Publications by authors named "Clinton Merck"
Two studies examined how memories are formed around championship sporting events, which we classify as . The first study employed a test-retest methodology to assess how fans of a sport recall a championship sporting event. The second study examined how fans of specific sports teams recalled two championship sporting events in which their team either won or lost.
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- The research investigates how jury deliberations affect jurors' memories, focusing on two main phenomena: Within-Individual and Socially Shared Retrieval-Induced Forgetting (WI-RIF and SS-RIF).
- Findings showed no evidence of forgetting but indicated some facilitation in memory recall, suggesting that discussing evidence can help improve memory rather than hinder it.
- The study raises questions about how the structure of deliberations and jurors' goals might influence memory processes and highlights the need for future research to better understand the impact of juror discussions on decision-making.