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Publications from our Laboratory
(Organized by Topic)

We believe in the open, rigorous, and scientific study of cognition. As such, we are working toward publicly posting as much of our published data as is possible. All studies with publicly posted data sets include a link with the reference listed below. If you don't see a link but would like access to a particular dataset, please email Dr. Ricker directly at [email protected] with your request. In most cases, the dataset can be formatted and posted relatively quickly.

For full-text pdfs of any article from our lab please email Dr. Ricker directly. Open-access publications include a link to article full texts in the references below. 

Consolidation

​Cotton, K. & Ricker, T.J. (2023). Is there a role of creativity in the relationship between working memory consolidation and long-term memory? Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 85, 1550-1565. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-022-02598-w
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Cotton, K. & Ricker, T.J. (2021). Working memory consolidation improves long-term memory recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 47, 208-219.  https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000954
Dataset

Vergauwe, E., Ricker, T.J., Langerock, N., & Cowan, N. (2019). What do people typically do between list items? The nature of attention-based mnemonic activities depends on task context. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45, 779-794. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000625 
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Ricker, T.J. & Sandry, J. (2018) The Relationship between Masking and Short-Term Consolidation during Recall from Visual Working Memory. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1424. 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13641
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Ricker, T.J., Nieuwenstein, M., Bayliss, D.M. & Barrouillet, P. (2018). Working memory consolidation: Insights from studies on attention and working memory. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1424. 8-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13633

Ricker, T.J. & Hardman, K.O. (2017). The nature of short-term consolidation in visual working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146, 1551-1573. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000346

Ricker, T.J. (2015). The role of short-term consolidation in memory persistence. AIMS Neuroscience, 2, 259–279. https://doi.org/10.3934/Neuroscience.2015.4.259
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Ricker, T.J. & Cowan, N. (2014). Differences in presentation methods in working memory procedures: A matter of working memory consolidation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40, 417-428. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034301
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Dual-Tasking

Cotton, K., Sandry, J., & Ricker, T.J. (2024). Secondary task engagement drives the McCabe effect in long-term memory. Memory & Cognition, 52, 1762-1774. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-023-01450-2
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Cotton, K., Sandry, J., & Ricker, T.J. (2023). The effects of mind-wandering, cognitive load, and task engagement on working memory performance in remote online experiments. Experimental Psychology, 70, 271-284.  https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000599
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Ricker, T.J., & Vergauwe, E. (2022). Boundary conditions for observing cognitive load effects in visual working memory. Memory & Cognition, 50, 1167-1185. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-022-01320-3
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Ricker, T.J. & Vergauwe, E. (2020). Consistent failure to produce a cognitive load effect in visual working memory using a standard dual-task procedure. Journal of Cognition, 3, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.108.
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Vergauwe, E., Ricker, T.J., Langerock, N., & Cowan, N. (2019). What do people typically do between list items? The nature of attention-based mnemonic activities depends on task context. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45, 779-794. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000625 

Ricker, T.J. & Cowan, N. (2018). Cognitive load as a measure of capture of the focus of attention. In R. Zheng (Ed.), Cognitive Load Measurement and Application: A Theoretical Framework for Meaningful Research and Practice. New York, NY: Routledge.

Ricker, T.J., Vergauwe, E., Hinrichs, G.A., Blume, C.L., & Cowan, N. (2015). No recovery of memory when cognitive load is decreased. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 41, 872-880. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000084
  
Ricker, T.J., Cowan, N., & Morey, C.C. (2010). Visual working memory is disrupted by covert verbal retrieval. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17, 516-521.  https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.17.4.516
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Models of Memory Representation

Ricker, T.J., Souza, A., & Vergauwe, E. (2023). Feature identity determines representation structure in working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152, 2925-2940. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001427
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Ricker, T.J., Thiele, J., Swagman, A.R., & Rouder, J. (2017). Recognition decisions from visual working memory are mediated by continuous latent strengths. Cognitive Science, 41, 1510–1532. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12436
Dataset

Hardman, K.O., Vergauwe, E., & Ricker, T.J. (2017). Categorical working memory representations are used in delayed estimation of continuous colors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43, 30-54. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000290
Dataset

Transfer to Long-Term Memory

Cotton, K., Sandry, J., & Ricker, T.J. (2024). Secondary task engagement drives the McCabe effect in long-term memory. Memory & Cognition, 52, 1762-1774. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-023-01450-2
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​Cotton, K. & Ricker, T.J. (2023). Is there a role of creativity in the relationship between working memory consolidation and long-term memory? Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 85, 1550-1565. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-022-02598-w
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Cotton, K. & Ricker, T.J. (2022). Examining the relationship between working memory consolidation and long-term memory consolidation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 29, 1625-1648. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02084-2 
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Cotton, K. & Ricker, T.J. (2021). Working memory consolidation improves long-term memory recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 47, 208-219.  https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000954
Dataset

Prioritization

Sandry, J., Zuppichini, M.D., & Ricker, T.J. (2020) Attentional flexibility and prioritization improve long-term memory. Acta Psychologica, 208, 103104.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103104
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Sandry, J. & Ricker, T.J. (2020). Prioritization within visual working memory reflects a flexible focus of attention. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82, 2985–3004. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-020-02049-4
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Memory Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis

Sandry, J., & Ricker, T.J. (2022). Motor speed does not impact the drift rate: A computational hierarchical Drift Diffusion approach to differentiate cognitive and motor speed. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7, 66.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00412-7
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Mui, M., Ruben, R.M., Ricker, T.J., Dobryankova, E., & Sandry, J. (2022). Ex-Gaussian analysis of simple response time and the relationship with brain morphometry in multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 63, 103890.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2022.103890

Memory Decay

​Ricker, T.J., Sandry, J., Vergauwe, E., & Cowan, N. (2020). Do familiar memory items decay? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46, 60-76.  https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000719
Dataset
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​Ricker, T.J., Vergauwe, E., & Cowan, N. (2016). Decay theory of immediate memory: From Brown (1958) to today (2014). Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69, 1969-1995. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.914546

Ricker, T.J., Spiegel, L.R., & Cowan, N. (2014). Time-based loss in visual short-term memory is from trace decay, not temporal distinctiveness. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40, 1510-1523. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000018
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Ricker, T.J. & Cowan, N. (2014). Differences in presentation methods in working memory procedures: A matter of working memory consolidation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40, 417-428. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034301

Ricker, T.J. & Cowan, N. (2010). Loss of visual working memory within seconds: The combined use of refreshable and non-refreshable features. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36, 1355-1368. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020356

Other Stuff We've Found Interesting

Hebert, K.R. & Ricker, T.J. (2023). Reliability of the emotional experiences in activities of daily living scale (EEADLs). Occupational Therapy Journal of Research: Occupation, Participation and Health, 43, 271-279. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492221085288

Cowan, N., Ricker, T.J., Clark, K.M., Hinrichs, G.A., & Glass, B.A. (2015). Knowledge cannot explain the developmental growth of working memory capacity. Developmental Science, 18, 132–145. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12197
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Cowan, N., AuBuchon, A.M., Gilchrist, A.L., Ricker, T.J., & Saults, J.S. (2011). Age differences in visual working memory capacity: Not based on encoding limitations. Developmental Science, 14, 1066-1074. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01060.x.

Ricker, T.J., AuBuchon, A., & Cowan, N. (2010). Working memory. In L. Nadel (Ed.), Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 1, 573-585. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.50
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