Dr. Lisa Geraci

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Stony Brook University (2001)

Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235

Office: 241 Psychology Building
email: lgeraci@tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-2585
Fax: (979) 845-4727

• Implicit Memory
• Memory for distinctive events
• Aging and memory
• Conscious experiences of memory

I am interested in the various levels of conscious experience that are associated with memory. The majority of my work focuses on the distinction between implicit and explicit memory and the factors that influence these forms of memory. I am particularly interested in memory for unusual events and whether performance on implicit memory tests can benefit from distinctiveness in the same way that explicit memory performance benefits from distinctiveness. A separate line of research examines people's subjective experiences of memory. This work examines the factors that give rise to various levels of conscious experiences associated with memory. Lastly, I have applied these areas of research to understanding the memory changes that occur with aging.

National Institute on Aging Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Pilot Grant. Aging and implicit memory: The role of task demands and neurological functioning. PI. 2004-2005.

National Institutes on Health Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program. Memory and aging. PI. 2004 to present.

The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Faculty Fellowship. Unconscious forms of memory may be spared in older adults. PI. 2007-2008.

Texas A&M University Department of Psychology Collaborative Research Grant. Using self affirmation to improve older adults’ memory performance. PI. 2007-2008.

Texas A&M University Faculty Research Enhancement Award. Improving older adults’ memory. PI.
2008-2009.

Texas A&M University Summer Institute for Instructional Technology Innovation Award. Training
metacognition in the classroom. PI. 2009.

Geraci, L. & Hamilton, M. (November, 2005). The role of response competition on age reductions in
implicit memory performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON.

Manzano, I. & Geraci, L. (October, 2006). Delayed judgments of learning predict the isolation effect in
memory. Poster presented at the annual Armadillo Texas Cognition Conference, Lubbock, TX.

Barnhardt, T. & Geraci, L. (November, 2006). Are awareness questionnaires valid? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston, TX.

Guillory, J. & Geraci, L. (October, 2007). Are there two types of memory? Evidence from subjective
judgments. Poster presented at the annual Armadillo Texas Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.

McCabe, D. P. & Geraci, L. (November, 2007). A source miscrecollection account of remember false
alarms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

Geraci, L., Hamilton, M, & Guillory, J. (November, 2008). The influence of word frequency and time of day on age effects in priming. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

2001, American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award.

Geraci, L. & Rajaram, S. (2004). The distinctiveness effect in the absence of conscious recollection:
Evidence from conceptual priming. Journal of Memory and Language, 51, 217-230.

Geraci, L. & McCabe, D. P. (2006). Examining the basis for illusory recollection: The role of
Remember/Know Instructions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 466-473.

Geraci, L. (2006). A test of the frontal lobe hypothesis of age effects in production priming.
Neuropsychology, 20, 530-548.

Roediger, H. L. & Geraci, L. (2007). Older adults’ susceptibility to misinformation: A neuropsychological perspective. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33, 321- 334.

Barnhardt, T. & Geraci, L. (2008). Are awareness questionnaires valid? Investigating the use of post-
test questionnaires for assessing awareness in implicit memory tests. Memory & Cognition, 36, 53-64.

Goode, M., Geraci, L., & Roediger, H. L. (2008) Paradoxical effects of repeated practice: Superiority of variable to repeated practice. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 662-666.

Geraci, L., McDaniel, M. A., Manzano, I., & Roediger, H. L (2009). The influence of aging and frontal
functioning on memory for distinctive events. Memory & Cognition, 37, 175-180.

McCabe, D. P. & Geraci, L. (2009). The role of extra-list associations in false remembering: A
source misattribution account. Memory & Cognition, 37, 143-157.

Geraci, L. & Manzano, I. (2009). Distinctive items are salient at encoding: Delayed judgments of
learning predict the isolation effect. Quarterly Journal Experimental Psychology, 62, 1-14.

McCabe, D. P. & Geraci, L. (2009). The influence of instructions and terminology on remember-
know judgments. Consciousness & Cognition, 18, 401-413.

Geraci, L., McCabe, D., & Guillory, J. (2009). On interpreting the relationship between remember-
know judgments and confidence: The role of instructions. Consciousness & Cognition, 18, 701-709.

Geraci, L. & Hamilton, M. (in press). The role of response competition in mediating age effects on
implicit memory tests. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition.

Undergraduate
PSYC 107: Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 345: Human Cognitive Processes
PSYC 689: Graduate Seminar on Memory and Consciousness