Nate KornellAssistant Professor of PsychologyWilliams College |
Email: Nate.Kornell@williams.edu Phone: 413-842-6283 Office: Bronfman 388 More contact info... |
Research Interests
The processes that underly effective learning and remembering; common misconceptions about learning and studying; learning and metacognition in animals.More research interests...
Education
Ph.D., Psychology, Columbia University, 2005M.A., Psychology, Columbia University, 2001
B.A., Psychology, Reed College, 1996
Courses Taught
PSYC 221 : Cognitive PsychologyPSYC 327 : Optimizing Learning and Memory
PSYC 401 : Perspectives on Psychological Issues
Selected Publications
Kornell, N., & Kornell, S. (2010, January). A really hard test really helps learning. Miller-McCune. [Link]Kornell, N., & Bjork, R. A. (2009). A stability bias in human memory: Overestimating remembering and underestimating learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 138, 449-468. [PDF]
Kornell, N. (2009a). Metacognition in humans and animals. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18, 11-15. [PDF]
Kornell, N., & Bjork, R. A. (2008a). Learning concepts and categories: Is spacing the "enemy of induction"? Psychological Science, 19, 585-592. [PDF]
Media Coverage
Failure Can be Useful (The Globe and Mail, January 2010).Getting it Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn (Scientific American, October 2009).
Learning from Our Mistakes (Columbia Journalism Review, October 2009)
Last modified January, 2010
