Dr. Stephania Ashby

Meet Dr. Stephania Ashby! She is a professor here at BYU and specializes in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience. She runs the Memory and Misinformation Lab here on campus.

Recently she published her first journal entitled "A Combination of Restudy and Retrieval Practice Maximizes Retention of Briefly Encountered Facts." This paper studies long-term memory and how to best take advantage of your time when preparing for an exam! Dr. Ashby looked into whether studying or self-testing the information you want to retain is better for your long-term memory. To read the article, click here.

Congratulations Dr. Ashby!