A Novel Study of Hypermnesia
An experimental study examining memory for novels read years ago to evaluate memory improvements associated with testing different types of information from the novels.
Literature Review | Multiple Choice Memory Test | t-test | ANOVA | Regression
Highlights
Project Aim
Understand memory improvements for complex event information after testing years later
Research Methods
Literature Review: Evaluate existing theories for hypothesis development
Multiple Choice memory test
Analyses: t-test, ANOVA, regression
Observations
Recognition memory can improve with testing years after learning
Proposed a new theory: "Guessing Hypothesis" to account for greater instability of memory at longer retention intervals
My Role - Primary investigator
I conducted all aspects of research for this project as primary investigator. My PhD advisor, Dr. Radvansky, provided minimal input throughout the stages of research and supported writing of the manuscript with feedback. The test questions for this study were written in collaboration with 3 other researchers, where we each wrote the questions for one novel and provided feedback and edits on all questions. Here are several of my responsibilities:
Project ideation
Literature Review
Developing methodology and writing test questions
Programming online experiment
Obtaining IRB approval
Recruitment and Collecting data
Analyzing data
Communicating results at conferences and publication
Deliverables
Conference Poster
Presented at Psychonomics in Montreal, Canada 2019
Publication
Published in Memory, 2021. Manuscript available upon request.
Research Artifacts
Consent Form.pdfMultiple Choice Test.pdfExperiment Code.pdfRecruitment Script.pdfFull materials, experiment code, data analysis, and data available at: https://osf.io/5hpws/