Cognitive studies - aims and dates

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