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John West

Visiting Assistant Professor
Psychology
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Phone
Campus Box

0407

Address
McCreary Hall

I am a cognitive psychologist who studies human memory. I am particularly interested in answering the following questions:

  • How do the emotions we experience during events affect how we remember them later?
  • What factors impact the accuracy with which witnesses remember crimes?
  • What are the characteristics of older adults who are most at risk for memory errors?

For further details regarding my research interests, please see my personal website using the link above.

Education

PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2023MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020BS, George Mason University, 2016

Academic Focus

Memory, Emotion, Eyewitness Memory, Cognitive Aging