Research Interests
My research focuses on the processes by which human memory operates. I am particularly interested in understanding how we recognize that an event has occurred in our recent past, as well as the influence of unconscious forms of memory on our behavior.
Publications (* indicates Middlebury student)
Hirshman, E. & Arndt, J. (1997). Discriminating alternative conceptions of false recognition: The cases of word concreteness and word frequency. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 23, 1306-1323.
Arndt, J. & Hirshman, E. (1998). True and false recognition in MINERVA2: Explanations of a global matching perspective. Journal of Memory and Language, 39, 371-391.
Hirshman, E., Passannante, A., & Arndt, J. (1999). The effect of midazolam on the modality-match effect in implicit memory. Cognitive Brain Research, 7, 473-479.
Hirshman, E., Passannante, A., & Arndt, J. (2001). Midazolam amnesia and conceptual processing in implicit memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 130, 453-465.
Arndt, J. & Reder, L. (2002). Word frequency and receiver operating characteristic curves in recognition memory: Evidence for a dual-process interpretation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28, 830-842.
Hirshman, E., Fisher, J., Henthorn, T., Arndt, J., & Passannante, A. (2002). Midazolam amnesia and dual-process models of the word frequency mirror effect. Journal of Memory and Language, 47, 499-516. [lead article]
Arndt, J., & Reder, L. M. (2003) The effect of distinctive visual information on false recognition. Journal of Memory and Language, 48, 1-15. [lead article]
Hirshman, E., Fisher, J., Henthorn, T., Arndt, J., & Passannante, A. (2003). Midazolam amnesia and retrieval from semantic memory: Developing methods to test theories of implicit memory. Brain & Cognition, 53, 427-432. [lead article]
Hirshman, E., Fisher, J., Henthorn, T., Arndt, J., & Passannante, A. (2003). The effect of midazolam on conscious, controlled processing: Evidence from the Process-Dissociation Procedure. Memory & Cognition, 31, 1181-1187.
Arndt, J., Passannante, A., & Hirshman, E. (2004). The effect of midazolam on implicit and explicit memory in category exemplar production and category cued recall. Memory, 12, 158-173.
Arndt, J. (2006). Distinctive information and false recognition: The contribution of encoding and retrieval factors. Journal of Memory and Language, 54, 113-130.
Fisher, J., Hirshman, E., Henthorn, T., Arndt, J., & Passannante, A. (2006). Midazolam amnesia and short-term/working memory processes. Consciousness and Cognition, 15, 54-63.
Diana, R.A., Reder, L.M., Arndt, J., & Park, H. (2006). Models of recognition: A review of arguments in favor of a dual-process account. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 1-21. [lead article]
Park, H., Arndt, J., & Reder, L. (in press). A contextual interference account of distinctiveness effects in recognition. Memory & Cognition.
Arndt, J., & Gould, C.* (in press). An examination of two-process theories of false recognition. Memory.
Grants
National Science Foundation REU grant: Research in Psychology: Discovering the Process, $60,000. Co-PI with Michelle McCauley.
Editorial Service
Consulting editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2003-present
Editorial Board, Psychological Science, 2003-present
Ad-hoc reviewer
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Journal of Memory and Language
Memory & Cognition
Psychological Review
Psychological Science
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Trends in Cognitive Science
Presentations
Schreiber, T., Zhu, X., & Arndt, J. (1995). Separating context-free and context dependent processes in implicit and explicit memory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Hirshman, E., Master, S., & Arndt, J. (1995). Encoding variables and the mirror effect. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Arndt, J., & Hirshman, E. (1996). Encoding variables and the mirror effect. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Carolina Cognition Group, Greensboro, NC.
Arndt, J., & Hirshman, E. (1997). False Recognition: A computational approach. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Carolina Cognition Group, Chapel Hill, NC.
Arndt, J., & Hirshman, E. (1997). Applying MINERVA2 to false recognition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Hirshman, E., Passannante, A., & Arndt, J. (1998). Using midazolam to examine the modality-match effect in implicit memory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Dallas, TX.
Hirshman, E., Passannante, A., & Arndt, J. (1999). The influence of midazolam on the modality-match effect in implicit memory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Carolina Cognition Group, Raleigh, NC.
Arndt, J., Hirshman, E., & Passannante, A. (1999). Is there implicit memory for semantic associations? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Carolina Cognition Group, Raleigh, NC.
Arndt, J., Passannante, A., & Hirshman, E. (1999). Midazolam and the influence of conceptual processing on implicit memory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Arndt, J., Passannante, A., & Hirshman, E. (2001). Midazolam amnesia and conceptually based implicit memory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL.
Arndt, J. & Reder, L. M. (2001). Evidence for a dual-process interpretation of the word frequency mirror effect. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL.
Arndt, J. & Reder, L. M. (2002). The effect of distinctive visual information on false recognition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Kansas City, MO.
Hirshman, E., Fisher, J., Henthorn, T., Arndt, J. & Passannante, A. (2002). The effect of midazolam on performance in the exclusion and inclusion tasks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Kansas City, MO.
Arndt, J. (2003). Word frequency and models of recognition memory. Invited talk given at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Arndt, J. & Dumas, J. (2003). The contribution of perceptual mechanisms to the spacing effect. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Park, H., Arndt, J., & Reder, L.M. (2003). Distinctiveness: An operational definition with empirical support. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Arndt, J., & Lee, K.* (2004). The effect of blocking study list presentation on false recognition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.
Arndt, J., & Carney, J.* (2004). Distinctive visual information and false recognition: The role of encoding and retrieval factors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.
Gould, C.* & Arndt, J. (2005). The effects of repetition, associates and retrieval speed on false memory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Arndt, J. (2005). Perceptually-based memories of events that were never perceived. Invited talk given at Psychology Department Colloquium, Colby College, Waterville, ME.
Arndt, J., Osborne, A., Stone, M.*, Carney, J.*, & Lee, K.* (2005). Does distinctive visual information enhance monitoring of false memories? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON.
Devine, M.K.*, Toelle, M., Lam, C.F.*, Sindel, C.*, Swearengin, L., Gould, C.*, & Arndt, J. (2006). The effects of associative strength, study time, and retrieval speed on false memory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Lam, C.F.*, Sindel, C.*, Swearengin, L., Devine, M.K.*, Toelle, M., & Arndt, J. (2006). False memory for the visual presentation of words that were never seen. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.