I study aspects of human memory, including false memories (remembering events that did not actually happen), forgetting, memory enhancement, and metamemory (knowledge about our own memory). In addition to studying these aspects separately, I am particularly interested in studying the ways in which they interact, such as how forgetting affects both accurate and false memories. My research also extends to several real-world situations, such as education and eyewitness memory. I use a combination of techniques to study these aspects of memory: In addition to conducting experiments with human participants, I also build and test computer models of memory.

Kimball, D.R. (in press). Feelings of knowing. In T. Bayne, A. Cleeremans, & P. Wilken (Eds.), The Oxford Companion to Consciousness. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kimball, D.R., Bjork, E.L., Bjork, R.A., & Smith, T.A. (2008). Part-list cuing and the dynamics of false recall. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 296-301.

Kimball, D.R., Smith, T.A., & Kahana, M.J. (2007). The fSAM model of false recall. Psychological Review, 114, 954-993.

Sirotin, Y.B., Kimball, D.R., & Kahana, M.J. (2005). Going beyond a single list: Modeling the effects of prior experience on episodic free recall. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 787-805.

Kimball, D.R., & Metcalfe, J. (2003). Delaying judgments of learning affects memory, not metamemory. Memory & Cognition, 31, 918-929.

Kimball, D.R., & Bjork, R.A. (2002). Influences of intentional and unintentional forgetting on false memories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,
131, 116-130.

Kimball, D.R., & Holyoak, K.J. (2000). Transfer and expertise. In E. Tulving & F.I. Craik (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Memory (pp. 109-122). New York: Oxford University Press.

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