Rachel Grenfell-Essam BSc., MSc., Ph.D
Lecturer
Contact Details
Room 3.701
Department of Psychology
University of Essex
Colchester CO4 3SQ
U.K.
Tel: +44 (0)1206 - 87
Fax: +44 (0)1206 - 874901
username regren add @essex.ac.uk for email address
BIOGRAPHY
Rachel has been at the University of Essex since 2005, where she has studied for her BSc, MSc and PhD and has worked as a Research Assistant. She was employed as a Lecturer in September 2013.
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Her research interests include the study of immediate memory, specifically investigating the effect of list length and output order in two immediate memory tasks, serial recall and free recall. Her thesis looked at several different variables and focused on understanding the effect of list length on the performance of the two tasks.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Grenfell-Essam, R., Ward, G., & Tan, L. (2013). The role of rehearsal on the output order of immediate free recall of short and long lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 39, 317-347.
Grenfell-Essam, R., & Ward, G., (2012). Examining the relationship between free recall and immediate serial recall: The role of list length, strategy use, and test expectancy. Journal of Memory and Language, 67, 106-148.
Ward G., Tan, L., & Grenfell-Essam, R. (2010). Examining the relationship between free recall and immediate serial recall: the effects of list length and output order. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 36, 1207-1241.
Presentations
Grenfell-Essam, R., & Ward, G. (September, 2013). Temporal Isolation effects in immediate serial recall and immediate free recall. Talk presented at the British Psychological Society, Reading, UK.
Grenfell-Essam, R., Ward, G., & Tan. L. (July, 2012). Modality effects in immediate serial recall and immediate free recall. Talk presented at the Experimental Psychology Society, Bristol, UK.
Grenfell-Essam, R., Ward, G., & Tan. L. (July, 2012). Modality effects in immediate serial recall and immediate free recall. Poster presented at the Graham Hitch Festschrift, Bristol, UK.
Grenfell-Essam, R., & Ward, G. (July-August, 2011). The effect of articulatory suppression, presentation rate and list length on free recall. Poster presented at the 5th International Conference on Memory, York, UK.
Grenfell-Essam, R., & Ward, G. (July, 2011). The effect of articulatory suppression, presentation rate and list length on free recall. Talk presented at the PsyPAG’s Annual Conference, Bangor, Wales.
Grenfell-Essam, R., & Ward, G. (July, 2010). List length effects and strategy use in free and serial recall. Poster presented at the Experimental Psychology Society, Manchester, UK.
