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Overview
Research Summary
When shopping for ingredients for a recipe, it is essential to pick up each ingredient without being too distracted by thinking about the order in which the ingredients will be assembled; whereas when all ingredients are laid out on the kitchen counter, there are strong cues indicating the ingredients and attention should be shifted primarily to the order in which these ingredients are to be used. This simple example highlights the two fundamental traits of memory, item information (which ingredients to buy in the example) and order information (order of the ingredient in the example).
Item and order information are omnipresent in our life and essential for performing our daily activities (e.g., taking our medications). Beyond the important practical implications, how we can remember items in presented order, is one of the oldest unanswered questions of experimental psychology.
In my research, I am conducting experimental and computational examinations to better understand that question. More exactly, I investigate how people can learn, maintain, and remember information in order and which factors affect item and order information (e.g., attention, semantic, emotion, lexical, sub-lexical, recall direction, irrelevant information, dual-task).
I am particularly interested in the problem of attention allocation, memory, language, prior knowledge, and knowledge representations. My theoretical goal is to develop a coherent account of memory, attention, learning, and language. My applied goal is to inform the development of educational practices and cognitive technologies.
Publication
2025
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J., Reid, J. N. and Jamieson, R. K. 2025. An embedded computational framework of memory: Accounting for the influence of semantic information in verbal short-term memory. Journal of Memory and Language 140, article number: 104573. (10.1016/j.jml.2024.104573)
2024
- Caplan, J. B. and Guitard, D. 2024. Stimulus duration and recognition memory: an attentional subsetting account. Journal of Memory and Language 139, article number: 104556. (10.1016/j.jml.2024.104556)
- Delooze, M. A., Guitard, D., Cowan, N. and Morey, C. C. 2024. Rapid source forgetting across modalities: a problem for working memory models. Memory & Cognition (10.3758/s13421-024-01664-y)
- Greene, N. R., Guitard, D., Forsberg, A., Cowan, N. and Naveh-Benjamin, M. 2024. Working memory limitations constrain visual episodic long-term memory at both specific and gist levels of representation. Memory & Cognition 52, pp. 1958-1982. (10.3758/s13421-024-01593-w)
- Cowan, N. and Guitard, D. 2024. Encoding colors and tones into working memory concurrently: A developmental investigation. Developmental Science 27(6), article number: e13552. (10.1111/desc.13552)
- Roodenrys, S., Miller, L. M., Guitard, D. and Neath, I. 2024. Similar phonemes create interference in the serial recall task. Memory (10.1080/09658211.2024.2433049)
- Gionet, S., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2024. The interaction between the production effect and serial position in recognition and recall. Experimental Psychology (10.1027/1618-3169/a000623)
- Lawrence, C. O., Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2024. Short-term retention of words as a function of encoding depth. Memory & Cognition 52, pp. 1338-1356. (10.3758/s13421-024-01546-3)
- Bireta, T. J., Guitard, D., Neath, I. and Surprenant, A. M. 2024. Valence and concreteness in item recognition: Evidence against the affective embodiment account. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 31, pp. 1570-1578. (10.3758/s13423-023-02442-8)
- Dauphinee, I., Roy, M., Guitard, D., Yearsley, J. M., Poirier, M. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2024. Give me enough time to rehearse: Presentation rate modulates the production effect. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 31, pp. 1603-1614. (10.3758/s13423-023-02437-5)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Poirier, M., Yearsley, J. M. and Guitard, D. 2024. The production effect becomes spatial. Experimental Psychology: The journal for experimental research in psychology 71(1), pp. 14–32. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000609)
- Greene, N. R., Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Naveh-Benjamin, M. and Cowan, N. 2024. A lifespan study of the confidence-accuracy relation in working memory and episodic long-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 153(5), pp. 1336-1360. (10.1037/xge0001551)
- Guitard, D., Miller, L. M., Neath, I. and Roodenrys, S. 2024. Set size and orthographic/phonological neighbourhood size effect in serial recognition: the importance of randomization. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 78(1), pp. 9-16. (10.1037/cep0000320)
- Guitard, D., Miller, L. M., Neath, I. and Roodenrys, S. 2024. The orthographic/phonological neighbourhood size effect and set size. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 77(2), pp. 298-307. (10.1177/17470218231165863)
- Caplan, J. B. and Guitard, D. 2024. A feature-space theory of the production effect in recognition. Experimental Psychology 71(1), pp. 64-82. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000611)
- Sfeir, N., Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2024. Short- and long-term influences of repeated speech examples on segmentation in an unfamiliar language analog. Memory & Cognition (10.3758/s13421-024-01517-8)
- Cowan, N. et al. 2024. The relation between attention and memory. Annual Review of Psychology 75, pp. 183-214. (10.1146/annurev-psych-040723-012736)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Greene, N. R., Naveh-Benjamin, M. and Cowan, N. 2024. Differential information transfer and loss between working memory and long-term memory across serial positions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
- Spear, J., Reid, J. N., Guitard, D. and Jamieson, R. K. 2024. Directed forgetting and the production effect: Assessing strength and distinctiveness. Experimental Psychology: The journal for experimental research in psychology
2023
- Laplante, E., Geraghty, V., Hendel, E., Sonier, R., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2023. Aural and written language elicit the same processes: further evidence from the missing-phoneme effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 49(11), pp. 1844-1860. (10.1037/xlm0001272)
- Pannell, B., Guitard, D., Li, Y. and Cowan, N. 2023. Can synchronized tones facilitate immediate memory for printed lists?. Memory 31(9), pp. 1163-1175. (10.1080/09658211.2023.2231672)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Adams, E. J., Pattanakul, D. and Cowan, N. 2023. Working memory constrains long-term memory in children and adults: memory of objects and bindings. Journal of intelligence 11(5), article number: 94. (10.3390/jintelligence11050094)
- Guitard, D. and Fiset, S. 2023. Stat checkers make reproducible computer code mandatory [Readers Correspondence]. Nature 616(7957), article number: 433. (10.1038/d41586-023-01275-8)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Poirier, M., Yearsley, J. M., Robichaud, J. and Guitard, D. 2023. Modeling verbal short-term memory: A walk around the neighborhood.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 49(2), pp. 198-215. (10.1037/xlm0001226)
2022
- Cyr, V., Poirier, M., Yearsley, J. M., Guitard, D., Harrigan, I. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2022. The production effect over the long term: modeling distinctiveness using serial positions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 48(12), pp. 1797-1820. (10.1037/xlm0001093)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Greene, N. R., Naveh-Benjamin, M. and Cowan, N. 2022. The proportion of working memory items recoverable from long-term memory remains fixed despite adult aging.. Psychology and Aging 37(7), pp. 777-786. (10.1037/pag0000703)
- Roodenrys, S., Guitard, D., Miller, L. M., Saint-Aubin, J. and Barron, J. 2022. Phonological similarity in the serial recall task hinders item recall, not just order. British Journal of Psychology 113(4), pp. 1100-1120. (10.1111/bjop.12575)
- Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2022. Attention allocation between item and order information in short-term memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (10.1177/17470218221118451)
- Landry, E., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2022. Arousal affects short-term serial recall. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 76(2), pp. 99-110. (10.1037/cep0000272)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Guitard, D. and Poirier, M. 2022. A curved honulo improves your short-term and long-term memory. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 76(3), pp. 201-209. (10.1037/cep0000279)
- Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2022. Backward recall and foreknowledge of recall direction: a test of the Encoding–Retrieval Matching Hypothesis. Memory 30(8), pp. 1057-1072. (10.1080/09658211.2022.2079675)
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J. and Cowan, N. 2022. Tradeoffs between item and order information in short-term memory. Journal of Memory and Language 122, article number: 104300. (10.1016/j.jml.2021.104300)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Adams, E. J., Pattankul, D. and Cowan, N. 2022. Children's long-term retention is directly constrained by their working memory capacity limitations. Developmental Science 25(2), article number: 13164. (10.1111/desc.13164)
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J. and Cowan, N. 2022. Grouping effects in immediate reconstruction of order and the preconditions for long-term learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 75(1), pp. 70-97. (10.1177/17470218211030825)
- Gionet, S., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2022. The production effect interacts with serial positions: further evidence from a between-subjects manipulation. Experimental Psychology 69(1), pp. 12-22. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000540)
- Cowan, N., Guitard, D., Greene, N. R. and Fiset, S. 2022. Exploring the use of phonological and semantic representations in working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 48(11), pp. 1638-1659. (10.1037/xlm0001077)
- AuBuchon, A. M. et al. 2022. Lexical access speed and the development of phonological recoding during immediate serial recall. Journal of Cognition and Development 23(5), pp. 624-643. (10.1080/15248372.2022.2083140)
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J. and Neath, I. 2022. Additional evidence that valence does not affect serial recall. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (10.1177/17470218221126635)
2021
- Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2021. The irrelevant speech effect in backward recall is modulated by foreknowledge of recall direction and response modality. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 75(3), pp. 245-260. (10.1037/cep0000248)
- Elliott, E. M. et al. 2021. Multi-lab direct replication of Flavell, Beach and Chinsky (1966): spontaneous verbal rehearsal in a memory task as a function of age. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 4(2), pp. 1-20. (10.1177/25152459211018187)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Yearsley, J. M., Poirier, M., Cyr, V. and Guitard, D. 2021. A model of the production effect over the short-term: The cost of relative distinctiveness. Journal of Memory and Language 118, article number: 104219. (10.1016/j.jml.2021.104219)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2021. Working memory limits severely constrain long-term retention. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 28(2), pp. 537-547. (10.3758/s13423-020-01847-z)
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J. and Cowan, N. 2021. Asymmetrical interference between item and order information in short-term memory.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 47(2), pp. 243-263. (10.1037/xlm0000956)
2020
- Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2020. Do we use visual codes when information is not presented visually?. Memory and Cognition 48(8), pp. 1522-1536. (10.3758/s13421-020-01054-0)
- Sonier, R., Poirier, M., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2020. A round Bouba is easier to remember than a curved Kiki: sound-symbolism can support associative memory. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 27(4), pp. 776-782. (10.3758/s13423-020-01733-8)
- Ensor, T. M., Bancroft, T. D., Guitard, D., Bireta, T. J., Hockley, W. E. and Surprenant, A. M. 2020. Testing a strategy-disruption account of the list-strength effect: are sampling bias and output interference responsible?. Experimental Psychology 67(4), pp. 255-275. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000494)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Beaudry, O., Guitard, D., Pâquet, M. and Guérard, K. 2020. The word length effect in backward recall: the role of response modality. Memory 28(5), pp. 692-700. (10.1080/09658211.2020.1762896)
- Guitard, D., St Aubin, J., Poirier, M., Miller, L. M. and Tolan, A. 2020. Forward and backward recall: Different visuospatial processes when you know what’s coming. Memory and Cognition 48(1), pp. 111-126. (10.3758/s13421-019-00966-w)
- Foglia, V. et al. 2020. When pictures take away from the message: An examination of young adults’ attention to texting and driving advertisements.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 74(2), pp. 131-143. (10.1037/cep0000190)
2019
- Chubala, C. M., Guitard, D., Neath, I., Saint-Aubin, J. and Surprenant, A. M. 2019. Visual similarity effects in immediate serial recall and (sometimes) in immediate serial recognition. Memory and Cognition 48(3), pp. 411-425. (10.3758/s13421-019-00979-5)
- Ensor, T. M., Guitard, D., Bireta, T. J., Hockley, W. E. and Surprenant, A. M. 2019. The list-length effect occurs in cued recall with the retroactive design but not the proactive design.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie exp{é}}rimentale 74(1), pp. 12-24. (10.1037/cep0000187)
- Charrette, C., Perron, M., Guitard, D. and Roy-Charland, A. 2019. Authentic smiles and simulated smiles: ocular exploration and judgment in children, Sourires authentiques et sourires simulés: exploration oculaire et jugement chez les enfants. Enfance 2019(2), pp. 181-199. (10.3917/enf2.192.0181)
- Guitard, D., Millier, L. M., Neath, I. and Roodenrys, S. 2019. Does contextual diversity affect serial recall?. Journal of Cognitive Psychology 31(4), pp. 379-396. (10.1080/20445911.2019.1626401)
- Poirier, M., Yearsley, J. M., Saint-Aubin, J., Fortin, C., Gallant, G. and Guitard, D. 2019. Dissociating visuo-spatial and verbal working memory: it’s all in the features. Memory and Cognition 47(4), pp. 603-618. (10.3758/s13421-018-0882-9)
2018
- Guitard, D., St Aubin, J., Tehan, G. and Tolan, A. 2018. Does neighborhood size really cause the word length effect?. Memory and Cognition 46(2), pp. 244-260. (10.3758/s13421-017-0761-9)
- Guitard, D., Gabel, A., Saint-Aubin, J., Surprenant, A. and Neath, I. 2018. Word length, set size, and lexical factors: Re-examining what causes the word length effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition 44(11), pp. 1824-1844. (10.1037/xlm0000551)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Hilchey, M., Mishra, R., Singh, N., Savoie, D., Guitard, D. and Klein, R. 2018. Does the relation between the control of attention and second language proficiency generalize from India to Canada?. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 72(3), pp. 208-218. (10.1037/cep0000151)
2015
- Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2015. A Replication of "Functional Equivalence of Verbal and Spatial Information in Serial Short-Term Memory (1995; Experiments 2 and 3)".. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology 11(2), pp. r4-r7. (10.20982/tqmp.11.2.r004)
Articles
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J., Reid, J. N. and Jamieson, R. K. 2025. An embedded computational framework of memory: Accounting for the influence of semantic information in verbal short-term memory. Journal of Memory and Language 140, article number: 104573. (10.1016/j.jml.2024.104573)
- Caplan, J. B. and Guitard, D. 2024. Stimulus duration and recognition memory: an attentional subsetting account. Journal of Memory and Language 139, article number: 104556. (10.1016/j.jml.2024.104556)
- Delooze, M. A., Guitard, D., Cowan, N. and Morey, C. C. 2024. Rapid source forgetting across modalities: a problem for working memory models. Memory & Cognition (10.3758/s13421-024-01664-y)
- Greene, N. R., Guitard, D., Forsberg, A., Cowan, N. and Naveh-Benjamin, M. 2024. Working memory limitations constrain visual episodic long-term memory at both specific and gist levels of representation. Memory & Cognition 52, pp. 1958-1982. (10.3758/s13421-024-01593-w)
- Cowan, N. and Guitard, D. 2024. Encoding colors and tones into working memory concurrently: A developmental investigation. Developmental Science 27(6), article number: e13552. (10.1111/desc.13552)
- Roodenrys, S., Miller, L. M., Guitard, D. and Neath, I. 2024. Similar phonemes create interference in the serial recall task. Memory (10.1080/09658211.2024.2433049)
- Gionet, S., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2024. The interaction between the production effect and serial position in recognition and recall. Experimental Psychology (10.1027/1618-3169/a000623)
- Lawrence, C. O., Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2024. Short-term retention of words as a function of encoding depth. Memory & Cognition 52, pp. 1338-1356. (10.3758/s13421-024-01546-3)
- Bireta, T. J., Guitard, D., Neath, I. and Surprenant, A. M. 2024. Valence and concreteness in item recognition: Evidence against the affective embodiment account. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 31, pp. 1570-1578. (10.3758/s13423-023-02442-8)
- Dauphinee, I., Roy, M., Guitard, D., Yearsley, J. M., Poirier, M. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2024. Give me enough time to rehearse: Presentation rate modulates the production effect. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 31, pp. 1603-1614. (10.3758/s13423-023-02437-5)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Poirier, M., Yearsley, J. M. and Guitard, D. 2024. The production effect becomes spatial. Experimental Psychology: The journal for experimental research in psychology 71(1), pp. 14–32. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000609)
- Greene, N. R., Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Naveh-Benjamin, M. and Cowan, N. 2024. A lifespan study of the confidence-accuracy relation in working memory and episodic long-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 153(5), pp. 1336-1360. (10.1037/xge0001551)
- Guitard, D., Miller, L. M., Neath, I. and Roodenrys, S. 2024. Set size and orthographic/phonological neighbourhood size effect in serial recognition: the importance of randomization. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 78(1), pp. 9-16. (10.1037/cep0000320)
- Guitard, D., Miller, L. M., Neath, I. and Roodenrys, S. 2024. The orthographic/phonological neighbourhood size effect and set size. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 77(2), pp. 298-307. (10.1177/17470218231165863)
- Caplan, J. B. and Guitard, D. 2024. A feature-space theory of the production effect in recognition. Experimental Psychology 71(1), pp. 64-82. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000611)
- Sfeir, N., Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2024. Short- and long-term influences of repeated speech examples on segmentation in an unfamiliar language analog. Memory & Cognition (10.3758/s13421-024-01517-8)
- Cowan, N. et al. 2024. The relation between attention and memory. Annual Review of Psychology 75, pp. 183-214. (10.1146/annurev-psych-040723-012736)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Greene, N. R., Naveh-Benjamin, M. and Cowan, N. 2024. Differential information transfer and loss between working memory and long-term memory across serial positions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
- Spear, J., Reid, J. N., Guitard, D. and Jamieson, R. K. 2024. Directed forgetting and the production effect: Assessing strength and distinctiveness. Experimental Psychology: The journal for experimental research in psychology
- Laplante, E., Geraghty, V., Hendel, E., Sonier, R., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2023. Aural and written language elicit the same processes: further evidence from the missing-phoneme effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 49(11), pp. 1844-1860. (10.1037/xlm0001272)
- Pannell, B., Guitard, D., Li, Y. and Cowan, N. 2023. Can synchronized tones facilitate immediate memory for printed lists?. Memory 31(9), pp. 1163-1175. (10.1080/09658211.2023.2231672)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Adams, E. J., Pattanakul, D. and Cowan, N. 2023. Working memory constrains long-term memory in children and adults: memory of objects and bindings. Journal of intelligence 11(5), article number: 94. (10.3390/jintelligence11050094)
- Guitard, D. and Fiset, S. 2023. Stat checkers make reproducible computer code mandatory [Readers Correspondence]. Nature 616(7957), article number: 433. (10.1038/d41586-023-01275-8)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Poirier, M., Yearsley, J. M., Robichaud, J. and Guitard, D. 2023. Modeling verbal short-term memory: A walk around the neighborhood.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 49(2), pp. 198-215. (10.1037/xlm0001226)
- Cyr, V., Poirier, M., Yearsley, J. M., Guitard, D., Harrigan, I. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2022. The production effect over the long term: modeling distinctiveness using serial positions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 48(12), pp. 1797-1820. (10.1037/xlm0001093)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Greene, N. R., Naveh-Benjamin, M. and Cowan, N. 2022. The proportion of working memory items recoverable from long-term memory remains fixed despite adult aging.. Psychology and Aging 37(7), pp. 777-786. (10.1037/pag0000703)
- Roodenrys, S., Guitard, D., Miller, L. M., Saint-Aubin, J. and Barron, J. 2022. Phonological similarity in the serial recall task hinders item recall, not just order. British Journal of Psychology 113(4), pp. 1100-1120. (10.1111/bjop.12575)
- Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2022. Attention allocation between item and order information in short-term memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (10.1177/17470218221118451)
- Landry, E., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2022. Arousal affects short-term serial recall. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 76(2), pp. 99-110. (10.1037/cep0000272)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Guitard, D. and Poirier, M. 2022. A curved honulo improves your short-term and long-term memory. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 76(3), pp. 201-209. (10.1037/cep0000279)
- Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2022. Backward recall and foreknowledge of recall direction: a test of the Encoding–Retrieval Matching Hypothesis. Memory 30(8), pp. 1057-1072. (10.1080/09658211.2022.2079675)
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J. and Cowan, N. 2022. Tradeoffs between item and order information in short-term memory. Journal of Memory and Language 122, article number: 104300. (10.1016/j.jml.2021.104300)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D., Adams, E. J., Pattankul, D. and Cowan, N. 2022. Children's long-term retention is directly constrained by their working memory capacity limitations. Developmental Science 25(2), article number: 13164. (10.1111/desc.13164)
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J. and Cowan, N. 2022. Grouping effects in immediate reconstruction of order and the preconditions for long-term learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 75(1), pp. 70-97. (10.1177/17470218211030825)
- Gionet, S., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2022. The production effect interacts with serial positions: further evidence from a between-subjects manipulation. Experimental Psychology 69(1), pp. 12-22. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000540)
- Cowan, N., Guitard, D., Greene, N. R. and Fiset, S. 2022. Exploring the use of phonological and semantic representations in working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 48(11), pp. 1638-1659. (10.1037/xlm0001077)
- AuBuchon, A. M. et al. 2022. Lexical access speed and the development of phonological recoding during immediate serial recall. Journal of Cognition and Development 23(5), pp. 624-643. (10.1080/15248372.2022.2083140)
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J. and Neath, I. 2022. Additional evidence that valence does not affect serial recall. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (10.1177/17470218221126635)
- Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2021. The irrelevant speech effect in backward recall is modulated by foreknowledge of recall direction and response modality. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 75(3), pp. 245-260. (10.1037/cep0000248)
- Elliott, E. M. et al. 2021. Multi-lab direct replication of Flavell, Beach and Chinsky (1966): spontaneous verbal rehearsal in a memory task as a function of age. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 4(2), pp. 1-20. (10.1177/25152459211018187)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Yearsley, J. M., Poirier, M., Cyr, V. and Guitard, D. 2021. A model of the production effect over the short-term: The cost of relative distinctiveness. Journal of Memory and Language 118, article number: 104219. (10.1016/j.jml.2021.104219)
- Forsberg, A., Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2021. Working memory limits severely constrain long-term retention. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 28(2), pp. 537-547. (10.3758/s13423-020-01847-z)
- Guitard, D., Saint-Aubin, J. and Cowan, N. 2021. Asymmetrical interference between item and order information in short-term memory.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 47(2), pp. 243-263. (10.1037/xlm0000956)
- Guitard, D. and Cowan, N. 2020. Do we use visual codes when information is not presented visually?. Memory and Cognition 48(8), pp. 1522-1536. (10.3758/s13421-020-01054-0)
- Sonier, R., Poirier, M., Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2020. A round Bouba is easier to remember than a curved Kiki: sound-symbolism can support associative memory. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 27(4), pp. 776-782. (10.3758/s13423-020-01733-8)
- Ensor, T. M., Bancroft, T. D., Guitard, D., Bireta, T. J., Hockley, W. E. and Surprenant, A. M. 2020. Testing a strategy-disruption account of the list-strength effect: are sampling bias and output interference responsible?. Experimental Psychology 67(4), pp. 255-275. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000494)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Beaudry, O., Guitard, D., Pâquet, M. and Guérard, K. 2020. The word length effect in backward recall: the role of response modality. Memory 28(5), pp. 692-700. (10.1080/09658211.2020.1762896)
- Guitard, D., St Aubin, J., Poirier, M., Miller, L. M. and Tolan, A. 2020. Forward and backward recall: Different visuospatial processes when you know what’s coming. Memory and Cognition 48(1), pp. 111-126. (10.3758/s13421-019-00966-w)
- Foglia, V. et al. 2020. When pictures take away from the message: An examination of young adults’ attention to texting and driving advertisements.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 74(2), pp. 131-143. (10.1037/cep0000190)
- Chubala, C. M., Guitard, D., Neath, I., Saint-Aubin, J. and Surprenant, A. M. 2019. Visual similarity effects in immediate serial recall and (sometimes) in immediate serial recognition. Memory and Cognition 48(3), pp. 411-425. (10.3758/s13421-019-00979-5)
- Ensor, T. M., Guitard, D., Bireta, T. J., Hockley, W. E. and Surprenant, A. M. 2019. The list-length effect occurs in cued recall with the retroactive design but not the proactive design.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie exp{é}}rimentale 74(1), pp. 12-24. (10.1037/cep0000187)
- Charrette, C., Perron, M., Guitard, D. and Roy-Charland, A. 2019. Authentic smiles and simulated smiles: ocular exploration and judgment in children, Sourires authentiques et sourires simulés: exploration oculaire et jugement chez les enfants. Enfance 2019(2), pp. 181-199. (10.3917/enf2.192.0181)
- Guitard, D., Millier, L. M., Neath, I. and Roodenrys, S. 2019. Does contextual diversity affect serial recall?. Journal of Cognitive Psychology 31(4), pp. 379-396. (10.1080/20445911.2019.1626401)
- Poirier, M., Yearsley, J. M., Saint-Aubin, J., Fortin, C., Gallant, G. and Guitard, D. 2019. Dissociating visuo-spatial and verbal working memory: it’s all in the features. Memory and Cognition 47(4), pp. 603-618. (10.3758/s13421-018-0882-9)
- Guitard, D., St Aubin, J., Tehan, G. and Tolan, A. 2018. Does neighborhood size really cause the word length effect?. Memory and Cognition 46(2), pp. 244-260. (10.3758/s13421-017-0761-9)
- Guitard, D., Gabel, A., Saint-Aubin, J., Surprenant, A. and Neath, I. 2018. Word length, set size, and lexical factors: Re-examining what causes the word length effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition 44(11), pp. 1824-1844. (10.1037/xlm0000551)
- Saint-Aubin, J., Hilchey, M., Mishra, R., Singh, N., Savoie, D., Guitard, D. and Klein, R. 2018. Does the relation between the control of attention and second language proficiency generalize from India to Canada?. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 72(3), pp. 208-218. (10.1037/cep0000151)
- Guitard, D. and Saint-Aubin, J. 2015. A Replication of "Functional Equivalence of Verbal and Spatial Information in Serial Short-Term Memory (1995; Experiments 2 and 3)".. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology 11(2), pp. r4-r7. (10.20982/tqmp.11.2.r004)
Research
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Teaching
Teaching Summary
At the UG level, I teach on the module for the Year 2 Thinking, Emotion and Consciousness (PS2023) and I also give Year 2 academic tutorials.
At the PG level, I am contributing to the supervision of the research project module (PST723), and act as a personal tutor.
Biography
2018-2021: PhD in Psychology, Université de Moncton
2016-2018: Master of Arts in Psychology, Université de Moncton
2013-2016: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Université de Moncton
Academic positions
2022 - present: Lecturer, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
2021 - 2022: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NSERC), Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri
Committees and reviewing
Ad-hoc reviewer:
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, Journal of Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Memory & Cognition, Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, Cognitive Processing, Cognitive Science, Acta Psychologica, Memory, The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology, Language & Cognition, Cognition.