The present article proposes a new memory model called Act-In (Activation-Integration). Act-
In extends the multiple trace memory models by placing them within the situated cognition …

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

In 8 recognition experiments, we investigated the production effect—the fact that producing a
word aloud during study, relative to simply reading a word silently, improves explicit …

In over 100 years of scientific research on human memory, and nearly 50 years after the so-
called cognitive revolution, we have nothing that really constitutes a widely accepted and …

Cultural evolution theory proposes that information transmitted through social learning is not
transmitted indiscriminately but is instead biased by heuristics and mechanisms which …

Events that are incongruent with their prevailing context are usually very well remembered.
This fact often is described as the distinctiveness effect in memory, an effect that has served …

Three experiments investigated memory performance in the retrieval practice paradigm
(Anderson, Bjork, & Bjork, 1994; Anderson & Spellman, 1995). This paradigm produces a …

Item memory (eg, recall or recognition of specific items) can reactively change when
metacognitively monitored via judgments of learning (JOLs). The current research explores …

The authors show that a strategic retrieval process—the distinctiveness heuristic—is a
powerful mechanism for reducing false memories in the elderly. Individuals studied words …

The capacity to remember, to use the past in the service of the present, is a highly adaptive
component of cognitive functioning. Although one need not reproduce the past, either …