Quirks of Memory
Self-Generation Effect
Information is better remembered if it is generated from one’s own mind rather than simply read.
Self-Reference Effect
Phenomena that memories encoded with relation to the self are better recalled than similar information encoded otherwise
Self-Serving Bias
Perceiving oneself responsible for desirable outcomes but not responsible for undesirable ones.
Special Populations
Memory issues for those managing Intellectual disability, autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s Disease, dissociation, trauma, alcohol or marijuana use.
Subadditivity Effect
The tendency to estimate that the likelihood of a remembered event is less than the sum of its (more than two) mutually exclusive components.
Telescoping Effect
The tendency to displace recent events backward in time and remote events forward in time, so that recent events appear more remote, and remote events, more recent.
Testing Effect
Frequent testing of material that has been committed to memory improves memory recall.
Trauma and Memory
How emotions and trauma impact memory encoding and recall.
Weapon and Violence Focus
The effects of weapons and violence on memory encoding.
Zeigarnik Effect
Uncompleted or interrupted tasks are remembered better than completed ones.