My research interests include:
- How sleep loss affects long-term memory
- How cognitive challenges (like sleep loss and stress) influence memory updating
- How explanations inform meta-memory judgments and later learning
My current peer-reviewed publications:
Richmann, C., Kurinec, C. A., & Osburn, F. (Accepted). Developing and assessing empathy through study of Christian heresies in an introductory Christian history and theology course. Wabash Center Journal on Teaching.
Richmann, C., Kurinec, C. A., & Millsap, M. (2020). Syllabus language, teaching style, and instructor self-perception: Toward congruence. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4(2), 1-10. doi: 10.20429/ijsotl.2020.140204
Kurinec, C. A., Wise, A. V. T., Cavazos, C. A., Reyes, E. M., & Weaver, C. A. (2019). Clarity under cognitive constraint: Can a simple directive encourage busy speakers to avoid ambiguity? Language and Cognition. doi: 10.1017/langcog.2019.40
Kurinec, C. A., & Weaver, C. A. (2019). Dialect on trial: Use of African American Vernacular English influences juror appraisals. Psychology, Crime & Law, 25, 803-828. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2019.1597086
Kurinec, C. A., & Weaver, C. A. (2018). Do memory-focused jury instructions moderate the influence of eyewitness word choice? Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 14, 55-69.
Scullin, M. K., McDaniel, M. A., Dasse, M., Lee, J., Kurinec, C., Tami, C., & Krueger, M. (2018). Thought probes during prospective memory encoding: Evidence for perfunctory processes. PLoS One, 13, e0198646. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198646
Scullin, M. K., Kurinec, C. A., & Nguyen, K., (2017). About the encoding of prospective memory intentions, II: Pre-registered experiments on implementation intention strategies. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 29, 929-938. doi: 10.1080/20445911.2017.1329205
Shenberger-Trujillo, J., & Kurinec, C. (2016). Bridging the Research to Application Divide: Recommendations for Community-Based Participatory Research in a Military Setting. Military Behavioral Health, 4, 316-324. doi: 10.1080/21635781.2016.1181580
My publications currently under review or in preparation:
Kurinec, C. A., Whitney, P., Hinson, J. M., & Van Dongen, H. P. A. (Revise & resubmit). Sleep loss impairs binding of items with contexts independent of item valence.
Kurinec, C. A., & Weaver, C. A. (Submitted) Weakening laypersons’ “Illusion of Memory Knowledge”: Explaining memory concepts may improve later evaluation of eyewitness evidence.
Leman, J., Kurinec, C., & Rowatt, W. (Revise & resubmit). Overconfident and unaware: Intellectual humility and the calibration of metacognition.
My current grants include:
- Spring 2017: The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Clara Mayo Award — $750
- Fall 2016: American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Grants-in-Aid — $635
My most recent posters and presentations include:
Acquired knowledge differences don’t fully explain reversal learning deficits under sleep deprivation. Poster presented at the 2020 meeting of the Psychonomic Society, virtual.
Challenging mock juror knowledge about memory can improve evaluation of eyewitness evidence. Poster presented at the 2019 meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Montreal, QC.
Teaching laypersons about memory: Can challenging knowledge improve later learning? Talk conducted at the 2019 American Psychology-Law Society conference, Portland, OR.
“Sounding Black”: Does voice stereotypicality influence expectations about appearance? Talk conducted at the 2019 American Psychology-Law Society conference, Portland, OR.
Dialect on trial: Bias against AAVE influences juror appraisals and potentially decision making. Talk presented at the 2018 meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society conference, Memphis, TN.
No ‘double bind’? Female lawyers seen as both competent and warm. Poster presented at the 2018 meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society conference, Memphis, TN.
Courtney A. Kurinec 