Browsing Psychology by Subject "Memory"
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Comparing the Effects of Self-Compassionate, Assertive, and Avoidant Coping Strategies during Imagined Social Distress: Implications for Imagery Rescripting
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-04)Imagery Rescripting (IR) is a relatively novel therapeutic intervention for social anxiety (SA) in which patients recall and engage with autobiographical memories of socially distressing events. During the intervention ... -
Do Older and Younger Adults Use and Benefit from Memory Aids?
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-01)This research examines age differences in the use and value of memory compensation strategies for everyday memory tasks. Chapter 1 reviews the literature on memory compensation and aging. According to Selective Optimization ... -
Interfering with episodic memory for words and pictures to uncover their representational codes
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-09)In this thesis, a divided attention paradigm was used to infer the representational codes used by words and pictures in long-term memory. Semantically categorized lists of words (Expt. 1) or pictures (Expt. 2, 3, 4, and ... -
Memory across trials in visual search
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-03)In two experiments we evaluated whether memory for item locations across trials can improve visual search performance. Measuring both response times and eye movements we examined how visual search performance is influenced ... -
On Memory for Everyday Symbols
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-25)This thesis investigated the memorability of common graphic symbols (e.g., !@#$%) and logos. In an initial set of 4 experiments, participants were presented during study with symbols or words (e.g., $ or ‘dollar’). In ... -
Re-evaluating Whether Bilateral Eye Movements Influence Memory Retrieval
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-30)Several recent studies have reported enhanced memory when retrieval is preceded by repetitive horizontal eye movements, relative to vertical or no eye movements. This reported memory boost has been referred to as the ... -
Remembering Faces in Different Places: The Influence of Context on Face Memory
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-25)How context affects memory is the central focus of the six experiments making up this PhD thesis. In these experiments, pictures of faces were presented in an incidental encoding phase, paired with a variety of indoor and ...