Beth Fairfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 5855090 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beth Fairfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beth |
| FAMILY NAME | Fairfield |
| SIGNATURE | FAIRFIELD B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chieti-Pescara |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5237-8230 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cognitive and Psychological Transfer Effects of Length-Dependent Working Memory Training in Healthy Older Adults
The verbal working memory training proposed by Borella and co-authors found specific and transfer effects among older adults. However, the effective training lengths needed to maximize transfer effects are not yet clear. Also, far-transfer effects related to psychological well-being and subjective health are still under debate. The present study aimed to assess gains and transfer effects of a modified version of the WM training protocol by Borell…
Living Labs in digital health: A collaborative ecosystem approach for continuum of care
Introduction: Living Labs (LLs) are increasingly recognized in healthcare as collaborative environments that drive digital health innovation through stakeholder co-creation in real-world settings. However, existing research has predominantly conceptualized LLs as experimental testbeds for technology validation, neglecting their broader systemic potential in integrated health services. Objectives: This study seeks to advance the understanding of L…
Collaborative encoding with a new categorization task: A contribution to collaborative memory research
Collaborative memory research has focused primarily on the effects of collaboration at recall with collaboration during encoding receiving less attention. In the present study, collaboration was investigated both at encoding and at retrieval to determine its effects and possible interactions. The aim was to clarify whether the collaborative inhibition effect depended on whether the encoding was with the same or with a different partner. A total o…
Colored valence in a lexical decision task
Color influences behavior, from the simplest to the most complex, through controlled and more automatic information elaboration processes. Nonetheless, little is known about how and when these highly interconnected processes interact. This study investigates the interaction between controlled and automatic processes during the processing of color information in a lexical decision task. Participants discriminated stimuli presented in different col…
Metacognition in working memory: Confidence judgments during an n-back task
Metacognition in working memory (WM) has received less attention than episodic memory, and few studies have investigated confidence judgements while carrying out a verbal WM task. The present study investigated whether individuals are aware of their own level of performance while carrying out an ongoing verbal WM task, and whether judgments of confidence are sensitive to factors that determine WM performance. A verbal n-back task was adapted to o…
National identity in younger Italians in Central Italy before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: A pilot study
Social cohesion, associated with lower levels of psychological distress, is a predictor of recovery in emergency situations that may be enhanced by social identities such as national identity. We examined changes in opinions regarding closeness to the nation, patriotism, nationalism, immigration, and opinions about the European Union by administering the National Identity Questionnaire to younger Italian adults living in Central Italy six months …
Memory for item–location bindings is enhanced in older adults with appetitive motivationally laden pictures
Crossmodal congruency effects between sound and food pictures in a forced-choice task
When twice is better than once: Increased liking of repeated items influences memory in younger and older adults
The findings are discussed in accordance with the mechanisms underlying positivity effects in memory and the effect of repetition on memory encoding
Emotional Prosody Effects on Verbal Memory in Euthymic Patients With Bipolar Disorder
A growing body of evidence suggests that emotional prosody influences the ability to remember verbal information. Although bipolar disorder (BD) has been shown to be associated with deficits in verbal memory and emotional processing, the relation between these processes in this population remains unclear. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the impact of emotional prosody on verbal memory in euthymic BD patients compared with controls. …
A Validation Study of the Psychometric Properties of the Other As Shamer Scale–2
External shame is associated to social and emotional difficulties, which are predictors of psychological disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the shorter Italian version of the Other As Shamer Scale (OAS-2), a measure of external shame. Confirmatory factor analysis was used in a sample of 612 (54.2% male) Italian undergraduate students. Evidence for this model provided support for the assumptio…
False Memories for Affective Information in Schizophrenia
Studies have shown a direct link between memory for emotionally salient experiences and false memories. In particular, emotionally arousing material of negative and positive valence enhanced reality monitoring compared to neutral material since emotional stimuli can be encoded with more contextual details and thereby facilitate the distinction between presented and imagined stimuli. Individuals with schizophrenia appear to be impaired in both rea…
The Role of Cognitive Operations in Reality Monitoring: A Study With Healthy Older Adults and Alzheimer's-Type Dementia
The authors examined the role of cognitive operations in discriminations between externally and internally generated events (e.g., reality monitoring) in healthy and pathological aging. The authors used 2 reality-monitoring distinctions to manipulate the quantity and quality of necessary cognitive operations: discriminating between I performed versus I imagined performing and between I watched another perform versus I imagined another performing.…
The Role of Cognitive Operations in Reality Monitoring: A Study With Healthy Older Adults and Alzheimer's-Type Dementia
The authors examined the role of cognitive operations in discriminations between externally and internally generated events (e.g., reality monitoring) in healthy and pathological aging. The authors used 2 reality-monitoring distinctions to manipulate the quantity and quality of necessary cognitive operations: discriminating between I performed versus I imagined performing and between I watched another perform versus I imagined another performing.…
The Role of Cognitive Operations in Reality Monitoring: A Study With Healthy Older Adults and Alzheimer's-Type Dementia
The authors examined the role of cognitive operations in discriminations between externally and internally generated events (e.g., reality monitoring) in healthy and pathological aging. The authors used 2 reality-monitoring distinctions to manipulate the quantity and quality of necessary cognitive operations: discriminating between I performed versus I imagined performing and between I watched another perform versus I imagined another performing.…
False Memories for Affective Information in Schizophrenia
Studies have shown a direct link between memory for emotionally salient experiences and false memories. In particular, emotionally arousing material of negative and positive valence enhanced reality monitoring compared to neutral material since emotional stimuli can be encoded with more contextual details and thereby facilitate the distinction between presented and imagined stimuli. Individuals with schizophrenia appear to be impaired in both rea…
A Validation Study of the Psychometric Properties of the Other As Shamer Scale–2
External shame is associated to social and emotional difficulties, which are predictors of psychological disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the shorter Italian version of the Other As Shamer Scale (OAS-2), a measure of external shame. Confirmatory factor analysis was used in a sample of 612 (54.2% male) Italian undergraduate students. Evidence for this model provided support for the assumptio…
Emotional Prosody Effects on Verbal Memory in Euthymic Patients With Bipolar Disorder
A growing body of evidence suggests that emotional prosody influences the ability to remember verbal information. Although bipolar disorder (BD) has been shown to be associated with deficits in verbal memory and emotional processing, the relation between these processes in this population remains unclear. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the impact of emotional prosody on verbal memory in euthymic BD patients compared with controls. …
Memory for item–location bindings is enhanced in older adults with appetitive motivationally laden pictures
Crossmodal congruency effects between sound and food pictures in a forced-choice task
When twice is better than once: Increased liking of repeated items influences memory in younger and older adults
The findings are discussed in accordance with the mechanisms underlying positivity effects in memory and the effect of repetition on memory encoding
National identity in younger Italians in Central Italy before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: A pilot study
Social cohesion, associated with lower levels of psychological distress, is a predictor of recovery in emergency situations that may be enhanced by social identities such as national identity. We examined changes in opinions regarding closeness to the nation, patriotism, nationalism, immigration, and opinions about the European Union by administering the National Identity Questionnaire to younger Italian adults living in Central Italy six months …
Metacognition in working memory: Confidence judgments during an n-back task
Metacognition in working memory (WM) has received less attention than episodic memory, and few studies have investigated confidence judgements while carrying out a verbal WM task. The present study investigated whether individuals are aware of their own level of performance while carrying out an ongoing verbal WM task, and whether judgments of confidence are sensitive to factors that determine WM performance. A verbal n-back task was adapted to o…
Collaborative encoding with a new categorization task: A contribution to collaborative memory research
Collaborative memory research has focused primarily on the effects of collaboration at recall with collaboration during encoding receiving less attention. In the present study, collaboration was investigated both at encoding and at retrieval to determine its effects and possible interactions. The aim was to clarify whether the collaborative inhibition effect depended on whether the encoding was with the same or with a different partner. A total o…
Colored valence in a lexical decision task
Color influences behavior, from the simplest to the most complex, through controlled and more automatic information elaboration processes. Nonetheless, little is known about how and when these highly interconnected processes interact. This study investigates the interaction between controlled and automatic processes during the processing of color information in a lexical decision task. Participants discriminated stimuli presented in different col…
Cognitive and Psychological Transfer Effects of Length-Dependent Working Memory Training in Healthy Older Adults
The verbal working memory training proposed by Borella and co-authors found specific and transfer effects among older adults. However, the effective training lengths needed to maximize transfer effects are not yet clear. Also, far-transfer effects related to psychological well-being and subjective health are still under debate. The present study aimed to assess gains and transfer effects of a modified version of the WM training protocol by Borell…
Living Labs in digital health: A collaborative ecosystem approach for continuum of care
Introduction: Living Labs (LLs) are increasingly recognized in healthcare as collaborative environments that drive digital health innovation through stakeholder co-creation in real-world settings. However, existing research has predominantly conceptualized LLs as experimental testbeds for technology validation, neglecting their broader systemic potential in integrated health services. Objectives: This study seeks to advance the understanding of L…
Psychology (11 works) · Cognitive psychology (9 works) · Cognition (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Memory Processes and Influences (6 works) · Neuroscience (6 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (5 works) · Perception (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)