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

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., 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., Patel, T. N., Fairbairn, C. E., & Benjamin, A. S. (2025). The impact of alcohol intoxication on extended vigilance and rest-break recovery. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 87(3), 998-1009. Article e50977. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-025-03029-2

Brown-Schmidt, S., Jaeger, C. B., Lord, K., & Benjamin, A. S. (2024). Remembering conversation in group settings. Memory and Cognition, 53(4), 1037-1054. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01630-8

Patel, T. N., Yang, R., Steyvers, M., & Benjamin, A. S. (2024). The Metacognition of Vigilance: Using Self-Scheduled Breaks to Improve Sustained Attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 30(4), 554-570. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000518

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