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  1. Judging Credibility: Can Spaced Lessons Help Students Think More Critically Online?

    Article • Applied Cognitive Psychology, February 2019, Wiley

    Melody Wiseheart

  2. Cognitive effects of music and dance training in children.

    Article • Archives of Scientific Psychology, November 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  3. Musical training, bilingualism, and executive function: working memory and inhibitory control

    Article • Cognitive Research Principles and Implications, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Melody Wiseheart

  4. Lack of spacing effects during piano learning

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2017, PLOS

    Melody Wiseheart

  5. The spacing effect in older and younger adults: does context matter?

    Article • Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Melody Wiseheart

  6. Interaction of bilingualism and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in young adults

    Article • Bilingualism Language and Cognition, January 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Melody Wiseheart, Ellen Bialystok

  7. Myelination Is Associated with Processing Speed in Early Childhood: Preliminary Insights

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2015, PLOS

    Melody Wiseheart

  8. Cognitive flexibility in young children: General or task-specific capacity?

    Article • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Melody Wiseheart

  9. Spacing in a simulated undergraduate classroom: Long-term benefits for factual and higher-level learning

    Article • Learning and Instruction, April 2015, Elsevier

    Melody Wiseheart

  10. Flexibility in task switching by monolinguals and bilinguals

    Article • Bilingualism Language and Cognition, December 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Melody Wiseheart

  11. Musical Training, Bilingualism, and Executive Function: A Closer Look at Task Switching and Dual-Task Performance

    Article • Cognitive Science, October 2014, Wiley

    Melody Wiseheart

  12. A developmental window into trade-offs in executive function: The case of task switching versus response inhibition in 6-year-olds

    Article • Neuropsychologia, September 2014, Elsevier

    Melody Wiseheart

  13. Contracting, equal, and expanding learning schedules: The optimal distribution of learning sessions depends on retention interval

    Article • Memory & Cognition, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Melody Wiseheart

  14. Psychological Research on Memory, Meet the Real World

    Article • Zeitschrift für Psychologie, January 2014, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Melody Wiseheart

  15. Long-term spacing effect benefits in developmental amnesia: Case experiments in rehabilitation.

    Article • Neuropsychology, January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  16. Long-term memory, sleep, and the spacing effect

    Article • Memory, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Melody Wiseheart

  17. Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers

    Article • Computers & Education, March 2013, Elsevier

    Melody Wiseheart

  18. Speed isn't everything: complex processing speed measures mask individual differences and developmental changes in executive control

    Article • Developmental Science, February 2013, Wiley

    Melody Wiseheart

  19. Call for Papers: “Applied Memory Research”

    Article • Zeitschrift für Psychologie, January 2013, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Melody Wiseheart

  20. Short-Term Music Training Enhances Verbal Intelligence and Executive Function

    Article • Psychological Science, October 2011, SAGE Publications

    Melody Wiseheart

  21. Spacing effects in real-world classroom vocabulary learning

    Article • Applied Cognitive Psychology, September 2010, Wiley

    Melody Wiseheart

  22. Using tests to enhance 8th grade students' retention of U.S. history facts

    Article • Applied Cognitive Psychology, September 2009, Wiley

    Melody Wiseheart

  23. When simple things are meaningful: Working memory strength predicts children’s cognitive flexibility

    Article • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, June 2009, Elsevier

    Melody Wiseheart

  24. Optimizing Distributed Practice

    Article • Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie), January 2009, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Melody Wiseheart

  25. Why do children perseverate when they seem to know better: Graded working memory, or directed inhibition?

    Article • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Melody Wiseheart

  26. Enhancing learning and retarding forgetting: Choices and consequences

    Article • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Melody Wiseheart

  27. The effect of overlearning on long-term retention

    Article • Applied Cognitive Psychology, January 2005, Wiley

    Melody Wiseheart

  28. Methylphenidate Effects on Task-Switching Performance in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Article • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, November 2001, Elsevier

    Melody Wiseheart

  29. Changes in executive control across the life span: Examination of task-switching performance.

    Article • Developmental Psychology, January 2001, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  30. Strategic effects on object-based attentional selection

    Article • Acta Psychologica, November 1999, Elsevier

    Melody Wiseheart

  31. Spatial selection via feature-driven inhibition of distractor locations

    Article • Perception & Psychophysics, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Melody Wiseheart

  32. Memory for visual motion.

    Article • Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance, January 1997, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  33. Memory for visual motion.

    Article • Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance, January 1997, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  34. The Influence of Dance and Music Training on Task Switching in Children

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  35. Expanding, Contracting, or Equal Learning Schedules? The Optimal Distribution of Learning Sessions Depends on Retention Interval

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  36. Memory for Visual Motion

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  37. Spacing Effect, Practical Applications

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Melody Wiseheart

  38. Predicting the optimal spacing of study: A multiscale context model

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  39. Extending the spacing effect beyond fact learning in a mock classroom setting

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  40. Effects of Bilingualism on Flexibility and Abstract Reasoning

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  41. Distributed Practice in Real-World Classroom Vocabulary Learning

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  42. The Spacing Effect: Useful or Just Interesting?

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart

  43. Applying the Principles of Testing and Spacing to Long-Term Retention of Course Information

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melody Wiseheart