Christopher A. Was, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2005 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 
Area:
Educational Psychology Education, Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology

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2021 Hirsch DA, Was CA, Graham EN. Unique Mechanisms for the Availability of Declarative Memory Elements and the Strengthening of Cognitive Operations. Advances in Cognitive Psychology. 17: 149-160. PMID 37711394 DOI: 10.5709/acp-0325-3  0.399
2019 Baranski MFS, Was CA. Can Mindfulness Meditation Improve Short-term and Long-term Academic Achievement in a Higher-education Course? College Teaching. 67: 188-195. DOI: 10.1080/87567555.2019.1594150  0.33
2018 Was C, Woltz D, Hirsch D. Memory processes underlying long-term semantic priming. Memory & Cognition. PMID 30338486 DOI: 10.3758/S13421-018-0867-8  0.696
2018 Zamary A, Rawson KA, Was CA. Do complex span and content-embedded working memory tasks predict unique variance in inductive reasoning? Behavior Research Methods. PMID 30128889 DOI: 10.3758/S13428-018-1104-X  0.367
2018 Blasiman RN, Was CA. Why Is Working Memory Performance Unstable? A Review of 21 Factors. Europe's Journal of Psychology. 14: 188-231. PMID 29899806 DOI: 10.5964/Ejop.V14I1.1472  0.389
2018 Baranski MFS, Was CA. A More Rigorous Examination of the Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Working Memory Capacity Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. 2: 225-239. DOI: 10.1007/S41465-018-0064-5  0.423
2017 Was CA. The Long and Short of Human Memory Research Psyccritiques. 62. DOI: 10.1037/A0040745  0.474
2017 Baranski M, Was CA. Mindfulness Meditation May Not Increase False-Memory and May Instead Protect from False-Memory Susceptibility Mindfulness. 8: 1569-1579. DOI: 10.1007/S12671-017-0729-7  0.528
2016 Was CA, Al-Harthy IS. Persistence of overconfidence in young children: Factors that lead to more accurate predictions of memory performance European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 15: 156-171. DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2016.1264936  0.458
2016 Hollis RB, Was CA. Mind wandering, control failures, and social media distractions in online learning Learning and Instruction. 42: 104-112. DOI: 10.1016/J.Learninstruc.2016.01.007  0.383
2014 Alogna VK, Attaya MK, Aucoin P, Bahník Š, Birch S, Birt AR, Bornstein BH, Bouwmeester S, Brandimonte MA, Brown C, Buswell K, Carlson C, Carlson M, Chu S, Cislak A, ... ... Was CA, et al. Registered Replication Report: Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990). Perspectives On Psychological Science : a Journal of the Association For Psychological Science. 9: 556-78. PMID 26186758 DOI: 10.1177/1745691614545653  0.41
2014 Smith FX, Was CA. Efficient cognitive operations predict skill acquisition Learning and Individual Differences. 29: 30-40. DOI: 10.1016/J.Lindif.2013.10.011  0.428
2012 Hartwig MK, Was CA, Isaacson RM, Dunlosky J. General knowledge monitoring as a predictor of in-class exam performance. The British Journal of Educational Psychology. 82: 456-68. PMID 22881049 DOI: 10.1111/J.2044-8279.2011.02038.X  0.301
2012 Was CA, Dunlosky J, Bailey H, Rawson KA. The unique contributions of the facilitation of procedural memory and working memory to individual differences in intelligence. Acta Psychologica. 139: 425-33. PMID 22321455 DOI: 10.1016/J.Actpsy.2011.12.016  0.518
2012 Was CA, Woltz DJ. Implicit memory and aging: Adapting technology to utilize preserved memory functions Engaging Older Adults With Modern Technology: Internet Use and Information Access Needs. 1-19. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1966-1.ch001  0.697
2012 Was C. The Neuroscience of Episodic Memory: What We Remember and Why Psyccritiques. 57. DOI: 10.1037/A0028357  0.506
2012 Was CA. The facilitation of content-specific prior memory procedures: A procedural memory hypothesis of long-term semantic priming Psychology of Priming. 123-138.  0.451
2011 Gardner MK, Hill RD, Was CA. A procedural approach to remembering personal identification numbers among older adults. Plos One. 6: e25428. PMID 21998656 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0025428  0.3
2011 Ariel R, Al-Harthy IS, Was CA, Dunlosky J. Habitual reading biases in the allocation of study time. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 18: 1015-21. PMID 21735331 DOI: 10.3758/S13423-011-0128-3  0.306
2011 Was CA, Rawson KA, Bailey H, Dunlosky J. Content-embedded tasks beat complex span for predicting comprehension. Behavior Research Methods. 43: 910-5. PMID 21637942 DOI: 10.3758/S13428-011-0112-X  0.449
2011 Was CA. Inhibition of Ambiguous Word Activation In the Context of a Working Memory Task International Journal of Linguistics. 3: 6. DOI: 10.5296/Ijl.V3I1.607  0.464
2010 Was CA. The persistence of content-specific memory operations: priming effects following a 24-h delay. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 17: 362-8. PMID 20551359 DOI: 10.3758/Pbr.17.3.362  0.536
2010 Was CA. Individual differences in reading are more than just working memory: The case for available long-term memory Individual Differences Research. 8: 132-139.  0.462
2007 Was CA. Further evidence that not all executive functions are equal. Advances in Cognitive Psychology / University of Finance and Management in Warsaw. 3: 399-407. PMID 20517523 DOI: 10.2478/V10053-008-0004-5  0.402
2007 Woltz DJ, Was CA. Available but unattended conceptual information in working memory: temporarily active semantic content or persistent memory for prior operations? Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 33: 155-68. PMID 17201559 DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.1.155  0.719
2007 Cook AE, Guéraud S, Was CA, O'Brien EJ. Foregrounding effects during reading, revisited Discourse Processes. 44: 91-111. DOI: 10.1080/01638530701498945  0.343
2007 Was CA. Foundations, Measures, and Consequences of Working Memory DifferencesFoundations, Measures, and Consequences of Working Memory Differences Psyccritiques. 5252. DOI: 10.1037/A0009032  0.487
2007 Was CA, Woltz DJ. Reexamining the relationship between working memory and comprehension: The role of available long-term memory Journal of Memory and Language. 56: 86-102. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jml.2006.07.008  0.717
2006 Woltz DJ, Was CA. Availability of related long-term memory during and after attention focus in working memory. Memory & Cognition. 34: 668-84. PMID 16933773 DOI: 10.3758/Bf03193587  0.724
2006 Was CA, Woltz DJ, Drew C. Evaluating character education programs and missing the target: A critique of existing research Educational Research Review. 1: 148-156. DOI: 10.1016/J.Edurev.2006.08.001  0.611
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2019 Was CA, Hollis RB, Dunlosky J. Do students understand the detrimental effects of mind wandering during online learning? Computers & Education. 135: 113-122. DOI: 10.1016/J.Compedu.2019.02.020  0.289
2014 Was CA. Discrimination in measures of knowledge monitoring accuracy. Advances in Cognitive Psychology / University of Finance and Management in Warsaw. 10: 104-12. PMID 25339979 DOI: 10.5709/Acp-0161-Y  0.281
2013 Sansosti FJ, Was C, Rawson KA, Remaklus BL. Eye movements during processing of text requiring bridging inferences in adolescents with higher functioning autism spectrum disorders: A preliminary investigation Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 7: 1535-1542. DOI: 10.1016/J.Rasd.2013.09.001  0.279
2017 Was CA, Al-Harthy I, Stack-Oden M, Isaacson RM. Academic Identity Status and the Relationship to Achievement Goal Orientation Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology. 7: 627-652. DOI: 10.25115/Ejrep.V7I18.1363  0.275
2013 Was CA, Rawson KA, Bailey H, Dunlosky J. Erratum to: Content-embedded tasks beat complex span for predicting comprehension Behavior Research Methods. 45: 898-898. DOI: 10.3758/S13428-013-0346-X  0.275
2016 Foster NL, Was CA, Dunlosky J, Isaacson RM. Even after thirteen class exams, students are still overconfident: the role of memory for past exam performance in student predictions Metacognition and Learning. 1-19. DOI: 10.1007/S11409-016-9158-6  0.268
2012 Was CA, Beziat TLR. The Applications of Cognitive Psychology: Experimental Research and Modeling of Human Cognition Are Important Psyccritiques. 57. DOI: 10.1037/A0024604  0.264
2008 Was CA. Cognitive Bias: The Trouble With Analytic and Heuristic Reasoning Psyccritiques. 53. DOI: 10.1037/A0010653  0.259
2007 Was CA. The Role of Executive Functions in Education, Teaching, and Learning for Students With Disabilities Psyccritiques. 52. DOI: 10.1037/A0009658  0.246
2011 Was C. Capturing the Wind in a Butterfly Net: The Tasks of Measuring, Defining, and Describing Intelligence Psyccritiques. 56. DOI: 10.1037/A0026476  0.245
2019 Smith FX, Was CA. Knowledge Monitoring Calibration: Individual Differences in Sensitivity and Specificity as Predictors of Academic Achievement. Kuram Ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri. 19: 80-87. DOI: 10.12738/Estp.2019.4.006  0.244
2019 Zimmerman BS, Rasinski TV, Was CA, Rawson KA, Dunlosky J, Kruse SD, Nikbakht E. Enhancing Outcomes for Struggling Readers: Empirical Analysis of The Fluency Development Lesson Reading Psychology. 40: 70-94. DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2018.1555365  0.243
2019 Foster NL, Mueller ML, Was C, Rawson KA, Dunlosky J. Why does interleaving improve math learning? The contributions of discriminative contrast and distributed practice. Memory & Cognition. PMID 30877483 DOI: 10.3758/S13421-019-00918-4  0.238
2022 Greve M, Was CA. Mind wandering probes as a source of mind wandering depends on attention control demands. Consciousness and Cognition. 103: 103355. PMID 35728359 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2022.103355  0.235
2014 Was CA. What’s the Truth About American Education? The Lies We Tell Ourselves Psyccritiques. 59. DOI: 10.1037/A0038490  0.229
2011 Was C. Giftedness: Have We Anything New to Say About the Identification and Education of Talented Children? Psyccritiques. 56. DOI: 10.1037/A0022453  0.226
2010 Al-Harthy IS, Was CA, Isaacson RM. Goals, Efficacy and Metacognitive Self-Regulation A Path Analysis International Journal of Education. 2. DOI: 10.5296/Ije.V2I1.357  0.226
2015 Beziat TLR, Was CA. The Effect of JOLs and Free Recall on Reading Comprehension and Study Choices International Research in Higher Education. 1. DOI: 10.5430/IRHE.V1N1P60  0.219
2023 Scheibe DA, Was CA, Dunlosky J, Thompson CA. Metacognitive Cues, Working Memory, and Math Anxiety: The Regulated Attention in Mathematical Problem Solving (RAMPS) Framework. Journal of Intelligence. 11. PMID 37367519 DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence11060117  0.196
2023 Wu M, Was CA. The Relationship between Executive Functions and Metacognition in College Students. Journal of Intelligence. 11. PMID 38132838 DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence11120220  0.194
2009 Was CA. Standardized Testing: NOT the Root of All Evil Psyccritiques. 54. DOI: 10.1037/A0016202  0.191
2009 Was CA. Has Technology Saved Our Schools? Will Technology Save Our Schools? Can Technology Save Our Schools? Psyccritiques. 54. DOI: 10.1037/A0013694  0.186
2016 Was CA. How Does the Brain Make the Mind? We Do Not Know. Psyccritiques. 61. DOI: 10.1037/A0040351  0.179
2017 Was C. Orientación de meta de logro académico: un nuevo planteamiento Electronic Journal of Research in Education Psychology. 4. DOI: 10.25115/Ejrep.V4I10.1209  0.176
2017 Was CA. Perhaps Hands Are More Knowing Than We Are About Our Hands Psyccritiques. 62. DOI: 10.1037/A0040997  0.158
2009 Was CA, Al-Harthy I, Stack-Oden M, Isaacson RM. Academic identity status and the relationship to achievement goal orientation Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology. 7: 627-652.  0.153
2021 Graham EN, Was CA. Reconceptualizing Symbolic Magnitude Estimation Training Using Non-declarative Learning Techniques. Frontiers in Psychology. 12: 638004. PMID 33889112 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.638004  0.139
2023 Cousins-Whitus E, Patrick K, Martin J, Drost J, Was C, Spitznagel MB. Burden and positive aspects of caregiving: cluster profiles of dementia caregiving experiences. Aging & Mental Health. 1-12. PMID 38038391 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2023.2288870  0.117
2012 Chorba K, Was CA, Isaacson RM. Individual differences in academic identity and self- Handicapping in undergraduate college students Individual Differences Research. 10: 60-68.  0.097
2023 Spitznagel MB, Martin JT, Was C, Updegraff ASG, Sislak M, Wiborg L, Fulkerson CM, Twohig MP. Self-paced acceptance and commitment training reduces burden transfer, stress, and burnout in veterinary healthcare teams. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 1-10. PMID 36965475 DOI: 10.2460/javma.23.01.0037  0.079
2021 Martin JT, Chapman KR, Was C, Spitznagel MB. Factors of Dementia Caregiver Burden Differentially Contribute to Desire to Institutionalize. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 8919887211036183. PMID 34350782 DOI: 10.1177/08919887211036183  0.058
2022 Beth Spitznagel M, Updegraff ASG, Was C, Martin JT, Sislak M, Wiborg L, Twohig MP. An acceptance and commitment training program reduces burden transfer, stress, and burnout among veterinary healthcare teams. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 1-8. PMID 35943946 DOI: 10.2460/javma.22.05.0196  0.047
2021 Was CA, Hamrick P. What Did They Mean by That? Young Adults' Interpretations of 105 Common Emojis. Frontiers in Psychology. 12: 655297. PMID 34135815 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.655297  0.038
2014 Simons DJ, Alogna VK, Attaya MK, Aucoin P, Bahník, Birch S, Birt AR, Bornstein BH, Bouwmeester S, Brandimonte MA, Brown C, Buswell K, Carlson C, Carlson M, Chu S, ... ... Was CA, et al. Registered Replication Report: Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990) Perspectives On Psychological Science. 9: 556-578. DOI: 10.1177/1745691614545653  0.026
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