{"id":13,"date":"2026-07-08T14:02:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:03:25","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The following are some areas of research in which I conduct projects, especially with students. For a full list of publications, see my <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Cxqs3GQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar Profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-custom-gold-accent-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:6vw;padding-right:6vw;padding-bottom:6vw;padding-left:6vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9577cae7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f3aa6e92 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:69%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-123251.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" style=\"width:541px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-123251.png 481w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-123251-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-123251-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From https:\/\/www.flashpointleadership.com\/the-five-practices-of-exemplary-leadership<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Memory as a Conversationally Embedded Process<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-a5754d511554498e95de43a0445b0120 wp-block-paragraph\">We know from decades of research that memories can be influenced by conversations and we know that people talk about their memories with others very often. But beyond that, the details of how and when our memories are affected by others is really hard to pin down. One part of my research focuses on ways to study how conversations shape our memories and when or if some parts of memory are harder to influence than others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0fc4c1a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">Selected Publications:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0fc4c1a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">Grysman, A., Camia, C., &amp; Pasupathi, M. (2024). Different routes to conversational influences on autobiographical memory. <em>Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 13(1), <\/em>40\u201356<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">Grysman, A., Baime, M., &amp; Cantor, E. (2023). Listeners\u2019 effects on autobiographical memory for recent events.&nbsp;<em>Memory<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>31<\/em>(10), 1425-1436.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-70dac050 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 81%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);padding-top:6vw;padding-right:6vw;padding-bottom:6vw;padding-left:6vw\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Memory and Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:200%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-24230f2d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000\">AI is already a powerful force in society and millions of people worldwide are struggling to understand what it means. As the technology behind large-language models gets better and better, it offers a tool to understand what we do when we tell stories about our memories by simulating memory narratives from AI and seeing how they are similar or different to our own. As human life gets more and more intertwined with technology, it is crucial to keep exploring the implications in every way we can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/09\/Designer-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-163\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/09\/Designer-2.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/09\/Designer-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/09\/Designer-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/09\/Designer-2-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Selected Publications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Grysman, A.,<strong> <\/strong>Mansfield, C. D., Singer, J. A., Camia, C., Booker, J. A., Bauer, J. J., &amp; Fivush, R.(2024). Human or artificial intelligence: Can people tell the difference in first-person narratives? <em>Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 14(1), <\/em>108\u2013118<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Mansfield, C. D., Bauer, J. J., Booker, J. A., Singer, J. A., Grysman, A., &amp; Fivush, R. (2026) What might we learn about autobiographical narrative processing from artificial intelligence? Submitted for publication in <em>Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Grysman, A. (2024).Does technology-mediated memory differ from human-mediated memory? <em>Psychological Inquiry, 35(2), <\/em>113-116.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#d8dd9b\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#d8dd9b\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:383px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"494\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-82 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-161530.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-161530.png 623w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-161530-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#776957\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>Narrative, Memory, and Meaning<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">In the most &#8216;zoomed-out&#8217; area of my research, I think about memory as a process not only for holding on to information but for getting meaning out of that information. Narratives do that too &#8211; the way we put together stories helps us understand our life experiences. I elaborate on these ideas in my forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/my-book\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"16\">book<\/a>, and this area of my research focuses on memory and narrative as meaning system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Selected Publications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Fivush, R., &amp; Grysman, A. (2022). Narrative and gender as mutually constituted meaning-making systems.&nbsp;<em>Memory, Mind &amp; Media<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>1, <\/em>1-14.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Grysman, A., &amp; Mansfield, C. D. (2017). What do we have when we have a narrative? <em>Imagination, Cognition and Personality: Consciousness in Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice, 37, <\/em>105-126.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#ebd9d9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#ebd9d9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#ebd9d9;flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-light has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#ebd9d9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Gender and Autobiographical Memory<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">Many people have observed that sometimes women remember more than men about events in their lives, especially about the emotional aspects. But the truth is that understanding a pattern like this is more complex than meets the eye. It is not true of all men and women, or at all ages, and it raises questions about whether patterns of how much people talk is the same thing as how much they remember. In more than a dozen papers, I have explored different factors relating to gender and autobiographical memory, updating my understanding of the topic each time and exploring factors like gender norms, conversational expectations, and individual upbringing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-124631.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-124631.png 637w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/grysman\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-124631-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Selected Publications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Grysman, A. (2018).Gender and gender typicality in autobiographical memory: A replication and extension.<em> Memory, 26 (2), <\/em>238-250<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Grysman, A., &amp; Hudson, J.A. (2013). Gender differences in autobiographical memory: Developmental and methodological considerations. <em>Developmental Review<\/em>, <em>33<\/em>, 239-272.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Grysman, A. (in press). Gender and Autobiographical Memory: An Updated Review. <em>Applied Cognitive Psychology<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following are some areas of research in which I conduct projects, especially with students. For a full list of publications, see my Google Scholar Profile. 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