CV
Education
- 2008 Diploma in Psychology, Regensburg University
- 2012 Ph.D. in Psychology, Regensburg University
Thesis: "Sleep-associated and retrieval-associated memory consolidation" - 2018 Habilitation in Psychology, Regensburg University Thesis: "Memory retrieval in individual, social, and collective remembering"
Professional Experience
- 2009-2012 Research Assistant at Psychology Department
(Head: Prof. K.-H. T. Bäuml, Regensburg University) - 2012-2014 Post-Doctoral Position at Psychology Department
(Head: K.-H. T. Bäuml, Regensburg University) - 2014-2015 Post-Doctoral Position at Psychology Department
(Head: H. L. Roediger III, Washington University/USA) - 2015-2018 Post-Doctoral Position at Psychology Department
(Head: K.-H. T. Bäuml, Regensburg University) - 2018-2023 Senior Lecturer (nontenured) at Psychology Department
(Head: K.-H. T. Bäuml, Regensburg University) - 2023-now Project Leader/DFG Eigene Stelle (Project title: How shared remembering affects memory)
Ad hoc Reviewer for
Advances in Cognitive Psychology / Applied Cognitive Psychology / Cognition / Experimental Psychology / Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition / Journal of Cognitive Psychology / Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition / Journal of Memory and Language / Journal of the Spanish Society of Experimental Psychology (Psicológica) / Memory / Memory & Cognition / Neurobiology of Learning and Memory / Psychological Science / Psychonomic Bulletin & Review / Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology / Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology / Scientific Reports / Sleep / Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Teaching
Winter Term 2023/24
- Lecture (Bachelor): Memory
Winter Term 2022/23
- Lecture (Bachelor): Memory
- Practial Course (Master): Methods of Data Collection
- Seminar (Master): Cognitive Psychology I/II/III
publications
Publications
- Hou, C., Umanath, S., Corning, A., & Abel, M. (in press). You don’t understand me! But, I do! Awareness of cross-generational differences in collective remembering of national historic events. Memory.
- Umanath, S., Hou, C., Corning, A., & Abel, M. (in press). Things have changed but now they'll stay the same: Generational differences and mental time travel for collective remembering of national historic events. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
- Hackländer, H. P. M., Schlüter, H., & Abel, M. (2024). Drinking the waters of Lethe: Bringing voluntary choice into the study of voluntary forgetting. Memory & Cognition, 52, 254–270.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2023). Item-method directed forgetting and perceived truth of news headlines. Memory, 31, 1371-1386.
- Abel, M., Nickl, A. T., Reßle, A., Unger, C., & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2023). The role of sleep for memory consolidation: Does sleep protect memories from retroactive interference? Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 30, 2296–2304.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2023). Joint contributions of collaborative facilitation and social contagion to the development of shared memories in social groups. Cognition, 238, 105453.
- Roediger, H. L. III & Abel, M. (2022). Memory retrieval as a double-edged sword: Positive and negative consequences of retrieval. Nature Reviews Psychology.
- Abel, M., Umanath, S., & Barzykowski, K. (2022). Decades later: What World War II events are remembered as the most important ones? Implications of data collected in 12 countries. In H.L. Roediger III and J.V. Wertsch (Eds.) National memories: Constructing identity in populist times (pp. 190-208). Oxford University Press.
- Umanath, S. & Abel, M. (2022). United States and Germany's collective memories of pride and shame for American and German history. In H. L. Roediger III and J. V. Wertsch (Eds.), National memories: Constructing identity in populist times (pp. 236-258). Oxford University Press.
- Abel, M., Kuchler, B., Meier, E., & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2021). List-method directed forgetting: Do critical findings generalize from short to long retention intervals? Memory & Cognition, 49, 1677-1689.
- Abel, M. & Berntsen, D. (2021). How do we remember public events? Pioneering a new area of everyday memory research. Cognition, 214, 104745.
- Choi, S. Y., Abel, M., Siqi-Liu, A., & Umanath, S. (2021). National identity can be comprised of more than pride: Evidence from collective memories of Americans and Germans. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 10, 117-130.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2020). Would you like to learn more? Retrieval practice plus feedback can increase motivation to keep on studying. Cognition, 201, 104316.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2020). Social interactions can simultaneously enhance and distort memories: Evidence from a collaborative recognition task. Cognition, 200, 104254.
- Bäuml, K.-H.T., Abel, M., & Kliegl, O. (2020). Inhibitory processes in episodic memory. In M. Eysenck & D. Groome (Eds.), Forgetting: Explaining Memory Failure (pp.125-146). Sage Publishing.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2020). Retrieval-induced forgetting in a social context: Do the same mechanisms underlie forgetting in speakers and listeners? Memory & Cognition, 48, 1-15.
- Roediger, H. L., Abel, M., Umanath, S., Shaffer, R. A., Fairfield, B., Takahashi, M., & Wertsch, J. V. (2019). Competing national memories of World War 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 16678-16686.
- Abel, M.*, Umanath, S.*, Fairfield, B., Takahashi, M., Roediger, H. L., & Wertsch, J. V. (2019). Collective memories across 11 nations for World War II: Similarities and differences regarding the most important events. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 8, 178-188. [* shared first authorship]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2019). List-method directed forgetting after prolonged retention interval: Further challenges to contemporary accounts. Journal of Memory and Language, 106, 18-28.
- Abel, M., Haller, V., Köck, H., Pötschke, S., Heib, D., Schabus, M., & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2019). Sleep reduces the testing effect - but not after corrective feedback and prolonged retention interval. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45, 272-287.
- Kliegl, O., Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2018). A (preliminary) recipe for obtaining a testing effect in preschool children: two critical ingredients. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1446.
- Abel, M. & Roediger, H. L. III (2018). The testing effect in a social setting: Does retrieval practice benefit a listener? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 24, 347-359.
- Abel, M., Umanath, S., Wertsch, J. W., & Roediger, H. L. (2018). Collective memory: How groups remember their past. In M. L. Meade, A. Barnier, P. Van Bergen, C. Harris, & J. Sutton (Eds.), Collaborative Remembering: Theories, Research, and Applications. (pp. 280-296). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2017). Collaborative remembering revisited: Study context access modulates collaborative inhibition and later benefits for individual memory. Memory & Cognition, 45, 1319-1334.
- Bäuml, K.-H. T., Aslan, A., & Abel, M. (2017). The two faces of selective memory retrieval - cognitive, developmental, and social processes. In B. Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 66). Academic Press: Elsevier Inc.
- Abel, M. & Roediger, H. L. III (2017). Comparing the testing effect under blocked and mixed practice: The mnemonic benefits of retrieval practice are not affected by practice format. Memory & Cognition, 45, 81-92.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2017). Testing the context-change account of list-method directed forgetting: The role of retention interval. Journal of Memory and Language, 92, 170-182.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2016). Retrieval practice can eliminate list-method directed forgetting. Memory & Cognition, 44, 15-23.
- Roediger, H. L. III & Abel, M. (2015). Collective memory: a new arena of cognitive study. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19, 359-361.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2015). Selective memory retrieval in social groups: When silence is golden and when it is not. Cognition, 140, 40-48.
- Bäuml, K.-H. T., Holterman, C., & Abel, M. (2014). Sleep can reduce the testing effect - it enhances recall of restudied items but can leave recall of retrieved items unaffected. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40, 1568-1581.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2014). Sleep can reduce proactive interference. Memory, 22, 332-339.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2014). The roles of delay and retroactive interference in retrieval-induced forgetting. Memory & Cognition, 42, 141-150.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2013). Adaptive Memory: The influence of sleep and wake delay on the survival-processing effect. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 25, 917-924.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2013). Sleep can eliminate list-method directed forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39, 946-952.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2012). Retrieval-induced forgetting, delay, and sleep. Memory, 20, 420-428.
Talks and Posters (as presenting author)
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2023). Voluntary forgetting and perceived truth of news headlines: Can "fake news" simply be forgotten? 65. TeaP, Trier, Germany.
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2021). Social influences on memory: One paradigm to examine them all? 63. TeaP (TeaP@home), Ulm, Germany.
- Abel, M., Umanath, S., Shaffer, R. A., Wertsch, J. V., & Roediger, H. L. III (2019). Collective memories across 11 nations for World War II: Similarities and differences regarding the most important events. 3rd Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association, Madrid, Spain. [talk]
- Abel, M., Umanath, S., Shaffer, R. A., Wertsch, J. V., & Roediger, H. L. III (2018). Collective memories of World War II: Remembering the 10 most important events. 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2018). List-method directed forgetting can be long-lasting - but probably not due to selective rehearsal. 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [poster]
- Abel, M., Umanath, S., Shaffer, R. A., Wertsch, J. V., & Roediger, H. L. III (2017). Remembering World War II: What were the 10 most important events? International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands. [poster]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2017). Retrieval-induced forgetting in a social context: Do the same mechanisms cause forgetting in speakers and listeners? 58th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, Canada. [poster]
- Abel, M., Umanath, S., Shaffer, R. A., Wertsch, J. V., & Roediger, H. L. III (2017). Remembering the 10 most important events of World War II: Similarities and differences across 11 countries. International Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (ICPS), Vienna, Austria. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2016). The two faces of selective memory retrieval in social groups. 6th International Conference on Memory (ICOM), Budapest, Hungary. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Roediger, H. L. III (2016). Can testing effects be socially shared? 6th International Conference on Memory (ICOM), Budapest, Hungary. [poster]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2016). Engaging in remembering together with others: Is collaboration at test always detrimental for memory performance? Travelling in Time Conference at Con Amore (Center on Autobiographical Memory Research), Aarhus, Denmark. [poster]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2016). Collaborative memory revisited: Does collaboration at test always decrease recall? 58. TeaP, Heidelberg, Germany. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2015). Testing the context-change account of list-method directed forgetting: The role of retention interval. 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, USA. [poster]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2015). Selective memory retrieval in social groups: Listening to others can reduce and enhance memory for unmentioned information. 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, USA. [poster]
- Abel, M., Holterman, C., & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2014). Sleep benefits memories after restudy, but not after retrieval practice: Evidence for the distribution-based bifurcation model of the testing effect. 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, USA. [talk, select-speaker award]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2014). Interpolated retrieval practice counteracts list-method directed forgetting. 56. TeaP, Gießen, Germany. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2013). Retrieval-induced forgetting: Effects of retroactive interference on practiced and unpracticed items. 54th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada. [poster]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2013). Schlaf kann Gerichtetes Vergessen aufheben. 39. Psychologie und Gehirn, Würzburg, Germany. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2013). Sleep can eliminate list-method directed forgetting. 55. TeaP, Vienna, Austria. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2012). Sleep can eliminate list-method directed forgetting. 10th Anniversary of the Laboratory for Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness Research, Salzburg, Austria. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2012). Retrieval practice consolidates practiced and related unpracticed memories. 54. TeaP, Mannheim, Germany. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2011). Retrieval practice consolidates practiced and related unpracticed memories. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, USA. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2011). Does sleep stabilize voluntary forgetting? 5th International Conference on Memory (ICOM), York, United Kingdom [poster]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2011). Wird willentliches Vergessen durch Schlaf konsolidiert? 53. TeaP, Halle (Saale), Germany. [talk]
- Abel, M. & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2010). Schlaf, Abruf und episodisches Gedächtnis. 52. TeaP, Saarbrücken, Germany. [poster]
grants
2023-2026
How shared remembering affects memory
Magdalena Abel
Engaging in remembering together with others influences memory in more than one way. Indeed, past research has identified positive as well as negative effects of joint remembering. By simultaneously examining such positive and negative effects, the present project seeks to increase our understanding of how social interactions affect both individually held and socially shared memories.
2018-2020
Directed forgetting after short and prolonged delay: a test of noninhibitory accounts
Magdalena Abel & Karl-Heinz T. Bäuml
Directed forgetting refers to the finding that previously encoded information can be intentionally forgotten. Yet, to date, it remains largely unclear whether this forgetting is transient or lasting. The findings of this project will provide a first extensive report on the persistence of directed forgetting and will enable important conclusions about the cognitive mechanisms underlying memory updating.
2014-2015
Retrieval practice promotes memory performance: the influence of blocked and mixed practice
Magdalena Abel & Henry L. Roediger III
Research on the so-called testing effect demonstrates that active retrieval practice improves memory more than passive restudy does. While most experimental studies on the topic applied blocked practice designs, with retrieval practice and restudy broken down into clearly separable blocks, in our daily lives the two kinds of reprocessing often occur in a mixed and randomly interleaved fashion. The present research proposal therefore examines the influence of blocked vs. mixed practice on the beneficial effects of retrieval practice.