Cognitive aging is often described in the context of loss or decline. Emerging research
suggests that the story is more complex, with older adults showing both losses and gains in …

Multinomial processing tree (MPT) models have become popular in cognitive psychology in
the past two decades. In contrast to general-purpose data analysis techniques, such as log …

Prospective memory is remembering to perform an action in the future. The authors
introduce the 1st formal model of event-based prospective memory, namely, a multinomial …

Older adults have a harder time than younger adults remembering specific events and
experiences (episodic memory), whereas the ability to use one's general knowledge either …

Nearly every human society has reserved a special place for those denizens claiming the
ability to predict the fu-ture. Prophets, astrologers, shamans, witch doctors, and scientists are …

At 8: 30 pm on July 17, 1996, Trans-World Airlines flight 800 crashed into the ocean. Reports
consistent with the theory that a missile attack may have caused the crash soon spread …

Previous studies sought to test for the existence of a “cheater-detection module” by testing
for enhanced memory for the faces of cheaters, but past results have been inconclusive …

When remembering past choices, people tend to attribute positive features to chosen
options and negative features to rejected options. The present experiments reveal the …

Consumers regularly encounter repeated false claims in political and marketing campaigns,
but very little empirical work addresses their impact among older adults. Repeated …

Recent studies have shown systematic choice-supportive memory for past choices, wherein
people tend to overattribute positive features to options they chose and negative features to …