Memory is at the heart of virtually all other psychological processes and behaviors. The research in this lab focused on furthering the understanding of how people acquire, retrieve and use information. In particular we examined the variables that affected the ease of building new knowledge structures. In this lab, we used a variety of methodologies to provide converging evidence to test our theories. These include computational modeling, behavioral studies (that measure accuracy and latency to acquire and retrieve information), psychopharmacological interventions (midazolam that creates temporary anterograde amnesia) and neuroimaging (EEG and fMRI).
- The Memory Lab is now closed. Professor Reder worked as a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon from the fall of 1978 until her retirement in the summer of 2021. She continued to conduct research and teach students in retirement for several years but without funding, further work seemed impractical at best.
- This website documents the work in the lab, including Reder’s vita, publications and research topics, along with some interesting websites and a sampling of photos throughout the decades.