Professor, Psychology
Research: Human Memory, Attention, Metacognition, and Decision-Making

Research Interests

Human learning, memory, and decision-making

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Psychology
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Recent Publications

Benjamin, A. S., Yang, R., & Ünal, B. (2025). Changes in Recent Practices in Research and Publishing: A View From the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 51(6), 855-868. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001487

Fairbairn, C. E., Han, J., Caumiant, E. P., Benjamin, A. S., & Bosch, N. (2025). A wearable alcohol biosensor: Exploring the accuracy of transdermal drinking detection. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 266, Article 112519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112519

Ünal, B., Kelly, M. O., & Benjamin, A. S. (2025). Photo-Taking Impairment Effect on Conceptual Inference: The Disruptive Effect of Taking Photos on Learning Abstract Categories. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000230

Ünal, B., Akan, M., & Benjamin, A. S. (2025). Prior familiarity enhances recognition memory of faces, not just images of faces, when accompanied by conceptual information. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 32(2), 812-821. Article 104433. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02576-3

Yang, R., & Benjamin, A. S. (2025). Metacognitive Control of Workflow Enhances Stimulus Discriminability and Reduces Signal Uncertainty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001499

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