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Adult Age Differences in Event Memory for Events
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Beazley, Joanna, Devlin, Patrick, Earles, Julie
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: In order to remember an event, one must remember
the participants in the event, the actions that are
performed, and which people performed which actions.
Often people make binding errors in memory in
which they remember the people and the actions, but
they incorrectly remember one person as the person
who performed an action that was actually performed
by someone else. Half of the… more
Full Text: Adult Age Differences in Memory for Events Joanna Beazley, Patrick Devlin, and Dr. Julie Earles Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University Introduction • Younger adults outperform older adults when asked to try to identify which actor performed …
Memory for License Plates
Type: Text
Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Beazley, Joanna, Earles, Julie
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: The purpose of this study is to determine which
United States license plate(s) are best designed for
recall. Based on what we know of human memory
in terms of numbers, letters, and their combinations,
this study aims to identify the “ideal” license plate
for citizens to remember. This study’s results will be
applicable in criminal cases, as well as in identifying
vehicles involved in AMBER… more
Full Text: Memory for License Plates Joanna Beazley and Dr. Julie Earles Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University HYPOTHESIS What parts of a license plate do people remember? Younger adults are expected to remember the license plates better than the …