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• Rohrer, D. (in press). Avoidance of overlearning characterizes the spacing effect. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology.

• Cepeda, N. J., Mozer, M. C., Coburn, N., Rohrer, D., Wixted, J. T., &  Pashler, H. (in press). Optimizing distributed practice: Theoretical analysis and practical implications. Experimental Psychology.

• Rohrer, D. (2009). The effects of spacing and mixing practice problems. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 40, 4-17.

• Cepeda, N. J., Vul, E., Rohrer, D., Wixted, J. T., &  Pashler, H. (2008). Spacing effects in learning: An temporal ridgeline of optimal retention. Psychological Science, 11,1095-1102.

• Rohrer, D., & Taylor, K. (2007). The shuffling of mathematics practice problems improves learning. Instructional Science, 35, 481-498. one-page summary

• Rohrer, D., & Pashler, H. (2007). Increasing retention without increasing study time. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 183-186.

• Pashler, H., Rohrer, D., Cepeda, N. J., & Carpenter, S. K. (2007). Enhancing learning and retarding forgetting: Choices and consequences. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 187-193.

• Pashler, H., Rohrer, D., & Cepeda, N. J. (2006). Temporal spacing and learning. APS Observer, 19, 30, 38.

• Rohrer, D., & Taylor, K. (2006). The effects of overlearning and distributed practice on the retention of mathematics knowledge. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 1209 -1224. one-page summary

• Cepeda, N. J., Pashler, H., Vul, E., Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (2006). Distributed practice in verbal recall: A review and quantitative synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 354-380.

• Rohrer, D., Taylor, K., Pashler, H., Cepeda, N. J., & Wixted, J. T. (2005). The effect of overlearning on long-term retention. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19, 361-374. one-page summary

• Pashler, H., Cepeda, N. J., Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (2005). When does feedback facilitate learning of words? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 31, 3-8. 

• Rohrer, D. (2003). The natural appearance of unnatural incline speed. Memory & Cognition, 31, 816-826.   

• Rohrer, D., & Pashler, H. (2003). Concurrent task effects on memory retrieval. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10, 96-103.  

• Rohrer, D. (2002). The breadth of memory search. Memory, 10, 291-301. 

• Rohrer, D. (2002). Misconceptions about incline speed for nonlinear slopes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28, 963-973.  

• Rohrer, D., Salmon, D. P., Wixted, J. T., & Paulsen, J. S. (1999). The disparate effects of Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s disease on semantic memory. Neuropsychology, 13, 381-388.  

• Rohrer, D., Pashler, H. & Etchegaray, J. (1998). When two memories can and cannot be retrieved concurrently. Memory & Cognition, 26, 731-739.  

• Rohrer, D. (1996). On the relative and absolute strength of a memory trace. Memory & Cognition, 24, 188-201.  

• Rohrer, D., Wixted, J. T., Salmon, D. P., & Butters, N. (1995). Retrieval from semantic memory and its implications for Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21, 1127-1139.  

• Rohrer, D., & Wixted, J. T. (1994). An analysis of latency and interresponse time in free recall. Memory & Cognition, 22, 511-524.  

• Rohrer, D. (1994). More Thought Provokers. Berkeley, CA: Key Curriculum Press

• Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (1994). Analyzing the dynamics of free recall: An integrative review of the empirical literature. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1, 89-106.  

• Rohrer, D. (1993). Thought Provokers. Berkeley, CA: Key Curriculum Press.

• Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (1993). Proactive interference and the dynamics of free recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19, 1024-1039. 

• Sloman, S. A., Bower, G. H., & Rohrer, D. (1991). Congruency effects in part list cuing inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 17, 974-982.