Recent Research Publications

Refereed Journal Articles (C1)

Freeman, E., Heathcote, A., Chalmers, K., & Hockley, W. (2010). Item effects in recognition memory for words. Journal of Memory and Language, 1, 1-18.

Chalmers, K. A., & Burt, J. S. (2008). Phonological and semantic information in adults' orthorgraphic learning. Acta Psychologica, 128, 162-175.

Chalmers, K. A. & Grogan, M. J. (2006). Developmental differences in judgments of recency and frequency: Quantitative or qualitative? Cognitive Development, 21, 72-79.

Chalmers, K. A. (2005). Basis of recency and frequency judgments of novel faces: Generalized strength or episode specific memories? Memory, 13, 484-498.

Chalmers, K. A. & Halford, G. S. (2003). Young children's understanding of oddity: Reducing complexity by simple oddity and "most different" strategies. Cognitive Development, 18, 1-23.

Chalmers, K. A. & Humphreys, M. S. (2003). Experimental manipulation of prior experience: Effects on item and associative recognition. Memory, 11, 233-246.

Conference Publications (E1)

Carrick, K. & Chalmers, K. A. (2010). Airmanship: Voices from an on-line survey. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium of the Australian Aviation Psychology Association, 24-27.

Carrick, K. & Chalmers, K. A. (2010). Development of airmanship. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium of the Australian Aviation Psychology Association, 64-67.

Kabi, R. & Chalmers, K. A. (2010). Safety management in small aircraft operation: Who can you trust? Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium of the Australian Aviation Psychology Association, 251-255.

Kabi, R. & Chalmers, K. A. (2010). Safety management in small aircraft operation: What do pilots know, believe and do? Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium of the Australian Aviation Psychology Association, 244-248.

Conference Presentations (E3)

Hickey, J. & Chalmers, K. A. (2010). Reaction Time! Does it tell the whole story during development? Australian Journal of Psychology, in press.

McKay, P. J., Chalmers, K. A., Karayanidis, F., & Sanday, D. (2010). Do all executive functions follow the same path? An investigation of the development of working memory, shifting and response inhibition during childhood. Australian Journal of Psychology, in press.

Chalmers, K. A. (2009). Children's memory for pictures of nameable objects: Effects of age, test delay and age-of-acquisition. Australian Journal of Psychology, 12.

Chalmers, K. A. & Bora, B. (2009). Learning at study versus learning at test: Does familiarity matter? Abstracts of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, 14, 28.

Hickey, J. & Chalmers, K. A. (2009). The development of intelligence, working memory and processing speed during childhood.. Australian Journal of Psychology, 26.

McKay, P. J., Chalmers, K. A., Karayanidis, F., & Sanday, D. (2009). An investigation of the development pathways of executive functions during the childhood and adolescent years, Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Conference, Canberra, ACT, December 2-4.

Turon, H. E. & Chalmers, K. A. (2009). How age and cue type affect performance on an external source monitoring task. Australian Journal of Psychology, 54.

Chalmers, K. A. & McKay, P. (2008). Metamemory judgements for faces, nameable pictures and abstract art. Paper presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July 20-25.

Reece, N., Heathcote, A., Michie, P., Chalmers, K. & Cohen, M. (2008). Long-term memory impairment in schizophrenia: Investigating a retrieval deficit for words and faces, Australian Journal of Psychology, 60, 94.

Turon, H.E., & Chalmers, K.A. (2008). The Development of Source Monitoring in Children: Contributions of Working Memory and Binding Ability.Poster presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July 20-25.

Turon, H.E., & Chalmers, K.A. (2008). Age Effects on the Relationship between Binding Ability and Working Memory. Poster presented at the 18th Advanced Course of the Archives Jean Piaget, Geneva, Switzerland, July 3-5.

Bohlscheid, E., Chalmers, K.A., Heathcote, A., & Hockley, W.E. (2007). N-effects in recognition memory: The effect of nonwords at test. Australian Journal of Psychology, 59, 20.

Chalmers, K. A. & Turon, H. E. (2007). Effects of item familiarity and study duration on the "testing effect" in recognition memory. Australian Journal of Psychology, 59, 24.

Chalmers, K. A. & Turon, H. E. (2007). The testing effect in recognition memory. Abstracts of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, 12, 9.

Bohlscheid, E. E., Chalmers, K. A., Heathcote, A. (2006). Reflections on the mirror effect: Word/nonword comparisons in recognition memory. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Memory, Sydney, Australia, July 16-21.

Bohlscheid, E. E., Chalmers, K. A., Heathcote, A. & Hockley, W. E. (2006). Reflections on the mirror effect: Comparisons of word frequency and nonword pronounceability. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, 64.

Chalmers, K. A. & Boee, T. (2006). Memory for picture of faces and pictures of common objects: A comparison of list discrimination and recognition decisions. Australian Journal of Psychology 58, 67.

Chalmers, K. A. & Turon, H. E. (2006). The generality of the pseudoword effect in recognition memory, Abstracts of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, 11, 44

Chalmers, K. A. & Turon, H. E. (2006). The pseudoword effect. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Memory, Sydney, Australia, July 16-21.

Heathcote, A., Hockley, W. E., Bohlscheid, E. E. & Chalmers, K. A. (2006). Lexical status effects in recognition memory. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Memory, Sydney, Australia, July 16-21.

Turon, H. E., & Chalmers, K. A. (2006). The pseudoword effect in recognition memory: Effects of word frequency and study duration. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, 93.

Chalmers, K. A. (2005). Environmental context effects in episodic recognition of novel faces. Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada, November 10-13, 2005.

Chalmers, K. A. & Petersen, B. (2005). Effects of multiple study contexts on false recognition of pictures: Evidence for developmental differences in recognition memory. Australian Journal of Psychology, 57, (supplement), 160.

Chalmers, K. A. (2005). Context effects in recognition memory. Australian Journal of Psychology, 57, (supplement), 47.

Burt, J. S. & Chalmers, K. A. (2004). Adults' acquisition of new lexical representations. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56, (supplement), 108.

Chalmers, K. A. (2003). Familiarization of novel faces: Effects on judgments of recency and frequency. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, Canada, November 6-9, 2003.

Chalmers, K. A. (2003). Effects of familiarization on judgments of recency and frequency of novel faces. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55, 75.