JARMAC Editor's Choice: March 2021
/How does cultural identity affect the accessibility of knowledge? Does living historical memory support national identity? And how does culture influence false memory?
Read MoreEach quarter we present a selection of high quality papers from the latest JARMAC issue. These articles are nominated by the journal’s editors and are considered to be of interest to everyone with a broad interest in applied memory and cognition. Please click on the article titles within each post to be directed to the full article.
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How does cultural identity affect the accessibility of knowledge? Does living historical memory support national identity? And how does culture influence false memory?
Read MoreHow does reviewing photos alter people’s memory of their experiences? How can we increase learners’ engagement with learning strategies? And does pretesting improve learning?
Read MoreWhat are the implications of age-based stereotypes for older adults? Does correcting a misconception increase people's belief in that misconception? And how do suprising moments influence memory?
Read MoreHow do students’ judgements of their own learning influence their evaluations of teaching effectiveness? What are the benefits of these evaluations? And how does the method of assessing eyewitness confidence judgements influence the confidence-accuracy relationship?
Read MoreHow does marijuana influence eyewitness accuracy and confidence? What is the purpose of forgetting? And are lineups superior to showups for forensic-object identification?
Read MoreWhat are the implications of a unified cognitive approach for IQ testing? Does autobiographical recollection vary across individuals? And why does retrieval enhance suggestibility?
Read MoreAre people more likely to share information online when it is accompanied by a photo? And how does technology impact student note-taking?
Read MoreWhat is the impact of the internet on memory and cognition? And is a suspect more likely to be convicted when identified by multiple eyewitnesses?
Read MoreHow accurately do people estimate their country’s role in world history? And how do people use different strategies to help them remember information? Find out more here…
Read MoreWould you feel free to leave if you were being interrogated in custody? What is best practice for using multiple-choice tests as assessments? And can we use self-processing biases to facilitate children’s learning? Find out more here…
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