while fixation patterns distinguish recollection from familiarity

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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[Financial crisis and mental health in Greece].

Psychiatrikē = Psychiatriki

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Contrasting the Neural Correlates of Familiarity and Novelty Contributions to Recognition Memory

Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, 6/06/10

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Familiarity and novelty contributions to recognition memory: A mixed-design fMRI study

Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, 17/10/10

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Familiarity and recollection in the medial temporal lobe.

Journal of Neuroscience

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Familiarity and recollection in the medial temporal lobe

Journal of Neuroscience

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Recognition memory strength is predicted by pupillary responses and fixation patterns at encoding

British Neuroscience Association, Liverpool, 21/04/09

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Pupillary Responses Discriminate Familiarity and Novelty Detection Processes

Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, USA, 1/01/24

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Differential effect of spectral detail in perceiving identity, emotion and intelligible speech from voice: Exploring the face analogy

Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference

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Differential effect of spectral detail in perceiving identity, emotion and intelligible speech from voice: Exploring the face analogy

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