Publications

In identifying the print colors of words when some combinations of color and word occur more frequently than others, people quickly …

The production effect—that reading aloud leads to better memory than does reading silently—has been defined narrowly with reference to …

What we remember reflects both what we encounter, such as the intrinsic memorability of a stimulus, and our internal attentional state …

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with deficits in social functioning, including peer difficulties and poor …

Memory for words that are drawn or sketched by the participant, rather than written, during encoding is typically superior. While this …

Memory typically is better for information presented in picture format than in word format. Dual-coding theory (Paivio, 1969) proposes …

Pictures typically are better remembered than words—the picture superiority effect (PSE). An obvious yet understudied application of …

The enactment effect is the phenomenon that physically performing an action represented by a word or phrase (e.g., clap, clap your …

While some argue that emojis are processed like words, opponents note dissimilarities. We used a divided attention (DA) technique to …

Countless experiments have been devoted to understanding techniques through which memory might be improved. Many strategies uncovered …

Several recent studies have reported enhanced memory when retrieval is preceded by repetitive horizontal eye movements, relative to …

Drawing pictures of to-be-remembered target words leads to better memory than does writing them. In the current study, we sought to …

Creating a visual representation of an item through drawing affords that item a substantive memory benefit, relative to several control …