Jeffrey D. Karpicke
 
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
Purdue University
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Research Interests
 
    Human learning and memory, specifically:
  1. •  Mnemonic effects of testing memory
  2. •  Metacognition, strategic learning, and subjective experience
  3. •  Automatic and controlled memory processes
  4. •  Illusions of memory and metamemory
  5. •  Applying cognitive science to education
 
 
Education
 
    Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2007
 
    M.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 2004
 
    B.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, 2002
 
 
Publications
 
In Press
 
Agarwal, P. K., Karpicke, J. D., Kang, S. H. K., Roediger, H. L., & McDermott, K. B. (in press). Examining the testing effect with open- and closed-book tests. Applied Cognitive Psychology. [PDF]
 
Butler, A. C., Karpicke, J. D., & Roediger, H. L. (in press). Correcting a metacognitive error: Feedback increases retention of low confidence correct responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. [PDF]
 
Karpicke, J. D., McCabe, D. P., & Roediger, H. L. (in press). False memories are not surprising: The subjective experience of an associative memory illusion. Journal of Memory and Language. [PDF]
 
 
2008
 
Karpicke, J. D., & Roediger, H. L. (2008). The critical importance of retrieval for learning. Science, 319, 966-968. [Link to Full Text]
 
 
2007
 
Butler, A. C., Karpicke, J. D., & Roediger, H. L. (2007). The effect of type and timing of feedback on learning from multiple-choice tests. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 13, 273-281. [PDF]
 
Karpicke, J. D., & Roediger, H. L. (2007). Expanding retrieval practice promotes short-term retention, but equally spaced retrieval enhances long-term retention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33, 704-719. [PDF]
 
Karpicke, J. D. & Roediger, H. L. (2007). Repeated retrieval during learning is the key to long-term retention. Journal of Memory and Language, 57, 151-162. [PDF]
 
 
2006
 
Roediger, H. L. & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). The power of testing memory: Basic research and implications for educational practice. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 181-210. [PDF]
 
Roediger, H. L., & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). Test-enhanced learning: Taking memory tests improves long-term retention. Psychological Science, 17, 249-255. [PDF]
 
 
2005
 
Roediger, H. L., & Karpicke, J. D. (2005). Learning and memory. In K. Kempf-Leonard (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, Vol. 2 (pp. 479-486). San Diego: Academic Press. [PDF]
 
 
2004
 
Karpicke, J. D., & Pisoni, D. B. (2004). Using immediate memory span to measure implicit learning. Memory & Cognition, 32, 956-964. [PDF]
 
 
 
Selected Conference Presentations
 
Karpicke, J. D., McCabe, D. P., & Roediger, H. L. (2006). Testing enhances recollection: Process dissociations and metamemory judgments. Poster at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston, TX. [PDF]
 
 
 
Last updated: March 2008