Baddeley et al - date
1975
Peterson + Peterson - date
1959
Bartlett - date
1932
Bransford + Johnson - date
1972
Tversky + Kahneman - date
1974
Englich + Mussweiler - date
2001
Sharot et al - date
2000
Yuille + Cutshall - date
1986
Baddeley et al - aim
to test the effects of word length on the memory span
Peterson + Peterson - aim
to investigate the duration of short-term memory, and provide empirical evidence for the multi-store memory model
Bartlett - aim
to investigate how the memory of a story is affected by previous knowledge and to see if a cultural background and unfamiliarity of a text would lead to distortion of memory when the story was recalled
Bransford + Johnson - aim
to determine if schema activation would result in better understanding and recall of an ambiguous text
Tversky + Kahneman - aim
to investigate how anchoring bias affects the estimation of a maths question
Englich + Mussweiler - aim
to investigate whether the recommended sentence proposed by a prosecutor would unduly influence a judge’s decision
Sharot et al - aim
to investigate the potential role of biological factors in flashbulb memories
Yuille + Cutshall - aim
to determine whether leading questions would affect memory of an eyewitness at a real crime scene