Publications
Basak, C., & Zelinski, E.(underreview). A Hierarchical Model of Working
Memory and its Change in Healthy Older Adults. In N. Cowan & D.Balota(Eds.).
Working memory: The new intelligence. NewYork: Psychology Press forthcoming - Publication
Lee, H., Boot, W.R., Basak,C., Voss, M.W., Prakash, R.P., Neider, M., Erickson, K.I., Simons, D.J., Fabiani, M., Gratton, G., Low, K.A., &Kramer, A.F.(inpress). Performance gains from directed training do not transfer to untrained tasks. Acta Psychologica. In Press - Publication
Baniqued, P.L., Lee, H., Voss, M.W., Basak, C., Cosman, J., DeSouza, S., S., Severson, J., Salthouse, T., & Kramer, A.F. (2013). Selling points: What cognitive abilities are tapped by causal video games? Acta Psychologica, 142(1), 74-86.10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.11.009 2013 - Publication
Voss, M.W., Prakash, R.P., Erickson, K.I., Boot, W.R., Basak,C., Neider, M.,Simons,
D.,Fabiani, M.,Gratton, G.,&Kramer, A.F.(2012). Effects of training strategies implemented in a complex videogame on functional connectivity of attentional networks. Neuroimage, 59(1), 138148. 2012 - Publication
Erickson, K., Voss, M., Prakash,R., Basak, C., Szabo,A., Chaddock, L., White, S., Wojcicki, T., Mailey, E., McAuley, E., &Kramer, A.F.(2011). Reply to Coenetal.: Exercise, hippocampal volume, andmemory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(18), E90E90.10.1073/pnas.1103059108 2011 - Publication
Scalf, P., Basak, C., &Beck, D. (2011). Attention does more than modulate
suppressive interactions: Attending to multiple items. Experimental Brain
Research, 212(2), 293304.10.1007/s002210112730z 2011 - Publication
Basak, C., &Verhaeghen, P.(2011). Three Layers of Working Memory: Focus
Switch Costs and Retrieval Dynamics as Revealed by the NCount Task. Journal of
Cognitive Psychology, 23(2), 204219.10.1080/20445911.2011.481621 2011 - Publication
Basak, C., Voss, M.W., Erickson, K.I., Boot, W.R., &Kramer, A.F.(2011). Regional
differences in brain volume predict the acquisition of skill in a complex realtime
strategy videogame. Brain and Cognition, 76(3), 407414.
10.1016/j.bandc.2011.03.017 2011 - Publication
Basak, C., &Verhaeghen, P. (2011). Aging and switching the focus of attention in
working memory: age differences in item availability but not in item
accessibility. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66(5), 519526.
10.1093/geronb/gbr028 2011 - Publication
StineMorrow, E.A.L., & Basak, C. (2011). Cognitive Interventions. InK. W. Schaie
& S.L. Willis(Eds.). Handbook of the Psychology of Aging(Seventh Edition). New
York: Elsevier. 153171. 2011 - Publication
News Articles
The
Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease recently awarded Dr. Chandramallika Basak of UT Dallas’
Center for Vital Longevity $165,000 in grants over the next three years for her research into mild cognitive impairment in older adults.
Basak, an assistant professor in the
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, is one of six researchers in Texas who received the grant. An outside panel of peers led by Dr. Ronald C. Petersen, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center in Rochester, Minnesota, made the selections.
DALLAS – Feb. 6, 2018 – Dr. Chandramallika Basak and her Lifespan Neuroscience & Cognition Lab (LiNC) at the Center for Vital Longevity have been chosen as a test site for evaluating a genre of cognitive training that may enhance brain plasticity and delay the onset or progression of Alzheimer’s Disease.
In collaboration with the University of Iowa, Dr. Basak’s lab will be using a Posit Science Corporation cognitive training module to see what types of computer-based exercises might lead to significant and sustained cognitive benefit in healthy older adults, which may yield protective effects against Alzheimer’s Disease and other memory impairments.

Memory training with unpredictable components could be more effective in enhancing episodic memory than training with predictable elements, according to new findings from UT Dallas researchers published in the journal
Frontiers in Psychology.
Episodic memories are those associated with autobiographical events, such as a past birthday party or first trip to an amusement park. This type of memory is crucial to our ability to accurately retell stories.
DALLAS – May 21, 2014 – The Center for Vital Longevity hosted two dozen DFW health and technology professionals committed to cognitive health as part of a social media “meetup” to cover issues related to aging.
The group, “iACT,” which stands for “Innovation in Aging, Caregiving, and Technology,” listened to a wide-ranging talk that touched on the socio-economic burden of increasing cognitive frailty as the world’s population ages.
Dr. Chandramallika Basak, an assistant professor and one of CVL’s six faculty, presented findings about how certain video games are associated with improved cognitive performance.

As more people live to advanced ages due to health care innovations, more also are dealing with the decline in mental acuity that can come late in life. Cognitive training is often touted as a way of treating — or even preempting — these issues, but there is significant disagreement on the effectiveness of various methods.
Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas’
Center for Vital Longevity (CVL) conducted a large-scale analysis of the benefits of multiple training types for individuals who are aging healthily, as well as those with mild cognitive impairment.
Dr. Chandramallika Basak, associate professor of
cognition and neuroscience in the
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, is the corresponding and first author of the
study published in February in
Psychology and Aging. She said her meta-analysis — which assessed the results of 215 previous studies published in 167 journal articles — will have a large-scale impact on a controversial field.