The Memory and Attention Laboratory at the University of South Dakota is part of the Human Factors program in the Department of Psychology. We study memory, attention, and multitasking in humans. Our work informs current theories of how working memories are formed, the causes of forgetting, and the relationship between working memory and higher-order cognitive behavior.
News
Welcome to our New Graduate Student
We are happy to have Megan McCray joining the lab in Fall 2020. She will be exploring working memory function in multitasking conditions.
The Memory and Attention Lab is Moving to South Dakota
The lab is moving to the University of South Dakota this Fall (2020). Once we are settled in we will be recruiting students to join our research efforts. We are joining the Human Factors program at USD which focuses on the role of cognition in understanding how humans interact with the world around them. For more information contact Dr. Ricker.
New Publications
We have new papers published in journals including, Acta Psychologica, Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, and Journal of Cognition. Check them out in our publications section for more information.
Kelly's Masters Work Published in JEP:LMC
Doctoral student Kelly Cotton had her Masters research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition this summer. Her paper demonstrates that consolidation of a trace into working memory also improves long-term recognition for the same information. Her work suggests working memory consolidation is not limited to affecting working memory alone and could potentially be an initial step in the long-term consolidation process.
Cotton, K., & Ricker, T.J. (2020). Working memory consolidation improves long-term memory recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
Cotton, K., & Ricker, T.J. (2020). Working memory consolidation improves long-term memory recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
Congrats to our 2020 Graduates!
Two students from our lab graduated with B.S. degrees and honors in Psychology this year. Congratulations, to Caryn Darmoni and Hannah Bareket! Good luck to both of you as you move on to the next step in your education!
Psychonomics 2019Kelly Cotton and Dr. Tim Ricker presented some of their recent work at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Montreal. Kelly presented a poster on the effects of working memory consolidation on long-term memory. Tim presented on the effect of visual masking on working memory performance. Both drew lots of interest!
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