Beatrice G Kuhlmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 6638504 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beatrice G Kuhlmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beatrice G |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuhlmann |
| SIGNATURE | KUHLMANN B G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mannheim |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3235-5717 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Emotional valence boosts partial and specific source memory
Previous research has shown that source memory is enhanced for emotionally valenced sources. However, it remains unclear whether this enhancement relies on better memory for specific source details or merely improved memory for the source-valence category. The present study addresses this question and disentangles emotion-based effects on partial and specific source memory using multinomial modeling. Participants ( N =67) encoded neutral words pa…
Enhanced source memory for emotionally valenced sources
Previous research on whether source memory is enhanced for emotionally valenced sources yielded inconclusive results. To identify potential boundary conditions, we tested whether encoding instructions that promote affective versus different types of non-affective item-source-processing foster versus hamper source-valence effects. In both experiments, we used neutral words as items superimposed on emotional (positive & negative) or neutral picture…
Evaluating the robustness of parameter estimates in cognitive models
We found that the absolute divergence between estimation methods was small on average (<.04; with MPT parameters ranging between 0 and 1); in some cases, however, divergence amounted to nearly the maximum possible range (.97). Divergence was partly explained by few moderators (e.g., the specific MPT model parameter, uncertainty in parameter estimation), but not by other plausible candidate moderators (e.g., parameter trade-offs, parameter correla…
The temporal development of memory processes in source monitoring
The present study investigated whether we first remember an item (e.g., a word itself) and then its source (e.g., position on the screen) or whether the retrieval of item and source information can (partially) overlap. Participants were tested on the source either in immediate sequence to item recognition (as standard in source-monitoring research) or following as a separate block after full completion of the item recognition test to separate the…
Better memory for emotional sources? A systematic evaluation of source valence and arousal in source memory
Emotion-enhanced memory (EEM) describes the robust memory advantage of emotional over non-emotional stimuli. While extensively investigated with emotional items, it is unclear whether the EEM effect extends to source memory for a neutral item's emotional context. In two pre-registered studies, we systematically manipulated source valence (positive, negative) between participants and source arousal (high, low, neutral-low) within participants. In …
Secular Improvements in Cognitive Aging
Cognitive speed increased in both age groups over historical time. Education, employment, volunteering, routine activities, and health were all important in explaining these changes, but their importance differed between age groups
Guess what? Different source-guessing strategies for old versus new information
The probability-matching account states that learned specific episodic contingencies of item types and source dominate over general schematic expectations in source guessing. However, recent evidence from Bell et al. [(2020). Source attributions for detected new items: Persistent evidence for schematic guessing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(9), 1407–1422] suggest that this only applies to source guessing for information that i…
A novel paradigm to assess storage of sources in memory
The present research aimed to devise a test of source recognition that facilitates access to source information stored in memory. Therefore, we extended the standard source-monitoring paradigm, in which items are presented in a source-neutral manner during test, by a second, subsequent test with source reinstatement. In this second test, items (i.e., words) were presented with both study sources (i.e., two speakers) consecutively such that for or…
Multidimensionality of Younger and Older Adults’ Age Stereotypes
The authors investigated the sources of age-stereotype multidimensionality with the help of personal everyday statements that differed with respect to life domain (e.g., family and partnership vs financial matters) and the adjective dimension reflected in the behavior (e.g., autonomous vs instrumental behavior). A total of 368 statements reflecting autonomy-, instrumentality-, or integrity-related behaviors in five different life domains were gen…
Performance predictions affect attentional processes of event-based prospective memory
Secular Improvements in Cognitive Aging
Cognitive speed increased in both age groups over historical time. Education, employment, volunteering, routine activities, and health were all important in explaining these changes, but their importance differed between age groups
Multidimensionality of Younger and Older Adults’ Age Stereotypes
The authors investigated the sources of age-stereotype multidimensionality with the help of personal everyday statements that differed with respect to life domain (e.g., family and partnership vs financial matters) and the adjective dimension reflected in the behavior (e.g., autonomous vs instrumental behavior). A total of 368 statements reflecting autonomy-, instrumentality-, or integrity-related behaviors in five different life domains were gen…
Performance predictions affect attentional processes of event-based prospective memory
Multidimensionality of Younger and Older Adults’ Age Stereotypes
The authors investigated the sources of age-stereotype multidimensionality with the help of personal everyday statements that differed with respect to life domain (e.g., family and partnership vs financial matters) and the adjective dimension reflected in the behavior (e.g., autonomous vs instrumental behavior). A total of 368 statements reflecting autonomy-, instrumentality-, or integrity-related behaviors in five different life domains were gen…
Guess what? Different source-guessing strategies for old versus new information
The probability-matching account states that learned specific episodic contingencies of item types and source dominate over general schematic expectations in source guessing. However, recent evidence from Bell et al. [(2020). Source attributions for detected new items: Persistent evidence for schematic guessing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(9), 1407–1422] suggest that this only applies to source guessing for information that i…
A novel paradigm to assess storage of sources in memory
The present research aimed to devise a test of source recognition that facilitates access to source information stored in memory. Therefore, we extended the standard source-monitoring paradigm, in which items are presented in a source-neutral manner during test, by a second, subsequent test with source reinstatement. In this second test, items (i.e., words) were presented with both study sources (i.e., two speakers) consecutively such that for or…
Better memory for emotional sources? A systematic evaluation of source valence and arousal in source memory
Emotion-enhanced memory (EEM) describes the robust memory advantage of emotional over non-emotional stimuli. While extensively investigated with emotional items, it is unclear whether the EEM effect extends to source memory for a neutral item's emotional context. In two pre-registered studies, we systematically manipulated source valence (positive, negative) between participants and source arousal (high, low, neutral-low) within participants. In …
Secular Improvements in Cognitive Aging
Cognitive speed increased in both age groups over historical time. Education, employment, volunteering, routine activities, and health were all important in explaining these changes, but their importance differed between age groups
The temporal development of memory processes in source monitoring
The present study investigated whether we first remember an item (e.g., a word itself) and then its source (e.g., position on the screen) or whether the retrieval of item and source information can (partially) overlap. Participants were tested on the source either in immediate sequence to item recognition (as standard in source-monitoring research) or following as a separate block after full completion of the item recognition test to separate the…
Enhanced source memory for emotionally valenced sources
Previous research on whether source memory is enhanced for emotionally valenced sources yielded inconclusive results. To identify potential boundary conditions, we tested whether encoding instructions that promote affective versus different types of non-affective item-source-processing foster versus hamper source-valence effects. In both experiments, we used neutral words as items superimposed on emotional (positive & negative) or neutral picture…
Evaluating the robustness of parameter estimates in cognitive models
We found that the absolute divergence between estimation methods was small on average (<.04; with MPT parameters ranging between 0 and 1); in some cases, however, divergence amounted to nearly the maximum possible range (.97). Divergence was partly explained by few moderators (e.g., the specific MPT model parameter, uncertainty in parameter estimation), but not by other plausible candidate moderators (e.g., parameter trade-offs, parameter correla…
Emotional valence boosts partial and specific source memory
Previous research has shown that source memory is enhanced for emotionally valenced sources. However, it remains unclear whether this enhancement relies on better memory for specific source details or merely improved memory for the source-valence category. The present study addresses this question and disentangles emotion-based effects on partial and specific source memory using multinomial modeling. Participants ( N =67) encoded neutral words pa…
Psychology (9 works) · Cognition (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Memory Processes and Influences (6 works) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Statistics (3 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (2 works)