Andrea N Eslick, Graduate Student    Edit

Research Summary:
My research investigates how individuals tell stories about their past, and how different situational factors contribute to the memorial consequences of these retellings. I am specifically interested in the underlying cognitive mechanisms of retellings. My interests also include false memories (especially using the DRM false memory paradigm), and educational applications of memory research (such as the benefits and negative consequences of test taking).

Representative Publications:   (search)

1. Marsh, E. J., & Eslick, A. N. (2010). A review of Why don’t students like school? A cognitive psychologist answers questions about how the mind works and what it means for the classroom by Daniel T. Willingham. Educational Horizons, 87, 206-210.
2. Eslick, A. N., Cleary, A. M., & Kostic, B. (In Press). True and false memory for colour names versus actual colours: Support for the visual distinctiveness heuristic in memory for colour information. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
3. Marsh, E. J., Eslick, A. N., & Fazio, L. K. (2008). False Memories. In J. Byrne (Series Ed.) & H. L. Roediger, III (Vol. Ed.). Learning and memory: A comprehensive reference: Vol. 2. Cognitive psychology of memory (pp. 221-238). Oxford: Elsevier.