Dr Alicia Forsberg

School of Psychology

Lecturer

a.forsberg@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Alicia Forsberg
School of Psychology
Profile

I am interested in working memory and the development of memory and attention across the human lifespan, including both child development and cognitive ageing. Recently, I have been exploring the relationship between working and long-term memory and the development of object and feature memory. My research also examines lifespan differences in meta-cognition and how people approach cognitive tasks. I am very interested in open and reproducible science, Bayesian statistics, and research methodology.

Qualifications
  • PhD Human Cognitive Neuroscience (University of Edinburgh, UK)
  • MSc Psychological Research Methods (University of Oxford, UK)
  • MA Psychology (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Research interests
  • Working Memory
  • Long-term memory
  • Attention
  • Meta-cognition
  • Cognitive Ageing
  • Child Cognitive Development
Publications

Journal articles

  • Forsberg A, Belletier C, Graham A, Rhodes S, Barrouillet P, Camos V, Cowan N, Naveh-Benjamin M & Logie RH (2025) . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
  • Forsberg A, Guitard D, Greene NR, Naveh-Benjamin M & Cowan N (2025) . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
  • Greene NR, Guitard D, Forsberg A, Cowan N & Naveh-Benjamin M (2024) . Memory & Cognition, 52(8), 1958-1982.
  • Forsberg A, Guitard D, Adams EJ, Pattanakul D & Cowan N (2023) . Journal of Intelligence, 11(5).
  • Forsberg A, Adams EJ & Cowan N (2023) . Developmental Science, 26(2).
  • Forsberg A (2022) . Developmental Psychology Forum, 1(95), 4-6.
  • Forsberg A, Guitard D, Adams EJ, Pattanakul D & Cowan N (2022) . Developmental Science, 25(2).
  • Jaroslawska AJ, Bartup G, Forsberg A & Holmes J (2021) . Memory, 29(1), 117-128.
  • Forsberg A, Guitard D & Cowan N (2021) . Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28(2), 537-547.
  • Cowan N, Belletier C, Doherty JM, Jaroslawska AJ, Rhodes S, Forsberg A, Naveh-Benjamin M, Barrouillet P, Camos V & Logie RH (2020) . Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(4), 1011-1025.
  • Forsberg A, Johnson W & Logie RH (2020) . Memory & Cognition, 48(7), 1196-1213.
  • Forsberg A, Fellman D, Laine M, Johnson W & Logie RH (2020) . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(8), 1206-1226.
  • Forsberg A, O’Dowd A & Gherri E (2019) . Biological Psychology, 145, 42-54.
  • Greene NR, Forsberg A, Guitard D, Naveh-Benjamin M & Cowan N () . Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(5), 1336-1360.
  • Forsberg A, Guitard D, Greene NR, Naveh-Benjamin M & Cowan N () . Psychology and Aging, 37(7), 777-786.
  • Ãœnal ZE, Forsberg A, Geary DC & Cowan N () . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(3), 348-374.
  • Forsberg A, Blume CL & Cowan N () . Developmental Psychology, 57(8), 1297-1317.
  • Rhodes S, Doherty JM, Jaroslawska AJ, Forsberg A, Belletier C, Naveh-Benjamin M, Cowan N, Barrouillet P, Camos V & Logie RH () . Psychology and Aging, 36(2), 200-213.
  • Forsberg A, Johnson W & Logie RH () . Psychology and Aging, 34(7), 933-953.

Book chapters

  • Adams EJ, Forsberg A & Cowan N (2022) , The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language (pp. 73-97). Cambridge University Press
  • Forsberg A, Adams EJ & Cowan N (2022) , Visual Memory (pp. 298-314). Routledge
  • (2021) , Psychology of Learning and Motivation (pp. 1-45). Elsevier

Preprints

  • Greene NR, Guitard D, Forsberg A, Cowan N & Naveh-Benjamin M (2024) , Center for Open Science.
  • Rhodes S, Doherty JM, Graham AJ, Forsberg A, Belletier C, Naveh-Benjamin M, Cowan N, Barrouillet P, Camos V & Logie RH (2020) , Center for Open Science.
Teaching activities

I supervise MSc Research Projects in Psychology and I teach on the following modules as part of the undergraduate Psychology degree:

  • PSY1004 and PSY2004 Developmental Psychology (Level 1 and 2)
  • PSY331 Extended Essay in Psychology (Level 3)

I am a personal tutor to students at all levels.

PhD Opportunities

I am not currently accepting applications for ¾Ã²Ý¸£Àû.

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