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Nate Kornell is affiliated with Williams College in the United States and has contributed to multiple research areas primarily within psychology and social sciences. Their work spans experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and education, with additional intersections in artificial intelligence and management science and operations research.

Their research focuses on memory processes, visual and cognitive learning processes, forecasting techniques, decision-making and behavioral economics, evaluation of teaching practices, student assessment and feedback, and online and blended learning.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kornell are:

  • Why and how you should read student evaluations of teaching, 2020, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
  • Does Memory Accessibility Affect How Much We Learn from Studying?, 2025, Behavioral Sciences
  • Why Empirical Forgetting Curves Deviate from Actual Forgetting Rates: A Distribution Model of Forgetting, 2025, Behavioral Sciences

Kornell has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Joshua L. Fiechter and Robert A. Bjork. Fiechter is a frequent co-author with contributions on related topics of memory and cognition.

Key publication venues where Kornell's work appears include Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Research Principles and Implications, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Cognitive Research Principles and Implications
  • Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
  • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Frequent co-authors:

  • Joshua L. Fiechter
  • Robert A. Bjork

Main fields of study:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Neuroscience

Subfields of study:

  • Education
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Management Science and Operations Research

Main research topics covered:

  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
  • Forecasting Techniques and Applications
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Student Assessment and Feedback
  • Online and Blended Learning

Best Publications

  • Self-regulated learning: beliefs, techniques, and illusions.

    Robert A. Bjork;John Dunlosky;Nate Kornell

  • Learning Concepts and Categories Is Spacing the “Enemy of Induction”?

    Nate Kornell;Robert A. Bjork

  • The promise and perils of self-regulated study.

    Nate Kornell;Robert A. Bjork

  • Unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance subsequent learning.

    Nate Kornell;Matthew Jensen Hays;Robert A. Bjork

  • Optimising Learning Using Flashcards: Spacing Is More Effective Than Cramming

    Nate Kornell

  • Transfer of Metacognitive Skills and Hint Seeking in Monkeys

    Nate Kornell;Lisa K. Son;Herbert S. Terrace

  • A Region of Proximal Learning model of study time allocation

    Janet Metcalfe;Nate Kornell

  • Study Efficacy and the Region of Proximal Learning Framework

    Nate Kornell;Janet Metcalfe

  • The pretesting effect: do unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance learning?

    Lindsey E. Richland;Nate Kornell;Liche Sean Kao

  • Why Tests Appear to Prevent Forgetting: A Distribution-Based Bifurcation Model.

    Nate Kornell;Robert A. Bjork;Michael A. Garcia

  • Why interleaving enhances inductive learning: the roles of discrimination and retrieval.

    Monica S. Birnbaum;Nate Kornell;Elizabeth Ligon Bjork;Robert A. Bjork

  • The dynamics of learning and allocation of study time to a region of proximal learning.

    Janet Metcalfe;Nate Kornell

  • Learners' choices and beliefs about self-testing.

    Nate Kornell;Lisa K. Son

  • Spacing as the friend of both memory and induction in young and older adults.

    Nate Kornell;Alan D. Castel;Teal S. Eich;Robert A. Bjork

  • A Stability Bias in Human Memory: Overestimating Remembering and Underestimating Learning.

    Nate Kornell;Robert A. Bjork

  • The Ease-of-Processing Heuristic and the Stability Bias Dissociating Memory, Memory Beliefs, and Memory Judgments

    Nate Kornell;Matthew G. Rhodes;Alan D. Castel;Sarah K. Tauber

  • Optimising self-regulated study: The benefits—and costs—of dropping flashcards

    Nate Kornell;Robert A. Bjork

  • Principles of cognitive science in education: the effects of generation, errors, and feedback.

    Janet Metcalfe;Nate Kornell

  • The Spacing Effect in Children's Memory and Category Induction.

    Haley A. Vlach;Catherine M. Sandhofer;Nate Kornell

  • Stability and variability in extinction.

    Allen Neuringer;Nate Kornell;Matt Olufs

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Bjork
Robert A. Bjork University of California, Los Angeles
Janet Metcalfe
Janet Metcalfe Columbia University
Herbert S. Terrace
Herbert S. Terrace Columbia University
Jessica F. Cantlon
Jessica F. Cantlon Carnegie Mellon University
Shana K. Carpenter
Shana K. Carpenter Oregon State University
Matthew G. Rhodes
Matthew G. Rhodes Colorado State University
Elizabeth Ligon Bjork
Elizabeth Ligon Bjork University of California, Los Angeles
Bennett L. Schwartz
Bennett L. Schwartz Florida International University
Alan D. Castel
Alan D. Castel University of California, Los Angeles
Lisa Miller
Lisa Miller Columbia University

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