Dodson, Chad S
Primary Appointment
Professor of Psychology, Psychology
Contact Information
B005/B052 Gilmer Hall
Telephone: 924-4237
Email: cdodson@virginia.edu
Website: http://faculty.virginia.edu/dodson/
Research Disciplines
Psychology
Research Interests
Memory, with an emphasis on the occurrence of (a) false memories, (b) overconfidence in one’s memories and (c) changes in memory across the lifespan.
Research Description
Our research focuses on memory with an emphasis on the occurrence of (a) false memories, (b) overconfidence in one’s memories and (c) changes in memory across the lifespan. For example, some of our research examines eyewitness memory. We have observed with a typical eyewitness suggestibility paradigm that older adults are much more likely than younger adults to assert confidently that they remember witnessing an event that was only suggested to them. Some of our current projects are examining whether this age-related effect generalizes to more naturalistic eyewitness settings and whether there are variables that can minimize the occurrence of these kinds of high confidence errors. See our website (faculty.virginia.edu/dodson) for more information
UNLEASH (Undergraduate Research)
Contact: Chad Dodson (cdodson@virginia.edu)
Website: faculty.virginia.edu/dodson/