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Could direct and generative retrieval be two flips of the same coin? A dual-task paradigm study (2022)
Journal Article
Gatti, D., Somos, E., Mazzoni, G., & Jellema, T. (2022). Could direct and generative retrieval be two flips of the same coin? A dual-task paradigm study. Cognitive processing, 23(3), 513-519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-022-01095-0

Autobiographical memories are thought to be retrieved using two possible ways: a generative one, which is effortful and follows a general-to-specific pathway, and a direct one, which is automatic and relatively effortless. These two retrieve processe... Read More about Could direct and generative retrieval be two flips of the same coin? A dual-task paradigm study.

“Be careful what you recall”: Retrieval-induced forgetting of genuine real-life autobiographical memories (2022)
Journal Article
Somos, E., Mazzoni, G., Gatti, D., & Jellema, T. (2022). “Be careful what you recall”: Retrieval-induced forgetting of genuine real-life autobiographical memories. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221078499

Which episodes from our lives will be remembered and which will be forgotten, and why? This question has still not been answered satisfactorily by research into autobiographical memory. Previous work has shown that retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF)... Read More about “Be careful what you recall”: Retrieval-induced forgetting of genuine real-life autobiographical memories.

Brain activation in highly superior autobiographical memory: The role of the praecuneus in the autobiographical memory retrieval network (2019)
Journal Article
Mazzoni, G., Clark, A., De Bartolo, A., Guerrini, C., Nahouli, Z., Duzzi, D., De Marco, M., McGeown, W., & Venneri, A. (2019). Brain activation in highly superior autobiographical memory: The role of the praecuneus in the autobiographical memory retrieval network. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior, 120, 588-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.02.020

This is the first study to examine functional brain activation in a single case of Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) who shows no sign of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). While previous work has documented the existence of HSAM, info... Read More about Brain activation in highly superior autobiographical memory: The role of the praecuneus in the autobiographical memory retrieval network.

The ‘Not Knowns’: memory, narrative and applied theatre (2017)
Journal Article
Conroy, C., Dickenson, S. J., & Mazzoni, G. (2018). The ‘Not Knowns’: memory, narrative and applied theatre. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 23(1), 56-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2017.1398641

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an attempt to articulate and explore the relationship between the science of memory and the applied theatre project, The Not Knowns. The project was a collaboration between theatr... Read More about The ‘Not Knowns’: memory, narrative and applied theatre.

Placebo Analgesia From a Rubber Hand (2017)
Journal Article
Coleshill, M. J., George, D. N., & Mazzoni, G. (2017). Placebo Analgesia From a Rubber Hand. Journal of Pain, 18(9), 1067-1077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2017.04.004

© 2017 American Pain Society Placebo analgesia, reductions in pain after administration of an inert treatment, is a well documented phenomenon. We report, to our knowledge, the first demonstration that placebo analgesia can be experienced when a sham... Read More about Placebo Analgesia From a Rubber Hand.

New directions in hypnosis research: strategies for advancing the cognitive and clinical neuroscience of hypnosis (2017)
Journal Article
Jensen, M. P., Jamieson, G. A., Lutz, A., Mazzoni, G., McGeown, W. J., Santarcangelo, E. L., Demertzi, A., De Pascalis, V., Bányai, É. I., Rominger, C., Vuilleumier, P., Faymonville, M.-E., & Terhune, D. B. (2017). New directions in hypnosis research: strategies for advancing the cognitive and clinical neuroscience of hypnosis. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2017(1), Article nix004. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/nix004

This article summarizes key advances in hypnosis research during the past two decades, including (i) clinical research supporting the efficacy of hypnosis for managing a number of clinical symptoms and conditions, (ii) research supporting the role of... Read More about New directions in hypnosis research: strategies for advancing the cognitive and clinical neuroscience of hypnosis.

Invited commentary on Brewin and Andrews (2016) (2016)
Journal Article
Scoboria, A., & Mazzoni, G. (2017). Invited commentary on Brewin and Andrews (2016). Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31(1), 28-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3264

Brewin and Andrews (2006) make many cogent observations on the state of knowledge about the development of false autobiographical beliefs and false recollections. Due to inconsistent use of terminology and imprecise definitions, the framework they pr... Read More about Invited commentary on Brewin and Andrews (2016).

Sub-types of nonbelieved memories reveal differential outcomes of challenges to memories (2016)
Journal Article
Scoboria, A., Nash, R. A., & Mazzoni, G. (2017). Sub-types of nonbelieved memories reveal differential outcomes of challenges to memories. Memory, 25(7), 876-889. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2016.1203437

Nonbelieved memories (NBMs) highlight the independence between distinct metamemorial judgements that contribute to the experience of remembering. Initial definitions of NBMs portrayed them as involving the withdrawal of belief in occurrence despite s... Read More about Sub-types of nonbelieved memories reveal differential outcomes of challenges to memories.

Inducing false memories by manipulating memory self-efficacy (2016)
Journal Article
Iacullo, V. M., Marucci, F. S., & Mazzoni, G. (2016). Inducing false memories by manipulating memory self-efficacy. Learning and Individual Differences, 49, 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.06.016

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and false memories using the Deese/Roediger–McDermott (DRM) paradigm, whereby people falsely remember words not presented in lists. In two studies participants were presen... Read More about Inducing false memories by manipulating memory self-efficacy.

Visual object imagery and autobiographical memory: object imagers are better at remembering their personal past (2015)
Journal Article
Vannucci, M., Pelagatti, C., Chiorri, C., & Mazzoni, G. (2016). Visual object imagery and autobiographical memory: object imagers are better at remembering their personal past. Memory, 24(4), 455-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2015.1018277

In the present study we examined whether higher levels of object imagery, a stable characteristic that reflects the ability and preference in generating pictorial mental images of objects, facilitate involuntary and voluntary retrieval of autobiograp... Read More about Visual object imagery and autobiographical memory: object imagers are better at remembering their personal past.

Forensic hypnosis (2015)
Book Chapter
Mazzoni, G., Green, J. P., Kirsch, I., Lemons, P., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Lynn, S. J. Forensic hypnosis. . https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118625392.wbecp363

Hypnosis has long generated controversy as a recall enhancement method. Concerns about hypnosis are warranted by findings of a tradeoff between the number of memories recalled and memory accuracy. Moreover, witnesses often express confidence in hypno... Read More about Forensic hypnosis.

Hypnosis and memory: two hundred years of adventures and still going! (2014)
Journal Article
Mazzoni, G., Laurence, J.-R., & Heap, M. (in press). Hypnosis and memory: two hundred years of adventures and still going!. Psychology of consciousness theory, research, and practice, 1(2), 153-167. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000016

One of the most persistent beliefs about hypnosis is its ability to transcend mnemonic abilities. This belief has paved the way to the use of hypnosis in the clinical and legal arenas. The authors review the phenomena of hypnotic hypermnesia, pseudo-... Read More about Hypnosis and memory: two hundred years of adventures and still going!.

Structural and functional correlates of hypnotic depth and suggestibility (2014)
Journal Article
McGeown, W. J., Mazzoni, G., Vannucci, M., & Venneri, A. (2015). Structural and functional correlates of hypnotic depth and suggestibility. Neuroimaging. Psychiatry research, 231(2), 151-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.11.015

This study explores whether self-reported depth of hypnosis and hypnotic suggestibility are associated with individual differences in neuroanatomy and/or levels of functional connectivity. Twenty-nine people varying in suggestibility were recruited a... Read More about Structural and functional correlates of hypnotic depth and suggestibility.

Why are we not flooded by involuntary autobiographical memories? Few cues are more effective than many (2014)
Journal Article
Vannucci, M., Pelagatti, C., Hanczakowski, M., Mazzoni, G., & Paccani, C. R. (2015). Why are we not flooded by involuntary autobiographical memories? Few cues are more effective than many. Psychological research, 79(6), 1077-1085. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-014-0632-y

Recent research on involuntary autobiographical memories (IAMs) has shown that these memories can be elicited and studied in the laboratory under controlled conditions. Employing a modified version of a vigilance task developed by Schlagman and Kvavi... Read More about Why are we not flooded by involuntary autobiographical memories? Few cues are more effective than many.

On the existence and implications of nonbelieved memories (2014)
Journal Article
Otgaar, H., Scoboria, A., & Mazzoni, G. (2014). On the existence and implications of nonbelieved memories. Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, 23(5), 349-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721414542102

In this article, we review the state of knowledge about a previously-assumed-to-be-rare memory phenomenon called nonbelieved memories. Nonbelieved memories are a counterintuitive phenomenon in which vivid autobiographical memories are no longer belie... Read More about On the existence and implications of nonbelieved memories.

The role of belief in occurrence within autobiographical memory (2014)
Journal Article
Scoboria, A., Jackson, D. L., Talarico, J., Hanczakowski, M., Wysman, L., & Mazzoni, G. (2014). The role of belief in occurrence within autobiographical memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(3), 1242-1258. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034110

This article examines the idea that believing that events occurred in the past is a non-memorial decision that reflects underlying processes that are distinct from recollecting events. Research on autobiographical memory has often focused on events t... Read More about The role of belief in occurrence within autobiographical memory.

Manipulating cues in involuntary autobiographical memory: verbal cues are more effective than pictorial cues (2014)
Journal Article
Mazzoni, G., Vannucci, M., & Batool, I. (2014). Manipulating cues in involuntary autobiographical memory: verbal cues are more effective than pictorial cues. Memory & cognition, 42(7), 1076-1085. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-014-0420-3

In two experiments, pictorial cues were compared with their verbal labels to assess their effectiveness in eliciting involuntary autobiographical memories. Cues were relatively complex in Experiment 1 (e.g., relaxing on a beach) and simple objects in... Read More about Manipulating cues in involuntary autobiographical memory: verbal cues are more effective than pictorial cues.

Reasons for withdrawing belief in vivid autobiographical memories (2014)
Journal Article
Scoboria, A., Boucher, C., & Mazzoni, G. (2015). Reasons for withdrawing belief in vivid autobiographical memories. Memory, 23(4), 545-562. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.910530

Previous studies have shown that many people hold personal memories for events that they no longer believe occurred. This study examines the reasons that people provide for choosing to reduce autobiographical belief in vividly recollected autobiograp... Read More about Reasons for withdrawing belief in vivid autobiographical memories.

Inhibitory effects of thought substitution in the think/no-think task: evidence from independent cues (2014)
Journal Article
del Prete, F., Hanczakowski, M., Bajo, M. T., & Mazzoni, G. (2015). Inhibitory effects of thought substitution in the think/no-think task: evidence from independent cues. Memory, 23(4), 507-517. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.907429

When people try not to think about a certain item, they can accomplish this goal by using a thought substitution strategy and think about something else. Research conducted with the think/no-think (TNT) paradigm indicates that such strategy leads sub... Read More about Inhibitory effects of thought substitution in the think/no-think task: evidence from independent cues.

Modifying the frequency and characteristics of involuntary autobiographical memories (2014)
Journal Article
Vannucci, M., Batool, I., Pelagatti, C., & Mazzoni, G. (2014). Modifying the frequency and characteristics of involuntary autobiographical memories. PLoS ONE, 9(4), e89582. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089582

Recent studies have shown that involuntary autobiographical memories (IAMs) can be elicited in the laboratory. Here we assessed whether the specific instructions given to participants can change the nature of the IAMs reported, in terms of both their... Read More about Modifying the frequency and characteristics of involuntary autobiographical memories.