PUBLICATIONS
The manuscripts below can be found here.
Edited Volume
Book Chapters
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Thomas, A. K., & Karanian, J. M. (Co-Editors). (2019). Acute stress, memory, and the brain. Brain and Cognition, 133.
Book Chapters
- Karanian, J.M. (2022). Visual false memory. Visual Memory (Eds. Timothy Brady & Wilma Bainbridge). Rutledge.
- Karanian, J.M. (2022). Interview with Jessica Karanian. Academia and the World Beyond: Navigating Life after a PhD (Ed. Christopher Madan). Springer Nature.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Karanian, J.M., Thomas, A.K., & Race, E.A. (2024). Warning prior to misinformation exposure modulates memory encoding. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience.
- Spets, D., Karanian, J.M., & Slotnick, S.D. (2024). True and false memories evoke more similar patterns of brain activity in males than females. Memory.
- Ratzan, A., Siegel, M., Karanian, J.M., Thomas, A.K., & Race, E.A. (2024). Intrinsic functional connectivity in medial temporal lobe networks is associated with susceptibility to misinformation. Memory. DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2023.2298921
- Spets, D., Karanian, J.M., & Slotnick, S.D. (2021). False memories activate distinct brain regions in females and males. NeuroImage: Reports, 1, 10043.
- Karanian, J. M., Rabb, N., Wulff, A., Torrance, M., Thomas, A. K., & Race, E. A. (2020). Protecting memory from misinformation: Warnings modulate cortical reinstatement during memory retrieval. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (37) 22771-22779.
- Media: Tufts Now, Neuroscience News, Science Magazine
- Thomas, A. K., & Karanian, J. M. (2019). Acute stress, memory, and the brain. Brain and Cognition, 133, 1-4.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2018). Confident false memories for spatial location are mediated by V1. Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 139-150.
- Jeye, B. J., MacEvoy, S. P., Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2018). Distinct regions of the hippocampus are associated with memory for different spatial locations. Brain Research, 1687, 41-49.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2017). False memories for shape activate the lateral occipital complex. Learning & Memory, 24, 552-556.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2017). False memory for context and true memory for context similarly activate the parahippocampal cortex. Cortex, 91, 79-88.
- Jeye, B. J., Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2017). The anterior prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus are negatively correlated during false memories. Brain Sciences, 7, 1-9.
- Shearer, C. B., & Karanian, J. M. (2017). The neuroscience of intelligence: Empirical support for the theory of multiple intelligences? Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 6, 211-223.
- Harding, S. M., Molle, N., Reyes-Fondeur, L., & Karanian, J. M. (2016). The effects of ethanol consumption (binge drinking) during adolescence on reproductive behaviors in male rats. Alcohol, 55, 61-68.
- Jeye, B. J., Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2016). Spatial memory activity distributions indicate the hippocampus operates in a continuous manner. Brain Sciences, 6, 1-12.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2015). Memory for shape reactivates the lateral occipital complex. Brain Research, 1603, 124-132.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2014). True memory and false memory for context differentially activate the parahippocampal cortex. Cognitive Neuroscience, 5, 186-192.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2014). The cortical basis of true memory and false memory for motion. Neuropsychologia, 54, 53-58.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2012-2013
During Undergrad
- Kuczarski, K., & Karanian J.M. (2024). Investigating the relationship between working memory and susceptibility to misinformation: A Behavioral and EEG Study. [Poster Presentation]. Fairfield University Innovative Research Symposium, Fairfield, CT, United States.
- Boyd, M., DiConza, S., Kuczarski, K., O'Brien, J., Bonacci, O., Dacey, M., Nadzam, C., Rahurahu, H., Shah, E. , & Karanian, J.M. (2004). Neural underpinnings of the misinformation effect: An EEG Study. [Poster Presentation]. Fairfield University Innovative Research Symposium, Fairfield, CT, United States.
- Wulff, A., Karanian, J.M., Race, E., & Thomas, A.K. (2024). The Stressed Eyewitness: Exploring the Downstream Consequences of Stress on Eyewitness Memory Accuracy. [Poster Presentation]. Poster presented at the American Psychology Law Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
2023
- Marino, L., O’Brien, J., & Karanian, J.M. (2023). Recognizing misinformation: Can knowledge of the misinformation effect reduce inaccurate eyewitness testimony? [Poster Presentation]. Innovative Research Symposium at Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, United States.
2022
- Ratzan, A.S., Siegel, M.D. Karanian, J.M., Thomas, A.K., & Race, E. (2022). The Role of Mnemonic Style and Medial Temporal Lobe Connectivity in Protecting Memory from Misinformation. [Poster Presentation]. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, United States.
- Wulff, A.N., Karanian, J.M., Race, E., & Thomas, A.K. (2022). Investigating Warnings and Stress in a Misinformation Paradigm [Poster Presentation]. Psychonomics Society, Boston, MA, United States.
- Siegel, M., Ratzan, A., Karanian, J.M., Thomas, A.K., & Race, E. (2022). Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Misinformation: Memory Accuracy is Related to Trait Mnemonics and Intrinsic Medial Temporal Lobe Connectivity. [Poster Presentation]. Psychonomics Society, Boston, MA, United States.
- Karanian, J.M., LaGanza, M., Marino, L., Race, E., & Thomas, A.K. (2022). Assessing the effect of warnings on the misinformation effect: Does salience matter? [Poster Presentation]. Psychonomics Society, Boston, MA, United States.
- Le, T., Bandara, D., & Karanian, J.M. (2022). Using machine learning methods to study EEG data [Poster Presentation]. Fairfield University Innovative Research Symposium, Fairfield, CT, United States.
- LaGanza, M., & Karanian, J.M. (2022). Do salient warnings reduce the misinformation effect in mock eyewitness? [Poster Presentation]. Fairfield University Innovative Research Symposium, Fairfield, CT, United States.
- Torrance, M., Karanian, J, M., Race, E., and Thomas, A. K. (2022). Warnings about memory affect what and how mock eyewitnesses remember. Paper presented at the American Psychology and Law Society. Denver, Colorado, United States.
2021
- Karanian, J.M., Mello, M. Torrance, M., Race, E., & Thomas, A.K. (2021). Assessing the effect of repeated warnings on the misinformation effect in mock eyewitnesses. Talk presented at the Psychonomic Society.
- Torrance, M., Karanian, J.M., Race, E., & Thomas, A.T. (2021). Warnings Influence Retrieval Strategies and Reduce Misinformation in Eyewitnesses. Poster presented at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
- Nizan, T.,* Bandara, D., & Karanian, J.M. (2021). Using event-related potential (ERPs) to understand true and false memories. Talk presented at the Fairfield University Innovative Research Symposium.
- Mello, M.* & Karanian, J.M. (2021). The Effect of Repeated Warnings of Misinformation on Mock Eyewitnesses. Talk presented at the Fairfield University Innovative Research Symposium
- Karanian, J. M., Rabb, N., Wulff, A. N.,** Torrance, M.,** Thomas, A. K., & Race, E. (2021). Warnings prior to misinformation exposure modulate encoding processes and improve subsequent memory performance. Poster and data blitz presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
2020
- Karanian, J. M., Rabb, N., Wulff, A. N.,** Torrance, M.,** Thomas, A. K., & Race, E. (2020). Warning prior to misinformation exposure modulates frontal activity and improves subsequent memory performance. Poster presented at Psychonomics.
- Wulff, A.N.,** Agurcia, M.,* Pandey, A.,* Karanian, J.M., Race, E., & Thomas, A.K. (2020). An investigation into pre-narrative warnings in a repeated testing paradigm. Poster presented at Psychonomics
- Torrance, M.,** Race, E., Thomas, A.K., & Karanian, J.M. (2020). How retrieval strategies are related to memory accuracy in an eyewitness memory paradigm: Behavioral and neural evidence. Poster presented at Psychonomics.
- Karanian, J. M., Rabb, N., Wulff, A. N.,** Thomas, A. K., & Race, E. (2020). Warning eyewitnesses about misinformation influences sensory reactivation during memory retrieval. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
2019
- Karanian, J. M., Rabb, N., Jimbo, J. P.,* Torrence, M. G.,* Carlisle, C. L.,* Wulff, A. N., Thomas, A. K., & Race, E. (2019). Elucidating the neural mechanism by which warnings reduce misinformation errors. Poster/paper to be presented at Psychonomics.
- Wulff, A. N.,** Karanian, J. M., Race, E. A. & Thomas, A. K. (2019). Warning against Misinformation: An Investigation into Retrieval Enhanced Suggestibility. Poster/paper to be presented at Psychonomics.
- Karanian, J. M., Wulff, A. N.,** Rabb, N., Carlisle, C. L.,* Jimbo, J. P.,* Torrence, M. G.,* Race, E., & Thomas, A. K. (2019). Elucidating the manner in which warnings improve eyewitness memory reports. Talk presented at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
- Torrance, M.,* Karanian, J. M., Race, E., & Thomas, A. K. (2019). Warning eyewitnesses about the threat of misleading information influences memory strategies. Poster presented at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
- Wulff, A. N.,** Karanian, J. M., Race, E., & Thomas, A. K. How warnings affect accuracy and confidence in the presence of misinformation. Talk presented at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
- Torrance, M.,* Karanian, J. M., Race, E., & Thomas, A. K. (2019). Warning eyewitnesses about the threat of misleading information influences memory strategies. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society.
2018
- Russo, T. R.,* Karanian, J. M., Jeye, B. M.,** & Slotnick, S. D. (2018). The effects of selective retrieval and selective suppression on memory for color. Poster presented at the Psychonomics Society.
- Wulff, A. N.,** Karanian, J. M., Race, E., & Thomas, A. K. (2018). How warnings affect eyewitness memory in the presence of misinformation. Poster presented at the Psychonomics Society.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2018). The role of early visual regions during the construction of false memories for spatial location. Talk presented within a Minisymposium: High-Level Cognition in "Low-Level" Brain Regions at the Society for Neuroscience.
- Schlitz, I.,* & Karanian, J. M. (2018). The Jury's Out: An analysis of juror perception of child eyewitnesses and whether such perceptions are valid. Poster presented at the Psychology Poster Session and the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Honors Senior Thesis Poster Session at Wesleyan University.
- Russo, T. R.,* Karanian, J. M., Jeye, B. J., & Slotnick, S. D. (2018). The effects of selective retrieval and selective suppression on spatial memory. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2018). False memory for spatial location is mediated by V1. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
2017
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2017). Illusory shape processing during encoding of scrambled items induces subsequent false memory for intact shapes. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience.
- Karanian, J. M., Russo, T. R., & Slotnick, S. D. (2017). The effects of remembering and suppression on memory for spatial location. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2017). False memory for context and true memory for context similarly activate the parahippocampal cortex. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
- Jeye, B. M.,** Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2017). The anterior prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus are negatively correlated during false memories. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
2016
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2016). True memories and false memories for visual information: A meta-analysis of retrieval-related activity in early and late visual processing regions. Poster presented at Psychonomics.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2016). False memory for spatial location activates contralateral visual regions within 400 to 800 milliseconds. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience.
- Jeye, B. M.,** Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2016). The hippocampus operates in a continuous manner during spatial memory. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience.
- Shearer, C. B., & Karanian, J. M. (2016). The neuroscience of intelligence: Empirical support for the theory of multiple intelligences? Poster presented at International Mind, Brain, and Education Society Conference.
- Chen, X.,* Karanian, J. M., Beckman, S., & Slotnick, S. D. (2016). Assessing the timing of judicial instructions: Evidence from psychological research. Poster presented at Boston College Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference.
- Karanian, J. M., Jeye, B. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2016). Detailed visual spatial memory produces retinotopic activity in early visual regions. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
- Jeye, B. M.,** Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2016). Place memory sub–regions in the hippocampus. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
2015
- Karanian, J. M. & Slotnick, S. D. (2015). High confidence false memory for spatial context is mediated by the parahippocampal cortex. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience.
- Jeye, B. M.,** Karanian, J. M., Thakral, P. P., & Slotnick, S. D. (2015). Neural spatial memory ROCs indicate the hippocampus operates in a threshold manner. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience.
- Blanco, E.*, Karanian, J. M., Slotnick, S. D., & Henkel, L. A. (2015). The effects of repeated questioning on eyewitness memory under conditions of stress. Poster presented at the Boston College Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference.
- Karanian, J. M., Blanco, E.*, Slotnick, S. D., & Henkel, L. A. (2015). The effects of repeated questioning on eyewitness memory under conditions of stress. Poster presented at the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2015). Confident false memories for spatial location activate contralateral visual regions. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
- Jeye, B. M.**, Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2015). The hippocampus is preferentially associated with spatial memory for items in the left visual field. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
2014
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2014). The nature of true memory and false memory activity in motion and shape processing cortex. Talk presented at the Society for Neuroscience.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2014). True memory and false memory for shape activates the lateral occipital complex. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference and Boston Area Graduate Student Symposium.
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2014). True memories and false memories for motion with equivalent subjective detail differentially activate motion processing cortex. Poster presented at the Charles River Association for Memory Conference and Eastern Psychological Association Conference. [EPA Graduate Poster Award]
2012-2013
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2013). Memory for shape reactivates the lateral occipital complex. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience .
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2013). True memory and false memory for motion differentially activate the hippocampus and parahippocampal cortex. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston College Graduate Research Day, and the NEURON Conference. [Suzannah Bliss Tieman Poster Award]
- Karanian, J. M., & Slotnick, S. D. (2012). The sensory cortical basis of true and false memory for motion. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference. Undergraduate
During Undergrad
- Harding, S. M., Molle, N, Reyes-Fondeur, L., & Karanian, J. M. (2012). The effects of ethanol consumption (binge drinking) during adolescence on reproductive behaviors in male rats. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience.
- Reyes-Fondeur, L.,* Molle, N., Karanian, J. M. & Harding, S. M. (2012). The effects of adolescent binge drinking on reproductive behavior in male rats. Poster presented at the Fairfield University Sigma Xi Poster Session.
- Karanian, J. M., Janvier, A., Molle, N., Rutigliano, R., & Harding, S. M. (2011). The effects of ethanol consumption during adolescence on reproductive behavior in male rats. Poster presented at the NEURON Conference.