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Research Interests

My research interests centre on structural (representational) and processing (encoding, storage, and retrieval) components involved in the development of memory and long-term retention.

Current work includes studies of:

• developmental changes and invariances in memory and forgetting from infancy to adulthood
• infantile amnesia and the development of autobiographical memory
• children's memory for distinctive (e.g., traumatic) events
• changes in basic memory development due to childhood stress and maltreatment
• the use of heart rate variability (and other neurophysiological measures) to investigate neurological and behavioral indices of long-term memory
• dynamic modeling of cognitive development, and
• working memory analyses of the development of reasoning skills.

Publications

	Courage, M. L., & Howe, M. L. (in press). Autobiographical memory: Individual differences and developmental course. Chapter in : In A. Gruszka, G. Matthews, & B. Szymura (Eds.), Handbook of individual differences in cognition: Attention, memory, and cognitive control. New York: Springer-Verlag . .
	Cicchetti, D., Rogosch, F. A., Howe, M. L., & Toth, S. L. (in press). The effects of maltreatment and neuroendocrine regulation on memory performance. Child Development, , .
	Howe, M. L., Toth, S. L., & Cicchetti, D. (in press). Can maltreated children inhibit true and false memories for emotional information? Child Development, , .
	Howe, M. L., & Derbish, M. H. (in press). On the susceptibility of adaptive memory to false memory illusions. Cognition, , .
	Howe, M. L., Candel, I., Otgaar, H., Malone, C., & Wimmer, M. C. (2010). Valence and the development of immediate and long-term false memory illusions. Memory, 18, 58-75.
	Howe, M. L., Courage, M. L., & Rooksby, M. (2009). The genesis and development of autobiographical memory. Chapter in M. L. Courage and N. Cowan (Eds.): The development of memory in infancy and childhood (pp. 177-196). Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
	Howe, M. L., Wimmer, M. C., & Blease, K. (2009). The role of associative strength in children's false memory illusions. Memory, 17, 8-16.
	Howe, M. L., Wimmer, M. C., Gagnon, N., & Plumpton, S. (2009). An associative-activation theory of children's and adults' memory illusions. Journal of Memory and Language, 60, 229-251.
	Marche, T. A., Howe, M. L., Lane, D. G., Owre, K. P., & Briere, J. L. (2009). Invariance of cognitive triage in the development of recall in adulthood. Memory, 17, 518-527.
	Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Howe, M. L. (2009). Trichotomous processes in early memory development, aging, and neurocognitive impairment: A unified theory. Psychological Review, 116, 783-832.
	Wimmer, M. C., & Howe, M. L. (2009). The development of automatic associative processes and children's false memories. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104, 447-465.
	Howe, M. L., Goodman, G. S., & Cicchetti, D. (Eds.). (2008). Stress, trauma, and children's memory development: Neurobiological, cognitive, clinical and legal perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press.
	Howe, M. L. (2008). The nature of infantile amnesia. Chapter in : R. Menzel (Ed.), Learning theory and behavior (pp. 287-297). Vol. 1 of Learning and memory: A comprehensive reference, 4 vols. (J. Byrne, Editor). Oxford: Elsevier.
	Howe, M. L. (2008). Visual distinctiveness and the development of children's false memories. Child Development, 79, 65-79.
	Howe, M. L., Goodman, G. S., & Cicchetti, D. (2008). Prologue: Turning science into practice. Chapter in Howe, M. L., Goodman, G. S., & Cicchetti, D. (Eds.): Stress, trauma, and children's memory development: Neurobiological, cognitive, clinical and legal perspectives (pp. 1-8). New York: Oxford University Press.
	Howe, M. L., Gagnon, N., & Thouas, L. (2008). Development of false memories in bilingual children and adults. Journal of Memory and Language, 58, 669-681.
	Howe, M. L. (2008). What is false memory development the development of? Comment on Brainerd, Reyna, and Ceci (2008). Psychological Bulletin, 134, 768-772.
	Brainerd, C. J., Yang, C., Reyna, V. F., Howe, M. L., & Mills, B. A. (2008). Semantic processing in "associative" false memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 1035-1053.
	Howe, M. L. (2007). Children's emotional false memories. Psychological Science, 18, 856-860.
	Howe, M. L., Toth, S., & Cicchetti, D. (2006). Memory and developmental psychopathology. Chapter in Cicchetti, D., & Cohen, D. (Eds.): Developmental psychopathology (2nd Edition). Volume 2: Developmental Neuroscience (pp. 629-655). New York: Wiley.
	Howe, M. L. (2006). Distinctiveness effects in children's memory. Chapter in Hunt, R. R., & Worthen, J. (Eds.): Distinctiveness and human memory (pp. 237-257). New York: Oxford University Press.
	Howe, M. L. (2006). Developmental invariance in distinctiveness effects in memory. Developmental Psychology, 42, 1193-1205.
	Howe, M. L., Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S. (2006). Children's basic memory processes, stress, and maltreatment. Development and Psychopathology, 18, 759-769.
	Howe, M. L. (2006). Developmentally invariant dissociations in children's true and false memories: Not all relatedness is created equal. Child Development, 77, 1112-1123.
	Howe, M. L. (2005). Children (but not adults) can inhibit false memories. Psychological Science, 16, 927-931.
	Howe, M. L., & Lewis, M. D. (2005). Development as self-organization: New approaches to the psychology and neurobiology of development [Special Issue]. Developmental Review, 25(3/4), .
	Howe, M. L., & Lewis, M. D. (2005). The importance of dynamic systems approaches for understanding development. Developmental Review, 25, 247-251.
	Howe, M. L. (2004). Early memory, early self, and the emergence of autobiographical memory. Chapter in Beike, D., Lampinen, J. M., & Behrend, D. A. (Eds.): The self and memory (pp. 45-72). New York: Psychology Press.
	Howe, M. L., Cicchetti, D., Toth, S., & Cerrito, B. M. (2004). True and false memories in maltreated children. Child Development, 75, 1402-1417.
	Howe, M. L. (2004). The role of conceptual recoding in reducing children's retroactive interference. Developmental Psychology, 40, 131-139.
	Howe, M. L., & Courage, M. L. (2004). The nature and consequences of very early memory development [Special Issue]. Developmental Review, 24(1), .
	Courage, M. L., & Howe, M. L. (2004). Advances in early memory development: Insights about the dark side of the moon. Developmental Review, 24, 6-32.
	Howe, M. L., & Courage, M. L. (2004). Demystifying the beginnings of memory. Developmental Review, 25, 1-5.
	Howe, M. L., Courage, M. L., & Edison, S. (2003). When autobiographical memory begins. Developmental Review, 23, 471-494.
	Howe, M. L. (2003). Memories from the cradle. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 62-65.
	Courage, M. L., & Howe, M. L. (2002). From infant to child: The dynamics of cognitive change in the second year of life. Psychological Bulletin, 128, 250-277.
	Howe, M. L. (2002). The role of intentional forgetting in reducing children's retroactive interference. Developmemtal Psychology, 38, 3-14.
	Howe, M. L. (2000). The fate of early memories: Developmental science and the retention of childhood experiences. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
	Howe, M. L., Courage, M. L., Vernescu, R., & Hunt, M. (2000). Distinctiveness effects in children's long-term retention. Developmental Psychology, 36, 778-792.