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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

For a complete list of publications by Henry Roediger, please click here.
  • Roediger, H.L. & Karpicke, J.D. (2006a). The power of testing memory: Basic research and implications for educational practice. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 181-210. [PDF]
  • Roediger, H.L., & Karpicke, J.D. (2006b). Test-enhanced learning: Taking memory tests improves long-term retention. Psychological Science, 17, 249-255. [PDF]
  • McDaniel, M.A., Roediger, H.L., & McDermott, K.B. (2007). Generalizing test-enhanced learning from the laboratory to the classroom. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 200-206. [PDF]
  • Karpicke, J.D. & Roediger, H.L. (2010). Is expanding retrieval a superior method for learning text materials? Memory & Cognition, 38, 116-124. [PDF]
  • Roediger, H. L., Agarwal, P. K., Kang, S. H. K, & Marsh, E. J. (2010). Benefits of testing memory: Best practices and boundary conditions. In G. M. Davies & D. B. Wright (Eds.), New frontiers in applied memory (pp. 13-49). Brighton, U.K.: Psychology Press. [PDF]
  • Roediger, H.L., McDermott, K.B., & McDaniel, M.A. (2011). 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 (pp. 65-74). New York: Worth Publishing Co. [PDF]
  • Roediger, H.L. & Karpicke, J.D. (in press). Intricacies of spaced retrieval: A resolution. In A.S. Benjamin (Ed.), Successful remembering and successful forgetting: Essays in honor of Robert A. Bjork. New York: Psychology Press. [PDF]

 
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