Chris Moulin is

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at the Laboratoire de Psychologie et NeuroCognition (LPNC UMR 5105), Université Grenoble Alpes, and a senior member of the

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. Moulin is a cognitive neuropsychologist known for his work in the field of

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which he conducts with his former

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student Akira O’Connor (who now works at the

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). Both psychologists have appeared in

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''. Moulin completed his PhD ("Does a metacognitive deficit contribute to the episodic memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease?") at

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in 1999 under the supervision of Tim Perfect and

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. He then held various Research Fellowships at the Universities of Bristol,

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and at a Clinical Research Institute at Bath (RICE) and worked in the Institute of Psychological Sciences,

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between 2002 and 2012. In 2004 and 2005 Moulin organised the BPS Cognitive Section Conference, held in

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. He was on the editorial board of the journal ''Memory''.

Déjà vécu and Recollective Confabulation

Moulin's current research interests focus on neuropsychological impairments of memory. In particular, he is interested in the interaction of executive function and long-term memory. Research themes include metacognition, inhibition, and the sensations of memory (déjà vu). Dr. Moulin has been involved in researchin
recollective confabulation
which was originally described as 'déjà vécu' (a term originally used by Arthur Funkhouser). Recollective confabulation is a rare disorder of recognition memory whereby the person feels that most events in daily life are repetitions of things which have happened before, something often described by carers and healthcare professionals as like chronic or persistent déjà vu.

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