Publications

Chang, M. & Johns, B. T. (in prep). Integrating distributed semantic models with an instance memory model to explain false recognition. 

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (in prep). The true and false recognition effects of emotional intensity and ambiguity. 

Brainerd, C. J., Chang, M., Bialer, D. M., & Liu, X. (under review). From association to gist: Some critical tests. 

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (under revision). The recognition effects of attribute ambiguity. 

Brainerd, C. J., Bialer, D. M., Chang, M., & Liu, X. (under review). Deep distortions in memory for jeopardy facts. 

2023

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (in press). The font size effect depends on inter-item relation. Memory & Cognition. [PDF] 

Chang, M., Jones, M. N. & Johns, B. T. (in press). Comparing word frequency, semantic diversity, and semantic distinctiveness in lexical organization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General [PDF] 

Brainerd, C. J., Liu, X., Bialer, D. M., & Chang, M.  (2023). The big three: Accuracy, organization, and retrieval effects of latent semantic attributes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. [DOI] [PDF]

2022

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (2022). Changed-goal or cue-strengthening? Examining the reactivity of judgments of learning with the dual-retrieval model. Metacognition and Learning. [DOI] [PDF] 

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (2022). Predicting conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease with multimodal factor scores. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 44(4), 316-335. [DOI] [PDF]

Brainerd, C. J., Bialer, D. M., & Chang, M. (2022). Memory effects of semantic attributes: A method of controlling attribute contamination. Behavior Research Methods. [DOI] [PDF]

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (2022). Association and dissociation between judgments of learning and memory: A meta-analysis of the font size effect. Metacognition and Learning, 17, 443-476. [DOI] [PDF]

Brainerd, C. J., Chang, M., Bialer, D. M., & Liu, X. (2022). How does attribute ambiguity improve memory? Memory & Cognition. [DOI] [PDF]

2021

Brainerd, C. J., Bialer, D. M., Chang, M. & Upadhyay, P. (2021). A fundamental asymmetry in human memory: Old ≠ not-new and new ≠ not-old. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. Advance online publication. [DOI] [PDF]

Brainerd, C. J., Bialer, D. M., & Chang, M. (2021). Fuzzy-trace theory and false memory: Meta-analysis of conjoint recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. Advance online publication. [DOI] [PDF]

Chang, M., & Brainerd, C. J. (2021). Semantic and phonological false memory: A review of theory and data. Journal of Memory and Language, 119, 104210. [DOI] [PDF]

Brainerd, C. J., Chang, M., Bialer, D. M., & Toglia, M. P. (2021). Semantic ambiguity and memory. Journal of Memory and Language, 121, 104286. [DOI] [PDF]

Chang, M., & Brainerd, C. J. (2021). Factor analyses of the ADNI neuropsychological battery: An examination of diagnostic and longitudinal invariance. Neuropsychology, 35(4), 434-450. [DOI] [PDF]

Brainerd, C. J., Chang, M., & Bialer, D. M. (2021). Emotional ambiguity and memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(8), 1476-1499. [DOI] [PDF]

Chang, M., Brainerd, C. J., Toglia, M. P., & Schmidt, S. R. (2021). Norms for emotion-false memory lists. Behavior Research Methods, 53(1), 96-112. [DOI] [PDF]

2020

Brainerd, C. J., Chang, M., & Bialer, D. M. (2020). From association to gist. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 46(11), 2106-2127. [DOI] [PDF]

Brainerd, C. J., & Bialer, D. M., Chang, M. (2020). Norming retrieval processes. Journal of Memory and Language, 115, 104143. [DOI] [PDF]

2019

Brainerd, C. J., Nakamura, K., Chang, M., & Bialer, D. M. (2019). Verbatim editing: A general model of recollection rejection. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 45(10), 1776-1790. [DOI] [PDF]

Brainerd, C. J., Nakamura, K., Chang, M., & Bialer, D. M. (2019). Super-overdistribution. Journal of Memory and Language, 108, 104027. [DOI] [PDF]

2018

Odegaard, B., Chang, M. Y., Lau, H., & Cheung, S. H. (2018). Inflation versus filling-in: Why we feel we see more than we actually do in peripheral vision. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373, 20170345. [DOI] [PDF]

2022

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (2022). Changed-goal or cue-strengthening? An investigation into the underlying mechanisms of judgment of learning reactivity. Poster presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Boston, MA, U.S.A. [PDF]

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (2022). Changed-goal or cue-strengthening? An investigation into the underlying mechanisms of judgment of learning reactivity. Poster presented at the 44rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. [PDF]

2021

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (2021). A meta-analysis for the font size effect: Judgments of learning and memory are not always dissociated. Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. [PDF] Recipient of the 2021 Psychonomic Society Graduate Conference Award. 

Brainerd, C. J., Chang, M., Bialer, D. M., Reyna, V. F. & Nakaruma, K. (2021). From association to gist. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Bialer, D. M., Brainerd, C. J. & Chang, M. (2021). Why are semantically ambiguous words remembered better? Can latency in semantic ratings help explain the pattern? Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (2021). Semantic and phonological false memory: A review of theory and data. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. [Recording] [PDF]

2020

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (2020). Higher semantic ambiguity leads to better recall in addition to higher semantic intensity. Poster presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. [PDF] Recipient of the 2020 Psychonomic Society Graduate Conference Award. 

Brainerd, C. J., Chang, M. & Bialer, D. M. (2020). Old ≠ not-new and new ≠ not-old. Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

2019

Chang, M. & Brainerd, C. J. (2019). Dual-retrieval models and metamemory in younger and older adults. Poster presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Montreal, QC, Canada. [PDF] 

Brainerd, C. J., Bialer, D. M, Chang, M. & Nakamura, K. (2019). Quantum memory. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Montreal, QC, Canada.

2018

Chang, M., Marche T., & Brainerd, C. J. (2018). Memory for medical procedures in children and adolescents with diabetes. Poster presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A. [PDF] 

Brainerd, C. J., Nakamura, K., Chang, M., & Bialer, D. M. (2018). Super-overdistribution in episodic memory. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.