Every moment, we apply our learning from prior experiences, using our accumulated knowledge to navigate and interact with the world around us. Much of our lives are spent adding to our knowledge, both formally and informally. The Umanath Memory & Aging Lab studies the nature of knowledge and its influence on remembering, with particular interests in healthy aging, event memory, collective memory, and misinformation.
The UMA Lab is directed by Sharda Umanath, an associate professor of cognitive psychology at Claremont McKenna College.