Established | 1983 |
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Field of research | Neurobiology |
Director | Michael A. Yassa |
Location |
Irvine, California, United States 33°38′46″N 117°50′46″W / 33.646°N 117.846°W |
Operating agency | University of California, Irvine |
Website |
cnlm |
The Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) is a research center [1] established in 1983 [2] in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine that studies memory and learning. Center faculty reported the first known case of hyperthymesia; [3] they have also done research on false memory syndrome. [4] James McGaugh was the founding director, [2] and noted memory expert Elizabeth Loftus is a research fellow of the center. [5]
Dr. Michael A. Yassa, professor of neurobiology and behavior and James L. McGaugh Endowed Chair, has served as center director since 2016. [6]