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Anne M. Cleary, Ph.D. |
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Cleary Memory Lab |
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OUR RESEARCH ON MEMORY: This laboratory engages in the scientific study of human memory. We conduct experiments aimed at investigating various human memory processes. In a typical experimental session, a research participant sits down at a computer and is first presented with a list of items (such as pictures or words) to remember. Then, his or her memory for these items is tested with a computerized test. This particular method is useful for examining many aspects of memory, such as how people recognize that something was experienced recently, or what sorts of activities lead memory to be better or worse. In this laboratory, the list learning method is primarily aimed at studying familiarity-based recognition: We are interested in the feelings of familiarity that can allow a person to recognize something as having been experienced previously. A classic example of familiarity-based recognition is when a person recognizes another person's face as familiar, but cannot recollect the details of when or where the face was seen before. Much of the research in this lab attempts to address what features of an event or situation can give rise to feelings of familiarity, and what types of mental processes underlie the sense that something is familiar. ERPs: An additional method that we use to study memory involves measuring brain electrical activity during memory tasks using electrodes placed on the scalp. In this method, event related potentials (ERPs) are recorded when a recognition test item is presented in order to examine the brain electrophysiological correlates of familiarity-based recognition. |
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HUMAN MEMORY RESEARCH LABORATORY laboratory LAB LOCATION: Clark Hall: A wing, Rm A3a, b & c |
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CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS |
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Anthony J. Ryals Jason S. Nomi Bogdan N. Kostic |
