Assistant Head for Infrastructure and Operations
Professor

Research Interests

Human learning, memory, and decision-making

Education

B. A., Carnegie Mellon University

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Psychology
Professor, Neuroscience Program
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Recent Publications

Benjamin, A. S., Yang, R., & Ünal, B. (2025). Changes in Recent Practices in Research and Publishing: A View From the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 51(6), 855-868. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001487

Fairbairn, C. E., Han, J., Caumiant, E. P., Benjamin, A. S., & Bosch, N. (2025). A wearable alcohol biosensor: Exploring the accuracy of transdermal drinking detection. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 266, Article 112519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112519

Ünal, B., Kelly, M. O., & Benjamin, A. S. (2025). Photo-Taking Impairment Effect on Conceptual Inference: The Disruptive Effect of Taking Photos on Learning Abstract Categories. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000230

Ünal, B., Akan, M., & Benjamin, A. S. (2025). Prior familiarity enhances recognition memory of faces, not just images of faces, when accompanied by conceptual information. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 32(2), 812-821. Article 104433. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02576-3

Yang, R., & Benjamin, A. S. (2025). Metacognitive Control of Workflow Enhances Stimulus Discriminability and Reduces Signal Uncertainty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001499

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