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Alan Castel [Edit Page]

Associate Professor

Ph. D., University of Toronto (2004)

Cognitive Psychology


Contact Information

Office: 7635 Franz Hall

Phone: (310) 206-9262

E-mail: castel@psych.ucla.edu



Research and Teaching Interests

How do we remember and why do we forget, and how does this change across the adult lifespan?  In general, my research interests focus on human memory, attention and cognitive aging. This includes the strategic control over memory and attentional processes, how value influences memory, expertise, visual attention, memory for numerical information, neuropsychological and behavioral models of associative memory and aging, metacognition and decision making, and how various memory disorders influence performance.  In addition, I am interested in applied aspects of learning, memory, and cognition.


Publications

Alan Castel's Publications  pdf icon

Representative Publications

  • McGillivray, S., & Castel, A. D. (2011). Betting on memory leads to metacognitive improvement in younger and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 26, 137-142. 

  • Castel, A. D., Balota, D. A., & McCabe, D. P. (2009). Memory efficiency and the strategic control of attention at encoding: Impairments of value-directed remembering in Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychology, 23, 297-306. 
  • Rhodes, M. G., & Castel, A. D. (2008). Memory predictions are influenced by perceptual information: Evidence for metacognitive illusions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 615–625. 
  • Castel, A. D. (2007). Aging and memory for numerical information: The role of specificity and expertise in associative memory. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 62, 194-196.  
  • Castel, A. D., McCabe, D. P., Roediger, H. L., III, & Heitman, J. L. (2007). The dark side of expertise: Domain specific memory errors.  Psychological Science, 18, 3-5.  
  • Castel, A. D., Farb, N., & Craik, F. I. M. (2007). Memory for general and specific value information in younger and older adults: Measuring the limits of strategic control. Memory & Cognition, 35, 689-700. 
  • Castel, A. D. (2005). Memory for grocery prices in younger and older adults: The role of schematic support. Psychology and Aging, 20, 718–721.   

Alan Castel's Research and the Memory & Lifespan Cognition Lab

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