List of Publications

2025

McLane, E. C.*, Hatcher, S. K.*, & Selmeczy, D. (2025). Earning More Points!: The Impact of Value on Children’s Memory and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70019 (pdf)

Leckey, S., Selmeczy, D., & Ghetti, S. (2025). Two-year-olds’ visual exploration of response options during memory decisions predicts metamemory monitoring one year later. Nature Communications, 16(1), 5284. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60273-8 (pdf)

Leckey, S., Gonzales, C., Selmeczy, D., & Ghetti, S. (2025). Toddlers’ visual exploration during decisions predicts uncertainty monitoring 1 year later. Child Development, 96(1), 312–324. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14174 (pdf)

Mclane, E. & Selmeczy, D. (2025). Children’s Retrieval of Science Facts: The Role of Hints and Confidence. Memory, 33(1), 113–122. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2406312 (pdf)

Selmeczy, D., & Ghetti, S. (2025). Development of Episodic Memory. Encyclopedia of the Human Brain (Second Edition). In Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology (pp. 236–249). https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-820480-1.00130-3  

2024

Shields, M., Calabro, G., & Selmeczy, D. (2024). Active help-seeking and metacognition interact in supporting children’s retention of science facts. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 237, 105772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105772 (pdf)

Selmeczy, D., Kazemi, A., & Ghetti, S. (2024). Seeking versus receiving help: How children integrate suggestions in memory decisions. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14009 (pdf)

2023

Anquillare, E., & Selmeczy, D. (2023). Developmental Differences in Value-Based Remembering: The Role of Feedback and Metacognition. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001539 (pdf)

2021

Shields M. M., McGinnis M. N., & Selmeczy, D. Remote research methods: Considerations for work with children. Frontiers in Psychology (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.703706. (pdf)

Selmeczy, D., Ghetti, S., Zheng, L. R., Porter, T. & Trzesniewski, K. Help me understand: Adaptive information-seeking predicts academic achievement in school-aged children. Cognitive Dev 59, 101062 (2021). (pdf)

Selmeczy, D., Kazemi, A. & Ghetti, S. Developmental differences in subjective recollection and its role in decision making. Child Dev (2021) doi:10.1111/cdev.13611. (pdf)

2020

Selmeczy, D., & Ghetti, S. (2020). Metacognitive Development. The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development (eds S. Hupp and J. Jewell). doi:10.1002/9781119171492.wecad369

Leckey, S., Selmeczy, D., Kazemi, A., Johnson, E. G., Hembacher, E., & Ghetti, S. (2020). Response latencies and eye gaze provide insight on how toddlers gather evidence under uncertainty. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0913-y (pdf)

Porter, T., Schumann, K., Selmeczy, D., & Trzesniewski, K. (2020). Intellectual humility predicts mastery behaviors when learning. Learning and Individual Differences, 80, 101888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2020.101888 (pdf)

Jaeger, A., Queiroz, M. C., Selmeczy, D., & Dobbins, I. G. (2020). Source Retrieval Under Cueing: Dissociated Effects on Accuracy Versus Confidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000826 (pdf)

2019-2017

Selmeczy, D., Fandakova, Y., Grimm, K. J., Bunge, S. A., & Ghetti, S. (2019). Longitudinal trajectories of hippocampal and prefrontal contributions to episodic retrieval: Effects of age and puberty. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 36, 100599. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2018.10.003 (pdf)

Selmeczy, D., & Ghetti, S. (2019). Here is a hint! How children integrate reliable recommendations in their memory decisions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 177, 222–239. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.08.004. (pdf)

Ghetti, S., & Selmeczy, D., (2018). Metacognition. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. Marc H. Bornstein. New York: Sage.

Fandakova, Y., Selmeczy, D., Leckey, S., Grimm, K. J., Wendelken, C., Bunge, S. A., & Ghetti, S. (2017). Changes in ventromedial prefrontal and insular cortex support the development of metamemory from childhood into adolescence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 13, 201703079. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703079114 (pdf)

Selmeczy, D., & Dobbins, I. G. (2017). Ignoring memory hints: The stubborn influence of environmental cues on recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 43(9), 1448–1469. http://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000383 (pdf)

2016-2014

Konkel, A.*, Selmeczy, D.,* & Dobbins, I. G. (2015). They can take a hint: Older adults effectively integrate memory cues during recognition. Psychology and Aging, 30(4), 781–794. http://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000058 *joint first authorship (pdf)

Bugg, J. M., Diede, N. T., Cohen-Shikora, E. R., & Selmeczy, D. (2015). Expectations and experience: Dissociable bases for cognitive control? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 41(5), 1349–1373. http://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000106 (pdf)

Selmeczy, D., & Dobbins, I. G. (2014). Relating the content and confidence of recognition judgments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40(1), 66–85. doi:10.1037/a0034059 (pdf)

Selmeczy, D., Dobbins, I. G. (2013) Metacognitive awareness and adaptive recognition biases. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39(3), 678–690. doi: 10.1037/a0029469 (pdf)

Prior to 2013

Jaeger, A., Selmeczy, D., O’Connor, A. R., Diaz, M. D., Dobbins, I. G. (2012). Prefrontal cortex contributions to controlled memory judgment: fMRI evidence from adolescents and young adults. Neuropsychologia, 50, 3745-3756. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.10.022 (pdf)

Jaeger, A., Lauris, P., Selmeczy, D., & Dobbins, I. G. (2011). The costs and benefits of memory conformity. Memory & Cognition, 40(1), 101–112. doi:10.3758/s13421-011-0130-z (pdf)

Selmeczy, D., Koldewyn, K., Wang, J. M., Lee, A., Harvey, D., Hessl, D. R., Tassone, F., et al. (2011). Investigation of amygdala volume in men with the fragile X premutation. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 5(4), 285–294. doi:10.1007/s11682-011-9132-5 (pdf)