My research on memory is centered on understanding the effect of instructions to forget on memory. This phenomena is typically referred to as directed or intentional forgetting. My research has looked at the effectiveness of these instructions in both cognitive and social contexts. In addition, I have examined how information is represented in memory following these cues, and the mechanisms that lead to intentional forgetting

Selected Publications:

Gottlob, L. R., & Golding, J. M. (in press). Directed forgetting in the list method

affects recognition memory for source. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

Gottlob, L. R., & Golding, J. M. (2006). Directed forgetting of a single item. Journal

of General Psychology, 133, 67-80.

Sego, S. A., Golding, J. M., & Gottlob, L. R. (2006). Directed forgetting in older

adults using the item and list methods. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 13, 95-114.

Golding, J. M., & Gottlob, L. R. (2005). Recall order determines the magnitude of

directed forgetting in the within-participants list method. Memory and Cognition, 33, 588-594.

Golding, J. M. (2005). Directed forgetting tasks in cognitive research. In A. Wenzel

& D. Rubin (Eds.), Cognitive methods and their application to clinical research (pp. 177-196). Washington D.C.: APA.

Golding, J. M., & McNally, R. J. (2005). Finding common ground: Directed

forgetting research in cognitive and clinical domains. In A. Wenzel & D. Rubin (Eds.), Cognitive methods and their application to clinical research (pp. 175-176). Washington D.C.: APA.

Golding, J. M., & MacLeod, C. M. (Eds.). (1998). Intentional forgetting:

Interdisciplinary approaches. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.