Rationale The cholinergic system has long been linked to cognitive processes. Two main
classes of acetylcholine (ACh) receptors exist in the human brain, namely muscarinic and …

Despite distinct classes of psychoactive drugs producing putatively unique states of
consciousness, there is surprising overlap in terms of their effects on episodic memory and …

Aims In the preliminary study, kimchi, a traditional food fermented with Chinese cabbage,
protected scopolamine‐induced mouse memory deficit in passive avoidance test. Therefore …

The rhizome of Codonopsis lanceolata (family Campanulaceae), which contains
lancemaside A as a main constituent, has been used as herbal medicine to treat …

Quality control in memory retrieval and reporting is achieved both by “back-end” processes
designed to identify and screen out defective (false) retrieval products and by “front-end” …

When responding to knowledge questions, people monitor their confidence in the
knowledge they retrieve from memory and strategically regulate their responses so as to …

Judgment of learning (JOL) plays a pivotal role in self-regulated learning. Although the JOLs
are in general accurate, important deviations from memory performance are often reported …

Metamemory refers to the ability of individuals to monitor and control their own memory
performance. Although little theoretical consideration of the possible differences between …

This chapter discusses how inconsistencies in Koriat's treatment of experience-based
metacognitive feelings can be resolved by the integration of ideas and methods from …

Benzodiazepines and alcohol are widely used psychoactive substances that have
performance-impairing effects. Research suggests that the impairment profiles for …