Norman Brown

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Arts - Psychology Dept

Email: nrbrown@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 492-8746
Address: P-338 Bio Science - Psychology Wing
11355 - Saskatchewan Drive

Edmonton AB

T6G 2E9

Overview

Research

Autobiographical memory, collective memory, basic memory processes, judgment and decision making, cognitive aspects of survey methodology.

Courses

PSYCH 350 - Human Memory

An introduction to the study of human memory. Topics include verbal learning and interference theory, the short-term/long-term memory distinction, semantic memory, working memory, sensory memory, autobiographical memory, amnesia, and implicit memory. The emphasis will be on developing coherent theoretical accounts of the evidence. Prerequisite: PSYCH 258. [Faculty of Arts]

Fall Term 2024 Winter Term 2025

PSYCH 405 - Special Topics in Psychology II

Review and discussion of special theoretical or methodological topics, or a novel or emerging research areas in contemporary psychology. Prerequisites: PSYCH 104 or SCI 100, and PSYCH 105, STAT 141 or 151 or 161, and a 300-level PSYCH course. Note: Consult the Department of Psychology's website for the specific(s) topic offered each year and any additional prerequisites. [Faculty of Arts].

Winter Term 2024 Winter Term 2025

PSYCH 458 - Advanced Topics in Cognition

In depth examination of one or more topics in cognitive psychology. Topics may include knowledge representation, visual cognition, memory, learning, decision making, language, reasoning and problem-solving. Prerequisites: one of PSYCH 350, 354, 356, 357, or 365. [Faculty of Science]

Winter Term 2024

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Featured Publications

The possible effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the contents and organization of autobiographical memory: A Transition Theory perspective

Brown, N.R.

Cognition. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104694

When “bad” is good: How evaluative judgments eliminate the standard anchoring effect

Schweickart, O., Tam, C. & Brown, N.R.

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104694

Multiple partners, multiple strategies, multiple causes: Understanding why men and women provide discrepant sex partner reports.

Brown, N.R., Schweickart, O., Sinclair, R. C. & Moore, S.E.

Cognitive development from a strategy perspective: A Festschrift for Robert Siegler . 2018 January;

Transition Theory: A minimalist perspective on the organization of autobiographical memory

Brown, N.R.

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 2016 January; 10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.03.005

The effect of collective transitions on organization and contents of autobiographical memory: A Transition-Theory perspective

Brown, N.R., Schweickart, O., & Svob, C.

American Journal of Psychology. 2016 January; 10.5406/amerjpsyc.129.3.0259