Henry Roediger

Title: James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor
Title: Dean of Academic Planning in Arts & Sciences
Degree: PHD, Yale University
Degree: BA, Washington & Lee University
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Dept: Psychology
Secondary Affiliation: Philosophy, Neuroscience

Office: Psychology Building 235C
Phone: (314) 935-4307
E-mail: roediger@wustl.edu
Website: http://psych.wustl.edu/memory

Courses Taught:
Human Memory; Retrieval Processes in Memory; Introduction to Psychology; Freshman Seminar: Cognitive Illusions; Psychology of Academia

Research Interests:
Professor Roediger’s research interests center on learning and memory. Current programs of research include: 1. applying principles of cognitive psychology to improve educational practice; 2. how retrieval practice improves retention; 3. the study of memory illusions and false memories (or why people sometimes remember events differently from the way they happened or even remember events that never happened at all); and 4. implicit memory, or the study of tests that tap memory indirectly and may tap unconscious forms of memory.

Selected Publications:
Roediger, H.L. (1990). Implicit memory: Retention without remembering. American Psychologist, 45, 1043-1056.

Roediger, H.L., & McDermott, K.B. (1995). Creating false memories: Remembering words that were not presented in lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 21, 803-814.

Roediger, H. L. & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). The power of testing memory: Basic research and implications for educational practice. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 181-210.

Roediger, H. L., Dudai, Y., & Fitzpatrick, S. M. (Eds.). (2007). Science of memory:
Concepts. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Karpicke, J. D., & Roediger, H. L. (2007). Expanding retrieval practice promotes short-term
retention, but equally spaced retrieval enhances long-term retention. Journal of
Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 33, 704-719.