APS Fellow and Charter Member David Everett Rumelhart, Professor of Psychology (Emeritus) died at age 68 on March 13, 2011 from complications of a progressive neurodegenerative disease. After completing a PhD in mathematical psychology at
When our story left off last month, we had considered three cases of classic field studies: (1) the Festinger, Riecken, and Schachter (1956) “When Prophecy Fails” study of cognitive dissonance, where Festinger et al. joined
Edward E. Smith University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Edward E. Smith is one of the world’s leading cognitive psychologists. He has conducted important research on mental chronology, human short-term and semantic memory, language understanding, and memory