B.S., Psychology, Ramapo College of New Jersey M.A., Psychology, Queens College of the City University of New York Ph.D., Psychology, City University of New York Books & Chapters - Ball, C.T., Mace, J.H., & Corona, H. (2007). Cues to the gusts of memory. In J.H. Mace (Ed.), Involuntary memory. Blackwell Publishing.
- Mace, J.H. (2007). Does involuntary remembering occur during during voluntary remembering? In J.H. Mace (Ed.), Involuntary memory. Blackwell Publishing.
- Mace, J.H. (Ed.) (2007) Involuntary memory. Blackwell Publishing.
- Mace, J.H. (2007). Involuntary memory: Concept and theory. In J.H. Mace (Ed.), Involuntary memory. Blackwell Publishing.
Articles - Mace, J.H. (2006). Episodic remembering creates access to involuntary conscious memory: Demonstrating involuntary recall on a voluntary recall task. Memory, 14(8).
- Mace, J.H. (2005). Experimentally manipulating involuntary conscious memory on a priming task. American Journal of Psychology, 118(2).
- Mace, J.H. (2005). Priming involuntary autobiographical memories. Memory, 13(8).
- Mace, J.H. (2004). Involuntary autobiographical memories are highly dependent on abstract cuing: The Proustian view is incorrect. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18(7).
- Mace, J.H. (2003). Involuntary aware memory enhances priming on a conceptually implicit memory task. American Journal of Psychology, 116(2).
- Mace, J.H. (2003). Study-test awareness can enhance priming on a perceptually implicit memory task: Evidence from a word-completion task. American Journal of Psychology, 116(2).
Basic courses: Introductory Psychology (P 111) ; Statistical Methods in Psychology (P 301) ; Experimental Methods in Psychology (P 305) ; Psychology Laboratory (P 306) ; Cognitive Psychology (P 312) Special topics courses: Consciousness (P 480 series); Human Memory (P 480 series); Autobiographical Memory (P 480 series) Research Areas
Involuntary Autobiographical Memory; Involuntary Remembering during Voluntary Remembering; Autobiographical Remembering; Autobiographical Memory; Implicit Memory. (Scroll down for more information on these research topics and the memory lab.) Memory Lab
Principal Investigator: John Mace
Student Investigators: Elizabeth Atkinson; Hercilia Corona; Christopher Moeckel; Varinia Torres
Outside Collaborator(s): Chris Ball, College of William and Mary Some of our major areas of study: Involuntary Memory:
Spontaneous remembering of our past occurs frequently in everyday life. Made famous by Marcel Proust, this memory phenomenon (usually known as involuntary memory) has a long history in psychology, dating back to the pioneering memory researcher Hermann Ebbinghaus more than a century ago (see Memory: A contribution to experimental psychology, Ebbinghaus, 1885). However, despite its popularity and long-standing recognition, it was not until very recently that psychologists began to study this memory phenomenon. In our lab, we are focusing on a number of fundamental questions concerning everyday involuntary memories. For example, in one project we our currently looking at involuntary memory accuracy (e.g., are they as accurate as voluntarily recalled memories, and are they also prone to false remembering). In another project we are trying to determine what functions involuntary memories might serve in everyday life. We are excited to be working in an area which is being studied in only a handful of laboratories around the world (see our friends and colleagues in other involuntary memory laboratories: Chris Ball, College of William and Mary; Dorthe Berntsen, University of Aarhus; Lia Kvavilashvili, University of Hertfordshire). Involuntary Remembering during Voluntary Remembering:
The idea that we remember the past involuntarily when we are intentionally trying to remember it also dates back to Hermann Ebbinghuas. Like the more commonly known forms of involuntary memories (those which appear to occur in isolation in everyday life, see above), this question has also just recently come under the "microscope" of memory researchers. We are happy to note that evidence documenting this phenomenon was first obtained in our laboratory. We continue to work on this idea and we sincerely hope that other laboratories will begin to take it up as well. This aspect of involuntary remembering is also exciting because it appears to be furthering our understanding of the important question of how we recall our past intentionally. |
