On-Going Research Projects

Children's memory and cognitive development

Children's memory and cognitive development
  • How does children's performance of episodic memory tasks, such as recognition and recall of complex pictures, change during early childhood?
  • The development of source monitoring in childhood (e.g., remembering who said what)
  • The relationship between working memory, processing speed and intelligence in school children
  • The development of executive function (working memory, task switching, and inhibition) during childhood and adolescence

Learning at Study vs. Learning at Test

Learning at Study vs. Learning at Test In this project we investigate learning that takes place during testing.

Effect of Iron Deficiency on Cognition

Effect of Iron Deficiency on Cognition A double blinded intervention trial investigating the relationship between iron deficiency and performance on cognitive tasks being conducted in collaboration with colleagues from the School of Nutrition

Memory for pictures and faces

Memory for pictures and faces How does the type of memory test affect how well we remember pictures and faces?

Familiarity effects in recognition of words

Familiarity effects in recognition of words

Which words would you remember best?

 How is memory for words affected by the word's familiarity? If asked to remember a set of words, would we be better at remembering unfamiliar words or familiar words?

Context effects in recognition of novel faces

Context effects in recognition of novel faces How do changes in context such as background colour affect recognition of novel faces?