Is forgetting mostly a positive force in human life? On the surface, this seems to not be the
case, and people often associate memory loss with frustration in their everyday lives. Yet …

When reminded of unwanted memories, people often attempt to suppress these experiences
from awareness. Prior work indicates that control processes mediated by the dorsolateral …

A recent decision in the United States by the New Jersey Supreme Court has led to
improved jury instructions that incorporate psychological research showing that memory …

The quality and safety of health care are under increasing scrutiny. Recent studies suggest
that medical errors, practice variability, and guideline noncompliance are common, and that …

Autobiographical memory retrieval involves constructing mental representations of personal
past episodes by associating together an array of details related to the retrieved event. This …

Human emotion is very difficult to determine just by looking at the face and also the behavior
of a person. This research was conducted to detect or identify human emotion via the study …

The dynamic and flexible nature of memories is evident in our ability to adopt multiple visual
perspectives. Although autobiographical memories are typically encoded from the visual …

Memory serves critical functions in everyday life, but it is also vulnerable to error and illusion.
Two decades ago, I proposed that memory errors could be classified into seven basic …

A current debate in psychology and cognitive science concerns the nature of young
children's ability to attribute and track others' beliefs. Beliefs can be attributed in at least two …

Human memory is not a literal reproduction of the past, but instead relies on constructive
processes that are sometimes prone to error and distortion. Understanding of constructive …