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  • 2006-12-18: Favourites Questionnaire taken by over 2,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Favourites Questionnaire has been taken by more than 2,000 visitors on our website. The questionnaire is available in Dutch and English. The results are used to examine the reminiscence bump.

    The reminiscence bump is the effect that people recall more personal events from early adulthood than from childhood or adulthood. The bump has been examined extensively. However, the question whether the bump is caused by differential encoding or re-sampling is still unanswered.

    To examine this issue, participants were asked about their three favourite books, movies and records. Furthermore, they were asked when they first encountered them. We compared the temporal distributions and found that they all showed recency effects and reminiscence bumps, but the distribution of favourite books had the largest recency effect and the distribution of favourite records had the largest reminiscence bump.

    We can explain these results by the difference in rehearsal. Books are read only once, movies are watched more frequently, whereas records are listened to numerous times. The results suggest that differential encoding initially causes the reminiscence bump, but re-sampling increases the reminiscence bump.

    The study was also mentioned in the New York Post.



  • 2006-12-15: Yearly News Memory Test taken by over 2,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Yearly News Memory Test has been taken by more than 2,000 visitors on our website.

    In the test, which is a variation of the hugely successful Daily News Memory Test, participants are given 15 open-ended and 30 multiple-choice questions about Dutch and international news events of the last 55 years.

    The preliminary results show that participants, unsurprisingly, perform poorly on questions about news events that occurred before their tenth birthday. However, they perform better on questions about events that occurred in the period that they were between 10 and 30 years old than on questions about events that occurred after that period.



  • 2006-11-01: Presentation at Psychonomic Society (by: Steve Janssen)

    Jaap Murre will give a paper presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, which will be held in Houston from Thursday November 16 until Sunday November 19. For more information about the conference go to Psychonomic Society.

    Jaap Murre will be giving the paper presentation on Sunday November 19 from 8:20 to 8:35 AM in the Grand Ballroom JKL of the Hilton-Americas Hotel. His presentation is assigned number 257.

    The paper, entitled "Analysing the reminiscence bump in autobiographical memory: First-time experiences, valence, and emotionality", was written with Steve Janssen. People recall a disproportionally large number of personal events from adolescence and early adulthood. Though this ‘reminiscence bump’ has been examined extensively, its causes remain unclear.

    In the presentation Jaap Murre described the results of an experiment, in which we investigated the nature of the events recalled in the reminiscence bump. Over 2400 participants were given ten cue words and asked to describe the personal events that first came to mind. Furthermore, they were asked to date each event reported and to indicate whether it was a ‘first-time’ experience or not. Finally, the participants were asked to rate the valence or strength of emotional reaction to each event.

    The large number of observations allowed plotting of detailed lifetime distribution curves for each of the conditions in the experiment. The results were analysed within our theoretical framework for lifetime memory distributions.



  • 2006-07-23: ABC Science News (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Favourites Questionnaire was the topic of a news item of ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Company. The results of the experiment and the implications of these results are discussed. Go to ABC Science to read this item.



  • 2006-04-09: Galton-Crovitz test taken 12,000 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 12,000 times by the visitors of our site. The test measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there are systematical errors in the way that people assign dates to public events (i.e., telescoping effect) and whether there is a particulair period in people's life, such as adolescence (i.e., reminiscence bump), from which they have more memories than other periods.

    The test is translated into six languages: Dutch, English, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Portuguese.



  • 2006-02-10: Polish version Galton-Crovitz test (by: Steve Janssen)

    After recently adding an Italian version of the Galton-Crovitz test by Antonio Chessa, a Portugese version by Perdo Rodrigues, and a Japanese version by Prof. Inoue from Doshisha University (Kyoto) and Dr. Kawasaki from Kobe College (Nishinomiya), we have added a Polish version of the Galton-Crovitz test. The test was translated by Anna Gralak of Warsaw School of Social Psychology.

    In this test, Polish participants or participants, who speak Polish, have to describe personal memories and date public and personal events. It takes about 30 minutes to complete the test. English and Dutch versions of the Galton-Crovitz test were already available.



  • 2006-02-09: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 35,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 35,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of four years.

    The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2006-01-04: Presentation at ICOM-4 (by: Steve Janssen)

    Steve Janssen of the neuroMod group will give a presentation at the ICOM-4. The Fourth International Conference On Memory. The conference will be held in Sydney, Australia from July 16 until July 21. The presentation is entitled, 'The temporal distribution of favourite books, movies and records: Differential encoding or re-sampling.'

    The reminiscence bump is the effect that people recall more personal events from early adulthood than from childhood or adulthood. The bump has been examined extensively. However, the question if the bump is caused by differential encoding or by re-sampling is still unanswered. To examine this issue, participants were asked to give their three favourite books, movies and records. Furthermore, they were asked when they first read, saw or heard them. We compared the temporal distributions and found that they all showed a recency effect and a reminiscence bump, but the distribution of the favourite books had the largest recency effect and the distribution of favourite records had the largest reminiscence bump. These two effects are caused by a difference in rehearsal. Books are read only once, movies are watched more frequently, whereas records are played numerous times. The results suggest that differential encoding initially causes the reminiscence bump, but re-sampling strengthens the bump.



  • 2005-12-09: Galton-Crovitz test taken 10,000 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 10,000 times by the visitors of our site. The test measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there are systematical errors in the way that people assign dates to public events (telescoping effect) and whether there is a particulair period in people's life, such as adolescence (reminiscence bump), from which they have more memories than other periods.

    The test is translated into six languages: Dutch, English, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Portuguese.



  • 2005-11-14: Presentation NVP (by: Steve Janssen)

    Steve Janssen of the neuroMod group will give a presentation at the Wintercongres of the NVP, the Dutch Psychonomic Society. The conference will be held in Egmond aan Zee (the Netherlands) on December 16 and 17, 2005. For more information about the conference, please go to NVP. Steve Janssen will be giving the presentation during the Memory Models session held on Saturday December 17 from 9:30 to 11:10.

    The reminiscence bump is the effect that people recall more personal events from early adulthood than from childhood or adulthood. The bump has been examined extensively. However, the question if the bump is caused by differential encoding or by re-sampling is still unanswered. To examine this issue, participants were asked to give their three favourite books, movies and records. Furthermore, they were asked when they first read, saw or heard them. We compared the temporal distributions and found that they all showed a recency effect and a reminiscence bump, but the distribution of the favourite books had the largest recency effect and the distribution of favourite records had the largest reminiscence bump. These two effects are caused by a difference in rehearsal. Books are read only once, movies are watched more frequently, whereas records are played numerous times. The results suggest that differential encoding initially causes the reminiscence bump, but re-sampling strengthens the bump.



  • 2005-11-14: Japanese version Galton-Crovitz test (by: Steve Janssen)

    After recently adding an Italian version of the Galton-Crovitz test by Antonio Chessa and a Portugese version by Perdo Rodrigues, we added a Japanese version of the Galton-Crovitz test to our website. The test was translated by Prof. Inoue from Doshisha University (Kyoto) and Dr. Kawasaki from Kobe College (Nishinomiya)

    In this test, Japanese participants or participants, who speak Japanese, have to describe personal memories and date public and personal events. It takes about thirty minutes to complete the test.

    English and Dutch versions of the Galton-Crovitz test were already available.

    We are also planning to develop a Polish version of the Galton-Crovitz test in the near future.



  • 2005-10-24: Poster presentation at Psychonomic Society (by: Steve Janssen)

    Steve Janssen will give a poster presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, which will be held in Toronto from Thursday November 10 until Sunday November 13. For more information about the conference go to Psychonomic Society. Steve Janssen will be giving the poster presentation on Friday November 11 from 5:30 to 7:00 PM in the Sheraton Hall in the Sheraton Centre Hotel. His poster is assigned number 3034.



  • 2005-08-28: Galton-Crovitz test taken 9,000 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 9,000 times by the visitors of our site. The test measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there are systematical errors (telescoping effect) in the way that people assign dates to public events and whether there is a particulair period in people's life, such as adolescence, from which they have more memories (reminiscence bump) than other periods.

    The test is translated into four languages: Dutch, English, Italian and Portuguese. Currently, we are also translating the test into Japanese.



  • 2005-07-14: Presentation at ESCoP (by: Steve Janssen)

    Steve Janssen of the neuroMod group will give a presentation at the fourteenth European Society for Cognitive Psychology conference, which will be held in Leiden from August 31 until September 3. For more information about the conference go to ESCoP. He will be giving the presentation during the Memory session held on September 3 from 11:00 to 12:40.



  • 2005-04-18: Presentation at EASR (by: Steve Janssen)

    Steve Janssen of the neuroMod group will give a presentation at the first European Association for Survey Research conference, which will be held in Barcelona from July 18 until July 22. For more information about the conference go to EASR He will be giving the presentation during the Cognitive Models of Survey Research session held on July 20 from 11:30 to 13:30 and from 15:00 to 17:00.



  • 2005-04-18: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 30,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 30,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of four years.

    The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2005-04-18: Galton-Crovitz test taken 8,000 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 8,000 times by the visitors of our site. The test measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there are systematical errors (telescoping effect) in the way that people assign dates to public events and whether there is a particulair period in people's life, such as adolescence, from which they have more memories (reminiscence bump).

    Steve Janssen will give a presentation about the reminiscence bump at the TIC 2005 in Tsukuba, Japan. The conference will be held from March 13 to 15, 2005.



  • 2005-04-18: Portugese version Galton-Crovitz test (by: Steve Janssen)

    After recently adding an Italian version of the Galton-Crovitz test by Antonio Chessa, has Pedro Rodrigues added a Portugese version. In this test, Portugese participants or participants, who speak Portugese, have to describe personal memories and date public and personal events. It takes about thirty minutes to complete the test.

    English and Dutch versions of the Galton-Crovitz test were already available.

    We are also planning to develop a Japanese version of the Galton-Crovitz test with Prof. Inoue from Doshisha University (Kyoto) and Dr. Kawasaki from Kobe College (Nishinomiya) in the near future.



  • 2005-06-18: Favourites Questionnaire (by: Steve Janssen)

    The members of the NeuroMod group have developed a new experiment on their website, entitled Favourites Questionnaire. In this test, participants are asked what their three favourite movies, books, and records are and when they first saw, read, or heard them. The questionnaire takes about fifteen minutes to complete and it is available in English as well as in Dutch.



  • 2005-02-14: Italian version Galton-Crovitz test (by: Steve Janssen)

    Antonio Chessa and Steve Janssen have developed an Italian version of the Galton-Crovitz test. In this test, Italian participants or participants, who speak Italian, have to describe personal memories and date public and personal events. It takes about thirty minutes to complete the test.

    We are also planning to develop a Portugese and a Japanese version of the Galton-Crovitz test.



  • 2005-02-14: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 29,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 29,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of four years.

    The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2004-12-16: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 28,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 28,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of four years.

    The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2004-12-09: Galton-Crovitz test taken 7,000 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 7,000 times by the visitors of our site. The test measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there are systematical errors (telescoping effect) in the way that people assign dates to public events and whether there is a particulair period in people's life, such as adolescence, from which they have more memories (reminiscence bump).

    Steve Janssen will give a presentation about the reminiscence bump at the TIC 2005 in Tsukuba, Japan. The conference will be held from March 13 to 15, 2005.



  • 2004-10-19: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 27,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)
    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 27,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.

  • 2004-07-24: Presentation at the RC 33 Sixth International Conference (by: Steve Janssen)
    Steve Janssen of the neuroMod group gives a presentation at RC33 Sixth International Conference on Social Science Methodology: Recent Developments and Applications in Social Research Methodology. He will give his presentation on the Influence of dating formats on the telescoping effect and the distribution of autobiographical memory on Wednesday August 18th, at 12.15-12.35 during the "Aided recall techniques in survey interviews" session, when Robert Belli, Maike Reimer, and Wander van der Vaart also give their presentation.

  • 2004-07-24: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 26,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)
    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 26,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.

  • 2004-07-24: Galton-Crovitz test taken 6,000 times (by: Steve Janssen)
    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 6,000 times by the visitors of our site. The test measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there are systematical errors (telescoping effect) in the way that people assign dates to public events.

  • 2004-06-29: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 25,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 25,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2004-04-13: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 25,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 25,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2004-03-24: Galton-Crovitz test taken 5000 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 5000 times by the visitors of our site. The test, which is on-line since June 2002, measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there is a systematical error (telescoping effect) in the way that people assign dates to public events.



  • 2004-01-26: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 24,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 24,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2004-01-09: Cognition Symposium at RAI (by: Steve Janssen)

    On February 4, 5 and 6, there will be held a cognition symposium in Amsterdam, called 'Brain and Learning'. The symposium, organized by NWO (the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research), also includes a day for the general public in the RAI conference centre on Friday February 6. On this day for the general public, members of the neuroMod group will give a demonstration of a few of their experiments. For more information go to Hersenen en Leren.



  • 2003-12-31: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 23,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 23,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2003-10-27: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 22,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 22,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2003-09-09: The Dutch - National Memory Test - Online (by: Wouter Pasman)

    From the 10-th of September a new Dutch memory test is available online. The National Memory Test has been developed to gain more insight in individual differences in memory capabilities. The new test now measures performance on four aspects of memory: the Digit-span, visual span (Corsi Block test), learning speed and memory for faces. Soon this test will be extended with several new tests for visual and spatial short-term memory.



  • 2003-08-18: Galton-Crovitz test taken 3,500 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 3500 times by the visitors of our site. The test, which is on-line since June 2002, measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there is a systematical error (telescoping effect) in the way that people assign dates to public events.



  • 2003-07-30: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 21,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 21,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2003-07-28: Press release (by: Steve Janssen)

    On July 28, 2003 a press release about the preliminary results of the Galton-Crovitz test yielded numerous responses in different types of media.
    The results showed that people store personal events most intense between the age of 13 and 18. To be more precize, Dutch males store information best when they are 18, while females store information best when they are 15.



  • 2003-06-25: Dutch participants can win €20 (by: Steve Janssen)

    From July 1, 2003 Dutch participants can win €20,- when they take the Daily News Memory Test. Every month, one subject, who completed the test, will be drawn from our database and will be sent a gift certificate.



  • 2003-06-11: Presentation at the Constructive Memory Workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria (by: Steve Janssen)

    Steve Janssen of the neuroMod group will be giving a presentation about the distribution of autobiographical memory at the Advanced Interdisciplinary Workshop on Constructive Memory: Data and Models. The presentation will discuss the preliminary results of the Galton-Crovitz test. Key talks at the conference will be given by Jay McClelland, Elizabeth Loftus, Alan Baddeley, Daniel Schacter and Jeroen Raaijmakers. The workshop is organized by the New Bulgarian University in Sofia, Bulgaria and it is held on 12, 13 and 14 July.



  • 2003-03-17: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 20,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 20,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2002-03-06: Galton-Crovitz test taken 3,000 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 3000 times by the visitors of our site. The test, which is on-line since June 2002, measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there is a systematical error (telescoping effect) in the way that people assign dates to public events.



  • 2003-01-21: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 19,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 19,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2002-11-27: Galton-Crovitz test taken 2,500 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 2,500 times by the visitors of our site. The test, which is on-line since June 2002, measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there is a systematical error (telescoping effect) in the way that people assign dates to public events.



  • 2002-11-06: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 18,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 18,000 visitors from all over the world in a period of two years. The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2002-10-24: Presentation at the NEMO science museum (by: Steve Janssen)

    Members of the neuroMod group give a presentation about their work on November 1, 2002 at the science museum NEMO in Amsterdam. This symposium is called "Between Brain and Consciousness" and is organised by NWO, which supports the neuroMod group.



  • 2002-10-01: Galton-Crovitz test taken 2,000 times (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Galton-Crovitz test has been taken 2,000 times by the visitors of our site. The test, which is on-line since June 2002, measures the age of personal memories and it tests whether there is a systematical error (telescoping effect) in the way that people assign dates to public events.



  • 2002-11-02: Daily News Memory Test two years on-line (by: Steve Janssen)

    The Daily News Memory Test has been on-line for two years now. On November 2, 2000 the first version of the test was put on the Internet. This first version was written in Dutch. Later, there also came an English version. In this period the DNMT has been taken by almost 18,000 visitors from all over the world.



  • 2002-10-01: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 17,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 17,000 visitors from all over the world.
    The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2002-08-22: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 16,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 16,000 visitors from all over the world.
    The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2002-07-29: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 15,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 15,000 visitors from all over the world.
    The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2002-07-17: Press release leads to thousands of extra hits (by: Steve Janssen)

    A press communiqué about our research released on July 15th reached several national ( Telegraaf, Algemeen Dagblad, Metro, Spits) and local newspapers (Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, Limburgs Dagblad) and radiostations (Radio 1, Radio 3FM). Their reports about our Internet tests led to thousands of extra visitors of our website in the following days, which provided us with useful information.



  • 2002-07-17: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 14,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)

    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 14,000 visitors from all over the world.
    The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.



  • 2002-09-28: The new Galton-Crovitz test is available! (by: Steve Janssen)

    The new Galton-Crovitz test is available since June 26, 2002. We developed this online test because we are interested if people's memories of public events, like major disasters for instance, are related to their personal memories. With personal memories we not only mean intimate memories but also memories of trivial events. For example, what people ate for breakfast or with whom they had a conversation yesterday. To put it briefly the complete autobiographical memory.

    The Internet test is based on the work of Francis Galton (1879) and Herbert Crovitz (Crovitz & Schiffman, 1974) and therefore carries their names. In this online test subjects have to describe memories of personal events and date these and other public events. It takes about twenty-five minutes to complete the test. The Dutch version was already released and within a month it been taken by more than 500 subjects. And now the English version of the Galton-Crovitz test is also online.



  • 2002-06-26: New Galton-Crovitz test will be available from July 1, 2002. (by: Steve Janssen)

    At the University of Amsterdam, we are developing a new Internet test. This test is based on the work of Francis Galton and Herbert Crovitz. Therefore it carries their names. In this online test subjects have to give memories of personal events and date these personal and other public events. The test will be released on July 1, 2002. A Dutch version of the test is already available on Human memory.

    We have made this test because we are interested if people's memories of public events like disasters for instance, are related to their personal memories. With personal memories we not only mean intimate memories but also memories of trivial events. For example, what people ate for breakfast or with whom they had a conversation yesterday. To put it briefly the complete autobiographical memory.



  • 2002-06-07: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 13,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)
    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 13,000 visitors from all over the world.
    The participants came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.

  • 2002-05-11: Power outage from May 8 until May 11 (12:00) (by: Eric Maryniak)
    Due to the department-wide testing of an emergency power system, there has been a power outage until Saturday, May 11 (12:00, UTC+2). Power has now been restored and hopefully the power problems in the past are now solved by the new backup power system. Our apologies for any inconvenience. We hope our web servers will have minimal downtimes (preferably none!) due to power problems now and encourage you to visit them and, for example, do the Daily News Memory Test!

  • 2002-05-02: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 12,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)
    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 12,000 visitors from all over the world.
    They came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.

  • 2002-02-26: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 11,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)
    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 11,000 visitors from all over the world.
    They came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.

  • 2002-02-25: neuroMod and Human Memory site upgrades (by: Eric Maryniak)
    From February 16 to 17, the server running the neuroMod and Human Memory web server and MySQL databases, was upgraded from SuSE Linux version 6.3 to 7.3, including a filesystem upgrade to the ReiserFS - Reiser filesystem, which implied reformats. Although we tested the migration on a testserver first, with almost but not completely identical hardware, some problems popped up after the installation. They were, however, easily fixed in the first two days after the upgrade. Downtimes, other than those caused by prolonged power failures, are not expected anymore. We hope you enjoy the visit to our sites and as always, please feel free to share your feedback with us!

  • 2002-01-31: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 10,000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)
    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 10,000 visitors from all over the world.
    They came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.

  • 2002-01-08: Nutshell 1.0.255 released (by: Eric Maryniak)
    You can download the user friendly binary release, which includes a self-extracting Setup Installation Wizard, while source code is also available.

  • 2001-12-18: Daily News Memory Test taken by over 8000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)
    The International and the Dutch versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 8000 visitors from all over the world.
    They came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.

  • 2001-06-27: Daily News Memory Test taken by more than 5000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)
    The two versions of the Daily News Memory Test have been taken by more than 5000 visitors from all over the world.
    They came from Australia to the United States, from Finland to South-Africa and from Japan to Chile.
    The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.

  • 2001-05-01: News test taken by over 1000 visitors (by: Steve Janssen)
    The Daily News Memory Test has now been taken by over 1000 visitors. The number of takers of the International Version is growing rapidly and is expected to exceed that of the Dutch Version within a few days. The results will be used to verify our memory models and to support development of tests of memory loss in patients with brain damage.

  • 2001-04-06: Nutshell 1.0.253 released (by: Eric Maryniak)
    You can download the user friendly binary release, which includes a self-extracting Setup Installation Wizard, while source code is also available.

  • 2000-12-05: Article on our research in 'Reformatorisch Dagblad' (by: Jaap Murre)
    On Tuesday 5 December 2000, the Dutch newspaper 'Reformatorisch Dagblad' ran a full page with several articles mentioning our research. The main article is about sleep and memory, and a separate article tells about our Daily News Memory Test and our Memory Improvement Course. The articles are written by Janneke Hak.

  • 2000-11-01: neuroMod and Human Memory site online! (by: Eric Maryniak)
    The web sites of neuroMod, Home of the Neural and Cognitive Modeling Group, and Human Memory, both at the University of Amsterdam, are online.
    On 2001-05-15, the neuroMod site got it's own .org domain: www.neuromod.org! This replaces the neuromod.uva.nl domain, which remain available as an alias.

  • 1999-05-10: Memory and Emotion (Epos workshop) (by: Jaap Murre)
    Epos workshop
    10 & 11 May 1999
    Memory and Emotion

  • 1999-05-08: Zo, werkt je geheugen...? (Manifestatie voor een breed publiek) (by: Jaap Murre)
    "Zo, werkt je geheugen?"

    Zaterdag 8 mei 1999 - 11:00 uur tot 17:00 uur

    TOEGANG GRATIS !

    Locatie: Roeterstraat 15, Gebouw A

    Deze manifestatie wordt georganiseerd door de Adeling Psychologie van de Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen van de Universiteit van Amsterdam
    Bij de organisatie wordt samengewerkt met diverse instanties, zoals de tijdschriften Psychologie en Natuur en Techniek. Alle onderdelen van de manifestatie vinden plaats in het gebouw van de afdeling aan de Roetersstraat 15 te Amsterdam.
    De manifestatie heeft tot doel wetenschappelijke informatie over de werking van het geheugen te verspreiden onder een breed publiek. We richten ons in het bijzonder tot groepen die in hun dagelijkse werkzaamheden met het geheugen en geheugenproblemen in aanraking komen (scholieren, studenten, onderwijsgevenden, verzorgende en (para)medische beroepen).
    De manifestatie bestaat uit een tentoonstelling die in de periode van 26 april tot en met 8 mei 1999 toegankelijk is, een internationale wetenschappelijke dag op vrijdag 7 mei (thema: amnesie) en een publieksdag op zaterdag 8 mei 1999
    De tentoonstelling presenteert informatie over verschillende aspecten van het geheugen, met waar mogelijk voor bezoekers de gelegenheid ter plaatse geheugentaken uit te voeren en op die manier actief met het onderwerp van de manifestatie bezig te zijn.
    Programma
    11.00 Deuren open: tentoonstelling, video-documentaires, computer-demonstraties, verkoop boeken en posters.
    12.00 Muziek (Café "De Vergetelheid")
    12.30 Theater (Café "De Vergetelheid")
    13.00 Geheugenverlies: vormen van amnesie. (Lezing, Jaap Murre, zaal A)
    13.30 Cabaret (Café "De Vergetelheid")
    14.00 Wat je altijd al wilde weten: fotografisch geheugen, verdrongen herinneringen en andere veel gestelde vragen. (Lezing en discussie, Christiaan Hamaker, zaal A)
    14.00 Muziek (Café "De Vergetelheid")
    14.30 Theater (Café "De Vergetelheid")
    15.00 Geheugenverlies bij Alzheimerpatiënten en hoe daarmee om te gaan. (Cees Jonker, VU, zaal A)
    15.30 Cabaret (Café "De Vergetelheid")
    16.00 "Zo werkt je geheugen!" (Demonstraties en geheugentraining, Christiaan Hamaker, zaal A)
    16.40 Theater (Café "De Vergetelheid")
    17.00 Einde

    Aan de theatervoorstelling werken mee: Sophie Zeijl, Silke van Beekum, Suzanne Dietz, Barbara Cupido, Indre Driessen, Willemijn Kemp en Rick Vermin

    Tijdens de gehele publieksdag is er op de begane grond:
    • Het manifestatiecafé "De Vergetelheid", met muziek door het AWATER-strijkkwartet, theatervoorstellingen in samenwerking  met Pandemonia Science Theater Nederland en cabaret door Cornelis Herfst
    • De tentoonstelling "Het geheugen"
    • Doorlopende vertoning van video-documentaires over het geheugen, w.o. 'Het brein, ons innerlijk universum bekeken', De ziekte van   Alzheimer en de 'geheugen-aflevering' uit de serie Ontdek de Psychologie
    • Verkoop van boeken (waaronder een voor de manifestatie geschreven populair-wetenschappelijk boekje), tijdschriften en T-shirts
    En in zalen op de derde verdieping (pijlen volgen):
    • Computer-demonstraties

    Boek
    Ter gelegenheid van de manifestatie hebben Vittorio Busato en Christiaan Hamaker een boekje geschreven over het geheugen met de titel Het Geheugen in een Notendop, uitgegeven door de Vossius Pers AUP. Dit boekje zal tijdens de manifestatie te koop zijn voor f 17.50.


  • 1999-05-07: New directions in Amnesia (one-day conference) (by: Jaap Murre)

    New Directions in Memory and Amnesia Research

    Department of Psychology

    7 May 1999, University of Amsterdam

    The Department of Psychology of the University of Amsterdam has the intention of organizing conferences and public events dedicated to a single aspect of human behavior. This year’s theme will be memory. We are delighted to announce that the first event will be a one-day conference on recent advances in amnesia research and that the invited speakers for this conference include some of the leaders in the field. Specific topics will include a study of a subject who is born without a hippocampus, MRI and fMRI studies of human memory and retrograde amnesia, semantic dementia, and connectionist models of amnesia and long-term forgetting.

    Alan Baddeley

    University of Bristol

    The amnesic syndrome: Established views and new directions

    Narinder Kapur

    Wessex Neurological Centre and University of Southampton

    Neuroanatomical and neuropsychological correlates of very long-term memory loss

    Michael Kopelman

    St. Thomas’s Hospital, London

    Retrograde amnesia in patients with frontal, temporal lobe, or diencephalic lesions

    Serge Rombouts

    Medical Faculty, Free University at Amsterdam

    Looking at memory: functional MRI research

    Kim Graham

    Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit of the Medical Research Council, Cambridge

    Episodic Memory: New Insights from the study of Semantic Dementia

    Jaap Murre

    Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam

    TraceLink: A model of amnesia, semantic dementia, and long-term forgetting

    Organizers

    Jaap Murre, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam

    Jeroen Raaijmakers, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam

    Information

    Location: Roetersstraat 15, Amsterdam

    Date: 7 May 1999, 10:00-16:30

    Reservation and information: Reyna Veldhuis, tel.020-5256711, fax. 020-5256710, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, email: fb_veldhuis@macmail.psy.uva.nl

    Conference fee: DFL 150 (includes coffee and lunch)

    Reservation is completed only after receiving the conference fee at the following bank account or a eurocheck at the address above (send to Reyna Veldhuis).

    Postgiro 503 23 36

    Faculteit der Psychologie UvA

    Roetersstraat 15

    1018 WB Amsterdam

    Mention "Amnesia 7 mei" on the bank transfer.


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