Eric D Leshikar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4412397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric D Leshikar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric D |
| FAMILY NAME | Leshikar |
| SIGNATURE | LESHIKAR E D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5099-841X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Strength of social episodic memory influences subsequent social decisions
Many social factors influence decisions to approach or avoid social targets, but less research has directly investigated the impact of cognitive factors, such as memory, on such social decisions. Recent work has shown that social episodic memory (i.e., memory for specific details associated with specific social targets based on prior experiences) can influence subsequent approach/avoidance decisions. The goal of the current study is to investigat…
Environmental sounds impact memory: Effects of city‐related and nature‐related sounds on episodic memory
Research from a broad range of scientific disciplines suggests that aspects of city environments, such as city‐related sounds, are associated with poor health and cognitive outcomes, whereas aspects of natural environments are associated with positive outcomes. Strikingly, essentially, no experimental work has examined effects of city‐ as well as nature‐related sound exposure on episodic memory, which is surprising given that people often live in…
Similarity to the self influences memory for social targets
The construct of the self is important in the domain of memory research. Recent work has shown that person memory is influenced by similarity of social targets to the self. The current experiments investigate self-similarity as defined by traits and political ideology to better understand how memory for social targets is organised. Across three experiments, participants formed positive or negative impressions based on each target’s picture, a tra…
The influence of memory for impressions based on behaviours and beliefs on approach/avoidance decisions
Recent work has shown that memory for various types of information associated with social targets (impressions based on behaviours and political ideology) influences decisions to approach or avoid those same targets. The current study was intended to better understand the extent that memory for other types of details associated with targets (beliefs and behaviours) affects subsequent approach/avoidance decisions. In this investigation, participan…
The influence of memory on approach and avoidance decisions: Investigating the role of episodic memory in social decision making
Contextual Framework of the Generation Effect
In the modern era of psychology, researchers have used experiments to increase understanding of human memory, leading to the discovery of many memory phenomena. One example is the generation effect, where self-generating information often improves later memory for that information compared to reading. However, general assertions about memory such as the generation effect are often limited by boundary conditions, or situations where these effects …
Predicting and remembering the behaviors of social targets: How prediction accuracy affects episodic memory
Overall, finding better memory for prediction-consistent outcomes may reflect an adaptive function in memory, where people show enhanced memory for episodes when they play out as predicted, and aligned with the current contents of memory
Less Constrained Practice Tests Enhance the Testing Effect for Item Memory but Not Context Memory
Research shows that retrieval practice, compared with restudying, improves memory for previously learned information (i.e., testing effect); however, less work has examined testing effects for context memory (i.e., memory for associated details encountered at study). The present investigation examines the extent to which giving less information (i.e., fewer constraints) on a practice test improves item and context (source and font color) memory o…
Theories of the generation effect and the impact of generation constraint: A meta-analytic review
Fewer generation constraints increase the generation effect for item and source memory through enhanced relational processing
Memory is often better for information that is self-generated versus read (i.e. the generation effect). Theoretical work attributes the generation effect to two mechanisms: enhanced item-specific and relational processing (i.e. the two-factor theory). Recent work has demonstrated that the generation effect increases when generation tasks place lower, relative to higher, constraints on what participants can self-generate. This study examined wheth…
Future thinking about social targets: The influence of prediction outcome on memory
Differential Age Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Associative Memory
Although effective in younger adults, these results suggest that older adults may be resistant to this intervention, at least under the stimulation parameters used in the current study. This finding is inconsistent with a commonly seen trend, where tDCS effects on cognition are larger in older than younger adults
Similarity to the Self Affects Memory for Impressions of Others in Younger and Older Adults
Results suggest that self-reference effects in impression memory are preserved with age and that older adults exhibit positivity effects in person memory consistent with previous findings
Differential Age Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Associative Memory
Although effective in younger adults, these results suggest that older adults may be resistant to this intervention, at least under the stimulation parameters used in the current study. This finding is inconsistent with a commonly seen trend, where tDCS effects on cognition are larger in older than younger adults
Similarity to the Self Affects Memory for Impressions of Others in Younger and Older Adults
Results suggest that self-reference effects in impression memory are preserved with age and that older adults exhibit positivity effects in person memory consistent with previous findings
Similarity to the Self Affects Memory for Impressions of Others in Younger and Older Adults
Results suggest that self-reference effects in impression memory are preserved with age and that older adults exhibit positivity effects in person memory consistent with previous findings
Differential Age Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Associative Memory
Although effective in younger adults, these results suggest that older adults may be resistant to this intervention, at least under the stimulation parameters used in the current study. This finding is inconsistent with a commonly seen trend, where tDCS effects on cognition are larger in older than younger adults
Theories of the generation effect and the impact of generation constraint: A meta-analytic review
Fewer generation constraints increase the generation effect for item and source memory through enhanced relational processing
Memory is often better for information that is self-generated versus read (i.e. the generation effect). Theoretical work attributes the generation effect to two mechanisms: enhanced item-specific and relational processing (i.e. the two-factor theory). Recent work has demonstrated that the generation effect increases when generation tasks place lower, relative to higher, constraints on what participants can self-generate. This study examined wheth…
Future thinking about social targets: The influence of prediction outcome on memory
Less Constrained Practice Tests Enhance the Testing Effect for Item Memory but Not Context Memory
Research shows that retrieval practice, compared with restudying, improves memory for previously learned information (i.e., testing effect); however, less work has examined testing effects for context memory (i.e., memory for associated details encountered at study). The present investigation examines the extent to which giving less information (i.e., fewer constraints) on a practice test improves item and context (source and font color) memory o…
The influence of memory for impressions based on behaviours and beliefs on approach/avoidance decisions
Recent work has shown that memory for various types of information associated with social targets (impressions based on behaviours and political ideology) influences decisions to approach or avoid those same targets. The current study was intended to better understand the extent that memory for other types of details associated with targets (beliefs and behaviours) affects subsequent approach/avoidance decisions. In this investigation, participan…
The influence of memory on approach and avoidance decisions: Investigating the role of episodic memory in social decision making
Contextual Framework of the Generation Effect
In the modern era of psychology, researchers have used experiments to increase understanding of human memory, leading to the discovery of many memory phenomena. One example is the generation effect, where self-generating information often improves later memory for that information compared to reading. However, general assertions about memory such as the generation effect are often limited by boundary conditions, or situations where these effects …
Predicting and remembering the behaviors of social targets: How prediction accuracy affects episodic memory
Overall, finding better memory for prediction-consistent outcomes may reflect an adaptive function in memory, where people show enhanced memory for episodes when they play out as predicted, and aligned with the current contents of memory
Similarity to the self influences memory for social targets
The construct of the self is important in the domain of memory research. Recent work has shown that person memory is influenced by similarity of social targets to the self. The current experiments investigate self-similarity as defined by traits and political ideology to better understand how memory for social targets is organised. Across three experiments, participants formed positive or negative impressions based on each target’s picture, a tra…
Environmental sounds impact memory: Effects of city‐related and nature‐related sounds on episodic memory
Research from a broad range of scientific disciplines suggests that aspects of city environments, such as city‐related sounds, are associated with poor health and cognitive outcomes, whereas aspects of natural environments are associated with positive outcomes. Strikingly, essentially, no experimental work has examined effects of city‐ as well as nature‐related sound exposure on episodic memory, which is surprising given that people often live in…
Strength of social episodic memory influences subsequent social decisions
Many social factors influence decisions to approach or avoid social targets, but less research has directly investigated the impact of cognitive factors, such as memory, on such social decisions. Recent work has shown that social episodic memory (i.e., memory for specific details associated with specific social targets based on prior experiences) can influence subsequent approach/avoidance decisions. The goal of the current study is to investigat…
Psychology (12 works) · Cognitive psychology (11 works) · Memory Processes and Influences (9 works) · Cognition (8 works) · Episodic memory (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Cognitive Functions and Memory (3 works) · Context-dependent memory (3 works)