December 2016 – The Mnemonic Lode

What do scholars want in a journal?

December 28, 2016 Academia 11 Comments

Members of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) have just learned that their executive committee unanimously took the courageous step of abandoning the society’s journal to its publisher. Instead, we are focusing our efforts on launching a new journal, one that is designed to appeal to and benefit scholars.…

Individual differences in experiencing visual imagery

December 22, 2016 Measurement Research No Comments

One frustration with studying visual memory is that we have no way to directly experience what someone else sees in their mind. When trying to understand individuals’ memories about uncontrolled events, we rely mainly on verbal descriptions of visual memories and individuals’ feelings of confidence in the clarity and vividness…

It’s exam time: Do your best by trying empirically-confirmed advice

December 7, 2016 Academia Research No Comments

Our Learning Technologist Nick Daniels asked me how students should approach studying (or “revising”, if you’re British) so I explained Karpicke and Roediger’s (2008) crystal-clear testing effect results. The four other things I always remind my students: Start early (ideally you already started, but if not, now) Space out study sessions,…