Media

Recorded Talks

“The Critical Role of Retrieval in Enhancing Long-Term Retention” 2009 Psychonomic Society Keynote (uploaded February 2024) youtube.com

“Super Ageing and… Super-Duper Ageing?” UNSW Centre for Healthy Brain Aging (February 2021) youtube.com

“Who Won World War II?” 2018 APS Keynote Speaker (May 2018) youtube.com

“How Memory Athletes Perform and How Their Techniques Can Help You?” 2014 APS Bring the Family Address (June 2014) youtube.com

“Cognitive Enhancement of Education: From the Lab to the Classroom” MSU Graduate School (June 2014) youtube.com 

“Riddles of History: Sir Frederic Bartlett’s Contributions to Memory Research and their Curious Reception” Cummings Center for History of Psychology (May 2013) youtube.com

“Retrieval Practice to Enhance Learning and Retention: From the Laboratory to the Classroom” Montana State University (August 2012) youtube.com

“How does the mind and brain create and access records of the past to create a sense of time?” FQXi (October 2011) youtube.com

Audio Interview

“‘Make It Stick’ – The Science of Successful Learning” (May 2024) audacy.com

“Henry Roediger on Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning” (September 2023) orthotown.com

“The 360 Podcast: Henry L. Roediger III, Co-Author of ‘Make it Stick'” (March 2020) parktudor.org

“Dr. Henry Roediger on Memory and Learning” (May 2019) blogs.charleston.edu

“As New Year’s resolutions begin to fade away, what are the best ways to ensure new habits stick?” (February 2017) stlpublicradio.org

“Constrained by collective memory. Interview by Anthony Funnell on Future Tense” (July 2016)www.abc.net.au

“Learning Myths and Misconceptions” (April 2016) thelearningcoach.com

“How long do we remember a president’s legacy?” (December 2014) stlpublicradio.org

“The science of smart” (August 2014) americanradioworks.org

“How to Remember What You Learn” (August 2014) youtube.com

“Are you studying effectively? What Wash U’s ‘science of memory’ tells us about the best way to learn” (June 2014) stlpublicradio.org

“Mastering Memory and Applying Findings to Improve Memory and Understand how Cultures Remember their Past” (June 2014) peoplebehindthescience.com

“Is Google affecting our memory?” (August 2011) mprnews.org

Video Interview

“Out of the Blank: Roddy Roediger” (July 2022) youtube.com

“Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger, III” (May 2018) youtube.com

“Roddy Roediger on the Science of Learning” (October 2023) youtube.com

“How To Increase Brain Power | Maximize Memory with These Exercises” (August 2023) youtube.com

“Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning” youtube.com

In Print

“Roediger inducted to DMFAH Hall of Fame” (November 2021) chathamstartribune.com

“You Won’t Remember the Pandemic the Way You Think You Will” (May 2021) theatlantic.com

“The 1918 Flu Faded in Our Collective Memory: We Might ‘Forget’ the Coronavirus, Too” (August 2020) scientificamerican.com

“QnAs with Henry L. Roediger III” (March 2020) pnas.org

“There is little doubt that the Soviet contribution to the war effort is vastly underplayed by Hollywood, and this may have had an effect” (2020) istorex.org

“Study finds people overestimate their own country’s contribution to World War II” (October 2019) psypost.org

“5 expert school study tips” (August 2019) stlmag.com

“Many students don’t know how to study. Here’s how parents can help.” (April 2019) washingtonpost.com

“Dr. Roddy Roediger and the Many Contributions to Psychology” (October 2018) journey2psychology.com

“America is a nation of narcissists, according to two new studies” (July 2018) washingtonpost.com

“Chester A. Arthur Is the Most Forgotten President in U.S. History, According to Science” (February 2018) time.com

“The memories of memory researchers: Interview with Suparna Rajaram” (January 2018) psychologicalscience.org

“Henry Roediger: Another Reality” (2018) thereadinglists.com

“Testing is a Key to Better Learning” (November 2017) blog.ctl.gatech.edu

“The science behind why fake news is so hard to wipe out” (October 2017) vox.com

“Roddy Roediger ’69 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences” (June 2017) columns.wlu.edu

“How to train your brain to be like a memory champion’s” (March 2017) newscientist.com

“Maybe you, too, could become a super memorizer” (March 2017) mprnews.org

“2016 didn’t just give us “fake news.” It likely gave us false memories.” (March 2017) vox.com

“Seven science-backed tips for forming habits that stick” (January 2017) qz.com

“Misinformation may improve event recall, study finds” (January 2017) sciencedaily.com

“Should we teach obscure presidents like Millard Fillmore?” (April 2016) washingtonpost.com

“Study shows Americans are not great at picking past presidents out of a crowd” (February 2016) aol.com

“Can YOU name the former US President on the $10 bill?” (February 2016) dailymail.co.uk

“Name that president? Americans have weird answers” (February 2016) usatoday.com

“How Exams Improve Students Access To Their Brains”(May 2015) chronicle.com

“When will Obama be forgotten? Study reveals cultural memory patterns” (April 2015) scientificamerican.com

“How does your memory for presidents stack up?” (April 2015) scientificamerican.com

“Studying for the test by taking it” (November 2014) nytimes.com

“Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Retrieval Practice” (October 2014) digitalpromise.org

“Studying With Quizzes Helps Make Sure the Material Sticks” (October 2014) kqed.com

“Learning to love tests” (August 2014) apmreports.org

“How tests make us smarter” (July 2014) nytimes.com

“7 memory skills that will make you way smarter” (June 2014) businessinsider.com

“Study smarter, learn better: 8 tips from memory researchers” (June 2014) vox.com

“Remembering, as an extreme sport” (May 2014) nytimes.com

“University professors publish book on smart learning tactics” (April 2014) StudLife.com

“Students should be tested more, not less” (January 2014) theatlantic.com

“Why Does Music Aid in Memorization?” (December 2013) wsj.com

“In defense of school testing” (June 2012) time.com

“Negative emotion may enhance memory” (June 2011) scienceblog.com

“Professor Roddy Roediger on applying the retrieval practice effect to creating and administering assessments” (March 2011) questionmark.com

“Remembering and Researching the Old and the New: An Interview With Roddy Roediger” (2010) tandfonline.com

“In research scans, telltale signs sort false memories from true” (July 1996) nytimes.com

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