Amber Witherby, PhD

Research Focus

My program of research uses theories of self-regulated learning to investigate factors that influence learning and memory. I evaluate how people monitor their learning - that is, how they think about and evaluate their learning - as well as how they control their learning (e.g., the decisions they make during learning). I investigate basic questions regarding the mechanisms underlying these processes as well as applied questions regarding how to enhance learning in the real world. I also investigate how metacognitive processes operate across the lifespan.