My research is concerned with retrieval processes in human memory, or how knowledge is recovered from memory. The topics below represent present lines of investigation:

Applying cognitive psychology to enhance education

The genesis of false memories

Dissociations between implicit and explicit measures of retention

For more information about my current and past research interests, click here or on the Research link above.

• B.A., Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA, 1969 (magna cum laude)
• Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1973

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Henry L. Roediger, III
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1125
St. Louis, MO 63130
Email: roediger@wustl.edu
Lab Phone: (314) 935-8731

• Butler, A.C., Zaromb, F.M. Lyle, K.B. & Roediger, H.L. (in press). Using popular films to enhance classroom learning: The good, the bad, and the interesting. Psychological Science.

• Karpicke, J.D. & Roediger, H.L. (in press). Is expanding retrieval a superior method for learning text materials? Memory & Cognition.

• Meade, M.L. & Roediger, H.L. (in press). Age differences in collaborative memory: The role of retrieval manipulations. Memory & Cognition. [PDF]

• Roediger, H.L. (in press). The cognitive psychology of memory: Introduction. In H.L. Roediger (Ed.), Cognitive psychology of memory, Vol. 2 of Learning and memory: A comprehensive reference. Oxford: Elsevier.

• Roediger, H.L., Agarwal, P.K., Kang, S.H.K, & Marsh, E.J. (in press). Benefits of testing memory: Best practices and boundary conditions. In G.M. Davies & D.B. Wright (Eds.), New frontiers in applied memory. Brighton, U.K.: Psychology Press. [PDF]

• Roediger, H.L., McDermott, K.B., & McDaniel, M.A. (in press). Using testing to improve learning and memory. In M.A. Gernsbacher, R. Pew, L. Hough, & J.R. Pomerantz (Eds.), Psychology and the real world: Essays illustrating fundamental contributions to society. New York: Worth Publishing Co. [PDF]

• Venn, K.M., Gallo, D.A., Margoliash, D., Roediger, H.L., & Nusbaum, H.C. (in press). Reduced false memory after sleep. Learning and Memory.