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General Research Areas

 

 

•       Involuntary memory

•       The involuntary/voluntary distinction in the control of retrieval

•       Autobiographical memory

Some Publications

 

 

·       Mace, J.H., Atkinson, E., Moeckel, C.H., & Torres, V. (in press). Accuracy and perspective in involuntary autobiographical memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology.

·       Mace, J.H., & Atkinson, E. (2009). Can we determine the functions of everyday involuntary autobiographical memories? In M.R. Kelley (Ed.), Applied memory (pp. 199-212). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

·       Mace, J.H. (2007). Involuntary memory. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

·       Mace, J.H. (2006). Episodic remembering creates access to involuntary conscious memory: Demonstrating involuntary recall on a voluntary recall task. Memory, 14, 917-924.

·       Mace, J. H. (2005). Priming involuntary autobiographical memories. Memory, 13, 874-884.

·       Mace, J.H. (2005). Experimentally manipulating the effects of involuntary conscious memory on a priming task. American Journal of Psychology, 118, 159-182.

·       Mace, J.H. (2004). Involuntary autobiographical memories are highly dependent on abstract cuing: The Proustian view is incorrect. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 893-899.

·       Mace, J.H. (2003). Involuntary aware memory enhances priming on a conceptual implicit memory task. American Journal of Psychology, 116, 281-290.

Some Ongoing Projects

 

 

 

·       Priming in the autobiographical memory system, particularly its effects on voluntary recall.

·       The organization of memories in the autobiographical memory system.

·       Involuntary memory cuing processes

·       Delineating different levels of “volition” (or conscious control) in remembering.

 

Meta-theory of the lab

 

The study of involuntary memory (spontaneous recollection of the past) is the primary focus of our lab. While we attempt to understand how this memory phenomenon functions in everyday cognition, the ultimate goal of our work is to use various involuntary memory phenomena to enhance our understanding of autobiographical memory, the control of remembering, and the relationship between memory and consciousness. Our work on the involuntary/voluntary distinction seeks to enhance understanding of volition (or voluntariness and involuntariness), and how such elements of consciousness can control memory and other forms of cognition, as well as non-cognitive acts.

 

Contact us

 

 

 

For more info on any of our projects or published works, contact us at: jhmace@eiu.edu

Or write to:

John H. Mace, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Psychology Department 
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL  61920, USA