Faculty

Research Interests

Dr. Wixted's research is primarily concerned with evaluating mathematical models of memory. With regard to human memory, his research focuses mainly on the analysis of recall latency distributions in both normal and memory-impaired individuals (such as patients suffering from Alzheimer's Disease). With regard to animal memory, his research focuses on signal detection analyses of memory for the absence of an event and memory for event duration.

Selected Publications

Morrell, H., Gaitan, S., & Wixted, J. T. (in press). On the nature of the decision axis in signal detection-based models of recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology - Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

Wixted, J. T. & Gaitan, S. (in press). Cognitive theories as reinforcement history surrogates: The case of likelihood ratio models of human recognition memory. Animal Learning & Behavior.

Kelley, R., & Wixted, J. T. (2001). On the nature of associative information in recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning, Memory, and cognition, 20, 701722.

Wixted, J. T., & Stretch, V. (2000). The case against a criterion-shift account of false memory. Psychological Review, 107, 368-376.

Gaitan, S., & Wixted, J. T. (2000). The role of "nothing" in memory for event duration in pigeons. Animal Learning & Behavior, 28, 147-161.

White, K. G., & Wixted, J. T. (1999). Psychophysics of remembering. Journal of the Experimental analysis of Behavior, 71, 91-113. [2000 GEORGE MILLER AWARD]

Stretch, V., & Wixted, J. T. (1998). On the difference between strength-based and frequency-based mirror effects in recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 24, 1379-1396.