Kaminske, Althea Need (formerly Bauernschmidt)

• PSYC 101. An Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC 302. Experimentation in Human Memory and Cognition (laboratory)
• PSYC 422. Cognition

• Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Purdue University, 2013
  • Dissertation: Interest as a Cue for Metacognitive Control
• M.S., Cognitive Psychology, Purdue University 2010
  • Thesis: Analogical Problem Solving and Prospective Memory
• B.S., Psychology, Indiana University, 2008
  • Thesis: Working Memory Training and Implicit Learning
• B.A., Linguistics, Indiana University, 2008
  • Minor: Anthropology

Honors and Awards:

• Leo F. Keenan Jr. Faculty Appreciation Award, 2015
• Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Award, 2012
• David A. Santogrossi Graduate Instructor Award, 2012
• Graduate School Summer Research Grant, 2012
• Departmental Award for Graduate Research Innovation, 2011
• Excellence in Research Award, Indiana University, 2008

Publications:

• Conway, C. M., Bauernschmidt, A., Huang, S. S., & Pisoni, D.B. (2010). Implicit statistical learning in language processing: Word predictability is the key. Cognition, 114, 356-371.
• Karpicke, J. D., & Bauernschmidt, A. (2011). Spaced Retrieval: Absolute Spacing Enhances Learning Regardless of Relative Spacing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(5), 1250-1257.

• Human learning and memory
• Applying cognitive science to education
• Complex learning and comprehension
• Problem solving
• Metacognition and self-regulated learning