Making errors is part of human nature, and it is thus important to know how to get the best
out of them. Experimental evidence has shown that generating errors can enhance learning …

Events that conform to our expectations, that is, are congruent with our world knowledge or
schemas, are better remembered than unrelated events. Yet events that conflict with …

Testing has been found to be a powerful learning tool, but educators might be reluctant to
make full use of its benefits for fear that any errors made would be harmful to learning. We …

Reward-prediction errors track the extent to which rewards deviate from expectations, and
aid in learning. How do such errors in prediction interact with memory for the rewarding …

When learning new information, students' prior knowledge related to that information will
often vary. Prior research has not systematically explored how prior knowledge relates to …

Given age-related memory impairments, one's level of curiosity or interest could enhance
memory for certain information. In the current study, younger and older adults read trivia …

Guessing translations of foreign words (hodei?), before viewing corrective feedback (hodei-
cloud), leads to better subsequent memory for correct translations than studying intact pairs …

Attempting to retrieve information from memory enhances subsequent learning even if the
retrieval attempt is unsuccessful. Recent evidence suggests that this benefit materializes …

People are generally skilled at using a confidence scale to rate the strength of their
memories over a wide range. Specifically, low-confidence recognition decisions are often …

This study investigated the “knew it all along” explanation of the hypercorrection effect. The
hypercorrection effect refers to the finding that when people are given corrective feedback …