JARMAC Editor's Choice: December 2021
/How can we explain and improve risky decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic? And how can parents protect their children’s mental health?
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 can we explain and improve risky decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic? And how can parents protect their children’s mental health?
Read MoreWhy is social context important for understanding eyewitness identification performance? How does health-specific knowledge and personal context affect COVID-19 health decisions? And does mask wearing hamper lie detection in the courtroom?
Read MoreHow 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?
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