Research
Research
My primary research interest is on cognitive aging, especially on how language and memory processes change over time in healthy older adults. I am particularly interested in everyday occurrences like the memory failure known as the tip of the tongue phenomenon.
Xi, P. M., Gardner, E., & Burke, D. M. (2026). If at first you don’t succeed, you should try again: Repeated retrieval attempts reduce tip of the tongue recurrence. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 38(2), 133-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2025.2607741