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Dr. Jeff Lozito
Assistant Professor
Psychology Department
171 Science Center
PO Box 5825
Potsdam, NY 13699-5825
Phone: 315-268-7023
Fax: 315-268-7118
E-mail: jlozito@clarkson.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2007
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Perception, Learning and Memory
Research Interests:
My Research interests generally revolve around the study of human memory, with specific projects dealing with implicit vs. explicit memory, the interplay of memory and attention, memory and education, and autobiographical memories. I have several projects currently ongoing, of which I will briefly outline several. The first explores the role that attention plays during retrieval from implicit memory. Implicit memory retrieval is retrieval that is made without one’s awareness. Much prior research characterizes implicit retrieval as automatic, but no such empirical evidence exists to support or refute this idea. Thus, the goal of this research is to test this notion. I am also interested in exploring autobiographical memories – that is, memories of one’s own personal past. One common manner in which autobiographical memories are outputted is socially, through storytelling from one person to another. My question is: Can we influence the nature of autobiographical storytelling (and autobiographical memories themselves) by forcing participants to tell personal stories in different ways? A final line of research explores memory within the realm of education: Does taking a test affect one’s ability to remember information over the long term? Feedback generally improves memory performance, but is one type of feedback more effective under certain circumstances than others? These projects are aimed at answering these questions.
Publications (Last 5 years):
Mulligan, N. W. & Lozito, J. P. (2007). Order information and free recall: Evaluating the item-order hypothesis. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 732-751.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. (2006). Exploring the role of attention during memory retrieval: Effects of semantic encoding and divided attention. Memory & Cognition, 34, 986-998.
Mulligan, N. W. & Lozito, J. P. (2006). An asymmetry between memory encoding and retrieval: Revelation, generation, and transfer-appropriate processing. Psychological Science, 17, 7-11.
Mulligan, N. W., Lozito, J. P., & Rosner, Z. A. (2006). Generation and context memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32, 836-846.
Bayen, U. J., Erdfelder, E., Bearden, N. J., & Lozito, J. P. (2006). The interplay of memory and judgment in effects of aging on hindsight bias. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32, 1003-1018.
Mulligan, N. W., & Lozito, J. P. (2005). Self-Generation and memory. In B. H. Ross (Ed.) Psychology of Learning and Motivation (pp. 175-214). San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press.
Smith, R. E., Lozito, J. P., & Bayen, U. J. (2005). Adult age differences in distinctive processing: The modality effect on false recall. Psychology and Aging, 20, 486-492.
Presentations at Scientific Meetings (Last 5 years)
Mulligan, N. W., & Lozito, J. P. Order Information and Free Recall: Evaluating the Item-Order Hypothesis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Psychological Society, Washington, DC, May, 2007.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. Exploring the role of attention during implicit memory retrieval. Paper presented at the 2005 North Carolina Cognition Conference. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 2005.
Lozito, J. P. Memory development: Memory & aging. Invited guest lecture, Introductory Psychology Course, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 2006.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. Exploring the role of attention during memory retrieval: Effects of semantic elaboration and divided attention. Poster presented at the 46th annual Psychonomic society meeting. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 2005.
Smith, R. E., Bayen, U. J., & Lozito, J. P. Adult age differences in distinctive processing: The modality effect on false recall. Poster presented at the 47th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Conference of Experimental Psychologists). Regensburg, Germany, April 2005.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. Exploring the role of attention during memory retrieval: Effects of semantic elaboration and divided attention. Paper presented at the 2005 North Carolina Cognition Conference. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, February 2005.
Mulligan, N. W., & Lozito, J. P. Generation and Context Memory. Paper presented at the 45th annual Psychonomic society meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2004.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. A double dissociation between memory encoding and retrieval. Poster presented at the 2004 North Carolina Cognition Conference. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, February 2004.
Mulligan, N. W., & Lozito, J. P. Dissociations between memory encoding and retrieval. Paper presented at the 44th annual Psychonomic society meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 2003.
Psychology Department
171 Science Center
PO Box 5825
Potsdam, NY 13699-5825
Phone: 315-268-7023
Fax: 315-268-7118
E-mail: jlozito@clarkson.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2007
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Perception, Learning and Memory
Research Interests:
My Research interests generally revolve around the study of human memory, with specific projects dealing with implicit vs. explicit memory, the interplay of memory and attention, memory and education, and autobiographical memories. I have several projects currently ongoing, of which I will briefly outline several. The first explores the role that attention plays during retrieval from implicit memory. Implicit memory retrieval is retrieval that is made without one’s awareness. Much prior research characterizes implicit retrieval as automatic, but no such empirical evidence exists to support or refute this idea. Thus, the goal of this research is to test this notion. I am also interested in exploring autobiographical memories – that is, memories of one’s own personal past. One common manner in which autobiographical memories are outputted is socially, through storytelling from one person to another. My question is: Can we influence the nature of autobiographical storytelling (and autobiographical memories themselves) by forcing participants to tell personal stories in different ways? A final line of research explores memory within the realm of education: Does taking a test affect one’s ability to remember information over the long term? Feedback generally improves memory performance, but is one type of feedback more effective under certain circumstances than others? These projects are aimed at answering these questions.
Publications (Last 5 years):
Mulligan, N. W. & Lozito, J. P. (2007). Order information and free recall: Evaluating the item-order hypothesis. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 732-751.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. (2006). Exploring the role of attention during memory retrieval: Effects of semantic encoding and divided attention. Memory & Cognition, 34, 986-998.
Mulligan, N. W. & Lozito, J. P. (2006). An asymmetry between memory encoding and retrieval: Revelation, generation, and transfer-appropriate processing. Psychological Science, 17, 7-11.
Mulligan, N. W., Lozito, J. P., & Rosner, Z. A. (2006). Generation and context memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32, 836-846.
Bayen, U. J., Erdfelder, E., Bearden, N. J., & Lozito, J. P. (2006). The interplay of memory and judgment in effects of aging on hindsight bias. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32, 1003-1018.
Mulligan, N. W., & Lozito, J. P. (2005). Self-Generation and memory. In B. H. Ross (Ed.) Psychology of Learning and Motivation (pp. 175-214). San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press.
Smith, R. E., Lozito, J. P., & Bayen, U. J. (2005). Adult age differences in distinctive processing: The modality effect on false recall. Psychology and Aging, 20, 486-492.
Presentations at Scientific Meetings (Last 5 years)
Mulligan, N. W., & Lozito, J. P. Order Information and Free Recall: Evaluating the Item-Order Hypothesis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Psychological Society, Washington, DC, May, 2007.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. Exploring the role of attention during implicit memory retrieval. Paper presented at the 2005 North Carolina Cognition Conference. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 2005.
Lozito, J. P. Memory development: Memory & aging. Invited guest lecture, Introductory Psychology Course, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 2006.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. Exploring the role of attention during memory retrieval: Effects of semantic elaboration and divided attention. Poster presented at the 46th annual Psychonomic society meeting. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 2005.
Smith, R. E., Bayen, U. J., & Lozito, J. P. Adult age differences in distinctive processing: The modality effect on false recall. Poster presented at the 47th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Conference of Experimental Psychologists). Regensburg, Germany, April 2005.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. Exploring the role of attention during memory retrieval: Effects of semantic elaboration and divided attention. Paper presented at the 2005 North Carolina Cognition Conference. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, February 2005.
Mulligan, N. W., & Lozito, J. P. Generation and Context Memory. Paper presented at the 45th annual Psychonomic society meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2004.
Lozito, J. P., & Mulligan, N. W. A double dissociation between memory encoding and retrieval. Poster presented at the 2004 North Carolina Cognition Conference. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, February 2004.
Mulligan, N. W., & Lozito, J. P. Dissociations between memory encoding and retrieval. Paper presented at the 44th annual Psychonomic society meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 2003.