Michael C. Friedman
Curriculum Vitae
General InformationMailing address: Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 780 Cambridge, MA 02138
Email address: michael_friedman@harvard.edu Date of Birth: December 6, 1984
Citizenship: American
Education
Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology (minor: Developmental Psychology) 2013 Dissertation: The Importance of Selectivity in Memory: The Influence of Value on Monitoring, Learning, and Cognitive Aging
University of California, Los Angeles Advisor: Dr. Alan D. Castel
M.A. in Cognitive Psychology 2009
University of California, Los Angeles Advisor: Dr. Alan D. Castel
B.A. in Psychology, with a Specialization in Computing 2007 University of California, Los Angeles
Awards and Fellowships
Departmental Teaching Practicum Program Award 2013
Departmental Dissertation Fellowship ($22,000) 2012 - 2013
Psychology Graduate Student Association Peer Mentoring Award 2012
Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant ($5,000) 2011
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award ($5,000) 2010
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award ($5,000) 2009
Research Interests
• Human memory, attention, learning, and cognitive aging • Metacognition and judgment and decision making
• Applications of basic principles of memory, metacognition, and learning in educational, legal, clinical, and other training environments
Publications
Storm, B.C., Friedman, M. C., & Bjork, R.A. (in press). On the transfer of prior tests or study events to subsequent study. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
Bui, D. C., Friedman, M. C., McDonough, I. M., & Castel, A. D. (2013). False memory and importance: Can we prioritize without consequence? Memory & Cognition, 41, 1012-1020.
Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (2013). Memory, priority encoding, and
overcoming high-value proactive interference in younger and older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 20, 660-683.
Castel, A. D., Murayama, K., Friedman, M. C., McGillivray, S., & Link, I. (2013). Selecting valuable information to remember: Age-related differences and similarities in self-regulated learning. Psychology and Aging, 28, 232-242.
Castel, A. D., Rhodes, M. G., & Friedman, M. C. (2013). Predicting memory benefits in the production effect: The use and misuse of self-generated distinctive cues when making judgments of learning. Memory & Cognition, 48, 28-35.
Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A.D. (2011). Are we aware of our ability to forget? Metacognitive predictions of directed forgetting. Memory & Cognition, 39, 1448-1456.
Sungkhasettee, V. W., Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (2011). Memory and metamemory for inverted words: Illusions of competency and desirable difficulties. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18, 973-978.
Chapters in edited books
McGillivray, S., Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (2012). Impact of aging on
thinking. In K. Holyoak & R. Morrison (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of thinking and reasoning (pp. 650-672). New York: Oxford University Press.
Castel, A. D., McGillivray, S., & Friedman, M. C. (2012). Metamemory and memory efficiency in older adults: Learning about the benefits of priority processing and value-directed remembering. In M. Naveh-Benjamin & N. Ohta (Eds.), Memory and aging: Current issues and future directions (pp. 245-270). New York: Psychology Press.
Publications (under review or in preparation)
Friedman, M. C., McGillivray, S., Murayama, K., Castel, A. D. (under review). Memory for medication side effects in younger and older adults: The role of subjective and objective importance.
Friedman, M. C., Sungkhasettee, V. W., & Castel, A. D. (under revision).
Dissociating perceived and actual influences of perceptual cues on memory and metamemory.
Castel, A. D., Friedman, M. C., McGillivray, S., Flores, C. C., & Murayama, K. (under revision). Memory for money associated with faces: Age-related similarities and differences in remembering gains and losses.
Cohen, M. S., Friedman, M. C., Castel, A. D., & Bjork, R. A. (in preparation). What people do and do not learn about value and levels of processing across multiple lists.
Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (in preparation). Metacognitive control, serial position effects, and the effectiveness of transfer to self-paced study.
Miyatsu, T., Friedman, M. C., Castel, A. D., & Bjork, R. A. (in preparation). The harder you try to remember, the more you forget: Retrieval-induced forgetting in value-directed remembering.
Published and Refereed Conference Abstracts
Friedman, M. C., Castel, A. D., & Noh, S. (November 2012). Goals can enhance inductive learning with interleaved study schedules. Poster presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Minneapolis, MN.
Miyatsu, T., Friedman, M. C., Castel, A. D., & Bjork, R. A. (November 2012). Are high-value items more or less vulnerable to retrieval-induced forgetting? Poster presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Minneapolis, MN.
Friedman, M. C., McGillivray, S., & Castel, A.D. (June 2012). Memory for medication side effects in younger and older adults: The role of perceived importance. Poster presented at the 17th Annual UCLA Research Conference on Aging. Los Angeles, CA.
Friedman, M. C., Sungkhasettee, V. W., & Castel, A. D. (November 2011). The misuse of inversion and font size when making judgments of learning. Poster presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Seattle, WA. Bui, D. C., McDonough, I. M., Friedman, M. C., Castel, A. D., & Myerson, J.
(November 2011). False memory and importance: Can we prioritize without consequence? Poster presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Seattle, WA.
Sungkhasettee, V. W., Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (April 2011). Memory and metamemory for inverted words: The unappreciated effects of desirable
difficulties. Poster presented at the 91st annual convention of the Western Psychological Association. Los Angeles, CA.
Friedman, M. C., Castel, A. D., Nestojko, J. F., Bjork, R. A., & Halamish, V. (April 2011). Retrieval as a metacognitive modifier? Estimates of forgetting and
retrieval-induced forgetting. Poster presented at the 91st annual convention of the Western Psychological Association. Los Angeles, CA.
Flores, C. C., McGillivray, S., Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (April 2011). Memory for prices and better buys in older and younger adults. Poster presented at the 91st annual convention of the Western Psychological Association. Los Angeles, CA.
Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (November 2010). Metacognitive control, serial position effects, and the effectiveness of transfer to self-paced study. Paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. St. Louis, MO. Cohen, M. S., Castel, A. D., Friedman, M. C., Bjork, R. A. (November 2010). The
interactive influences of level of processing and item value on recall and metamemory judgments. Poster presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. St. Louis, MO.
Friedman, M. C., Castel, A.D., McGillivray, S., & Flores, C.C. (June 2010). Associative memory for money and faces in young and old adults. Poster
presented at the 15th annual UCLA Research Conference on Aging. Los Angeles, CA.
Friedman, M. C., Castel, A.D., McGillivray, S., & Flores, C.C. (April 2010). Associative memory for money and faces in young and old adults. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference 2010. Atlanta, GA.
Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (April 2010). Memory, aging, and interference in a value-based encoding task. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference 2010. Atlanta, GA.
Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (November 2009). Memory and interference in a value-based encoding task. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Boston, MA.
Storm, B.C., Friedman, M. C., & Bjork, R.A. (November 2009). On the transfer of prior tests or study events to subsequent study. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Boston, MA.
Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A. D. (June 2009). The effect of value on binding and face recognition. Poster presented at the 14th annual UCLA Research Conference on Aging. Los Angeles, CA.
Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A.D. (November 2008). Are we aware of our forgetting? Metacognitive ratings of directed forgetting. Poster presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Chicago, IL.
Friedman, M. C., & Castel, A.D. (May 2008). Are we aware of our forgetting? Metacognitive ratings of directed forgetting. Poster presented at the 17h Annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference. Los Angeles, CA.
Storm, B.C., Friedman, M. C., Bjork, E.L., & Bjork, R.A. (April 2008). The role of context in retrieval-induced forgetting. Poster presented at the Western
Psychological Association’s 88th Annual Convention. Irvine, CA.
Storm, J.C., Storm, B.C., Friedman, M. C., & Bjork, R.A. (August 2007). When expanding test schedules succeed and fail to enhance learning. Poster presented at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco, CA.
Friedman, M. C., Storm, B.C., Bjork, E.L, & Bjork, R.A. (May 2007). Is retrieval-induced forgetting context specific? Poster presented at the 16th Annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference. Los Angeles, CA. Research History
Graduate Student, Castel Memory & Lifespan Cognition Lab, Oct. 2008 – Aug. 2013 University of California, Los Angeles
Lab Assistant, Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab, Oct. 2005 – Oct. 2008 University of California, Los Angeles
Lab Assistant, Castel Memory & Lifespan Cognition Lab, Jun. 2007 – Oct. 2008 University of California, Los Angeles
Ad hoc Reviewer
Memory & Cognition Psychology and Aging
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Teaching Experience
Introduction to Cognitive Science (Summer 2013), UCLA
Teaching Assistant Experience
General Psychology Laboratory (Spring 2013), UCLA Psychological Statistics (Fall 2012), UCLA
Research Methods (Summer 2012), UCLA Psychology and Law (Summer 2012), UCLA
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (Spring 2012), UCLA † Introduction to Cognitive Science (Winter 2012), UCLA Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (Fall 2011), UCLA † Psychological Statistics (Summer 2011), UCLA
Research Methods (Winter 2011), UCLA Sensation and Perception (Fall 2010), UCLA Research Methods (Spring 2010), UCLA
Introduction to Psychology (Winter 2010), UCLA Sensation and Perception (Fall 2009), UCLA
* Teaching ratings, and descriptions of responsibilities, are available upon request. † Presented a guest lecture.
