Peter Wais, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Neurology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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Phone415-502-7322
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    University of California, San FranciscoPostdoctoral StudiesGraduate Division

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    Neural Correlates of Discrimination and Generalization in Recognition Memory
    NIH R00AG043557Sep 1, 2013 - May 31, 2019
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Neural Correlates of Discrimination and Generalization in Recognition Memory
    NIH K99AG043557Sep 1, 2013 - May 31, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Virtual Reality Video Game Improves Memory in Older Adults. Frontiers for Young Minds. 2024 Feb 5; 12. Arioli AM, Anguera-Singla AR, Wais WP. .
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    2. Gamma neuromodulation improves episodic memory and its associated network in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a pilot study. Neurobiol Aging. 2023 09; 129:72-88. Jones KT, Gallen CL, Ostrand AE, Rojas JC, Wais P, Rini J, Chan B, Lago AL, Boxer A, Zhao M, Gazzaley A, Zanto TP. PMID: 37276822; PMCID: PMC10583532.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Editorial: Early detection of neurodegenerative disorders using behavioral markers and new technologies: New methods and perspectives. Front Aging Neurosci. 2023; 15:1149886. Manera V, Rovini E, Wais P. PMID: 36926633; PMCID: PMC10013194.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3  
    4. Validation of At-Home Application of a Digital Cognitive Screener for Older Adults. Front Aging Neurosci. 2022; 14:907496. Arioli M, Rini J, Anguera-Singla R, Gazzaley A, Wais PE. PMID: 35847674; PMCID: PMC9283580.
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    5. Leveraging technology to personalize cognitive enhancement methods in aging. Nat Aging. 2022 06; 2(6):475-483. Ziegler DA, Anguera JA, Gallen CL, Hsu WY, Wais PE, Gazzaley A. PMID: 35873177; PMCID: PMC9302894.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3  Translation:Humans
    6. Virtual reality video game improves high-fidelity memory in older adults. Sci Rep. 2021 01 28; 11(1):2552. Wais PE, Arioli M, Anguera-Singla R, Gazzaley A. PMID: 33510315; PMCID: PMC7844043.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Evidence of a Causal Role for mid-Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex Based Functional Networks in Retrieving High-Fidelity Memory. Sci Rep. 2018 10 05; 8(1):14877. Wais PE, Montgomery O, Stark CEL, Gazzaley A. PMID: 30291280; PMCID: PMC6173692.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Retrieval of high-fidelity memory arises from distributed cortical networks. Neuroimage. 2017 04 01; 149:178-189. Wais PE, Jahanikia S, Steiner D, Stark CEL, Gazzaley A. PMID: 28159685; PMCID: PMC5367976.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Exercise to enhance hippocampal function and memory in older adults: Proof of concept findings from a 12-week exercise intervention trial. Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2015 Jul 1; 11(7):p95-p96. Pa PJ, Skinner SS, Wais WP, Thompson TC, Gazzaley GA. .
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    10. Exercise to enhance hippocampal function and memory in older adults: Proof of concept findings from a 12-week exercise intervention trial. Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2015 Jul 1; 11(7):p747. Pa PJ, Skinner SS, Wais WP, Thompson TC, Gazzaley GA. .
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    11. External distraction impairs categorization performance in older adults. Psychol Aging. 2014 Sep; 29(3):666-71. Wais PE, Gazzaley A. PMID: 25244485; PMCID: PMC4277260.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Distractibility during retrieval of long-term memory: domain-general interference, neural networks and increased susceptibility in normal aging. Front Psychol. 2014; 5:280. Wais PE, Gazzaley A. PMID: 24778623; PMCID: PMC3985013.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13  
    13. The limited usefulness of models based on recollection and familiarity. J Neurophysiol. 2013 Apr; 109(7):1687-9. Wais PE. PMID: 22993254.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. The impact of auditory distraction on retrieval of visual memories. Psychon Bull Rev. 2011 Dec; 18(6):1090-7. Wais PE, Gazzaley A. PMID: 21938641.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. The impact of visual distraction on episodic retrieval in older adults. Brain Res. 2012 Jan 09; 1430:78-85. Wais PE, Martin GM, Gazzaley A. PMID: 22119398; PMCID: PMC3242871.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Distractibility during episodic retrieval is exacerbated by perturbation of left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Cereb Cortex. 2012 Mar; 22(3):717-24. Wais PE, Kim OY, Gazzaley A. PMID: 21680847; PMCID: PMC3278320.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Strong memories are hard to scale. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2011 May; 140(2):239-57. Mickes L, Hwe V, Wais PE, Wixted JT. PMID: 21417544.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Hippocampal signals for strong memory when associative memory is available and when it is not. Hippocampus. 2011 Jan; 21(1):9-21. Wais PE. PMID: 20014387.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Neural mechanisms underlying the impact of visual distraction on retrieval of long-term memory. J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 23; 30(25):8541-50. Wais PE, Rubens MT, Boccanfuso J, Gazzaley A. PMID: 20573901; PMCID: PMC2919837.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 37     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    20. In search of recollection and familiarity signals in the hippocampus. J Cogn Neurosci. 2010 Jan; 22(1):109-23. Wais PE, Squire LR, Wixted JT. PMID: 19199424; PMCID: PMC2888779.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 46     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Recollection is a continuous process: implications for dual-process theories of recognition memory. Psychol Sci. 2009 Apr; 20(4):509-15. Mickes L, Wais PE, Wixted JT. PMID: 19320859.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 45     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. FMRI signals associated with memory strength in the medial temporal lobes: a meta-analysis. Neuropsychologia. 2008 Dec; 46(14):3185-96. Wais PE. PMID: 18817791.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 43     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    23. Remember/know judgments probe degrees of recollection. J Cogn Neurosci. 2008 Mar; 20(3):400-5. Wais PE, Mickes L, Wixted JT. PMID: 18004949.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 40     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. A direct test of the unequal-variance signal detection model of recognition memory. Psychon Bull Rev. 2007 Oct; 14(5):858-65. Mickes L, Wixted JT, Wais PE. PMID: 18087950.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 48     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. The hippocampus supports both the recollection and the familiarity components of recognition memory. Neuron. 2006 Feb 02; 49(3):459-66. Wais PE, Wixted JT, Hopkins RO, Squire LR. PMID: 16446148; PMCID: PMC1457095.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 80     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Emotion enhances remembrance of neutral events past. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jan 31; 103(5):1599-604. Anderson AK, Wais PE, Gabrieli JD. PMID: 16434476; PMCID: PMC1360523.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 83     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Amygdala responses to emotionally valenced stimuli in older and younger adults. Psychol Sci. 2004 Apr; 15(4):259-63. Mather M, Canli T, English T, Whitfield S, Wais P, Ochsner K, Gabrieli JD, Carstensen LL. PMID: 15043644.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 155     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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