Remembering Our Leaders

Remembering the Leaders of China

In two studies, we examined Chinese students' memory for the names of the leaders of China. In Study 1, subjects were cued with the names of periods from China's history. Subjects listed as many leaders as possible from each period and put them in the correct ordinal position when they could (see Roediger and DeSoto, 2014). Results showed that within each period, a primacy effect and sometimes ...

Remembering Our Roots

Special Issue: Remembering Our Roots

Dr. Sidney Katz’s legacy to the field of gerontology is internationally recognized as his success at developing standardized measures and processes, beginning with the activities of daily living index, for the functional assessment of older adults with chronic conditions necessitating long-term services and supports. That work served as the bedrock for his subsequent major accomplishments, whic...

Health care reform--involving our physician leaders.

Remembering our roots: a recipe for the future.

Science moves forward as scholars build on the work of those who preceded them. Students are taught that familiarity with the literature allows an investigator to avoid needless repetition of work that has been done before and to contribute something new. Citations to earlier work provide support for the validity of arguments and avenues for interested readers to pursue. Against this fundamenta...