Research Interests

 

Episodic memory, Autobiographical memory; Memory and aging; Witnesses memory; False memories; Memory assessment; Prospective memory; Adaptive memory (survival processing).

 

 

 

Studies concluded and in progress

 

  • Longitudinal study on retention of semantic knowledge in psychology students

  • False memories (DRM paradigm; repeated emotional events)

  • SPT (Subject-Performed Tasks) in older adults

  • Forgetting elicited by diversion thought (task-unrelated thoughts) - diversion paradigm

  • Survival processing

    • survival processing effect in elderly, mild mentally retarded adults, individuals with depressive symptomatology, individuals subject to a non-custodial sentences
    • in the context of the directed forgetting paradigm
    • with part-list cuing
    • in the context of the diversion paradigm
    • compared to the enactment processing (Subject-Performed Tasks)

     

  • Autobiographical memory in bipolar disorder, and in prisoners

  • Implicit memory (repetition priming) in aging

  • Memory rehabilitation with SenseCam

  • Release of proactive interference and working memory capacity

  • Memory assessment (Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test - Children; Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised; Benton Visual Retention Test; Autobiographical Memory Test; Visual Association Test; Pyramids and Palm Trees; Cambridge Prospective Memory Test; Running Memory Test; Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire-Revised version; Hopkins Verbal Learning Test – R; Test Episodique de Mémoire du Passé Autobiographique; Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery-Alzheimer; Fuld Object Memory Evaluation; Royal Prince Alfred Prospective Memory Test; Delayed Word Recall Test)

  • Study of the knowledge of police, lawyers, and judges on factors influencing eyewitnesses testimonies reliability

  • Interrogative suggestibility (studies with the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scales I e II and the Bonn Test of Statement Suggestibility in children, younger adults, older adults, delinquents, women victims of marital violence, prisoners; exploratory study with a new test of interrogative suggestibility, like the GSS but with visual material)