Abstract. We examined the effect of cognitive style on prospective and retrospective memory slips using the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) and the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ). A group of 233 undergraduate students (55% ...
No relation between depth of elaboration and amount of hindsight biasAbstract. The phenomenon by which previously generated estimates as answers to difficult knowledge questions are recalled as being too good after presentation of the solutions is known ...
Abstract. Based on the automotive model (J. A. Bargh, 1990;Dijksterhuis and van Knippenberg (1998) and the directed forgetting paradigm, the present study investigated whether incidentally activated forget and remember cues can lead to similar effects as ...
Abstract.Background: Suicide prevention public service announcements (PSAs) help to disseminate information about suicide and help-seeking options. However, little is known about how individuals at risk for suicide ...
Abstract. Keyword mnemonics is under certain conditions an effective approach for learning foreign-language vocabulary. It appears to be effective for words with high image vividness but not for words with low image vividness. In this study, two ...
People learn from tests. Providing tests often enhances retention more than additional study opportunities, but is this testing effect mediated by processes related to retrieval that are fundamentally different from study processes? Some previous studies ...
Abstract: This study investigated the effects of semantic overlap from multiple sources on false memories. Participants were presented with paired study lists comprising items highly associated with one nonstudied ...
Abstract: Information and communication technologies have profoundly changed the way people daily remember and discuss opinions and information while interacting and collaborating with common everyday activities such as working, teaching, ...
Laypeople, police, and prosecutors tend to believe that a suspect’s alibi, if truthful, should remain consistent over time (see Burke, Turtle, & Olson, 2007; Culhane & Hosch 2012; Dysart & Strange, 2012). However, there is no empirical evidence to support ...