Washington University in St. Louis, MO (2009 - )
Ph.D. in Psychology, concentration in Behavior, Brain, & Cognition (exp. 2014)
M.A. in Psychology, concentration in Behavior, Brain, & Cognition (2011)
Major Professor: Dr. Henry L. Roediger, III
The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (2005 - 2009)
The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education, Prague, Czech Republic (2006)
The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA (2001 - 2005)
The relationship between memory confidence and memory accuracy
Metacognition
Applying principles of cognitive psychology to education
The intersection of psychology and technology
Concept and category learning
Second Place in Social Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis Annual Graduate Research Symposium (2014)
Recipient, Society for Computers in Psychology Birnbaum Award (2013)
Recipient, Lee and Ann Liberman Graduate Fellowship (2011)
Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (2010)
Roediger, H. L., & DeSoto, K. A. (in press). Understanding the relation between confidence and accuracy in reports from memory. In D. S. Lindsay, C. M. Kelley, A. P. Yonelinas, & H. L. Roediger (Eds.), Remembering: Attributions, processes, and control in human memory. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Roediger, H. L., & DeSoto, K. A. (in press). The psychology of reconstructive memory. In J. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences, 2e. Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
DeSoto, K. A., & Roediger, H. L. (2014). Positive and negative correlations between confidence and accuracy for the same events in recognition of categorized lists. Psychological Science. doi:10.1177/0956797613516149
Roediger, H. L., & DeSoto, K. A. (2014). Confidence in memory: Assessing positive and negative correlations. Memory, 22, 76-91. doi:10.1080/09658211.2013.795974
DeSoto, K. A. (2013). Collecting confidence ratings in cognitive psychology experiments: Investigating the relationship between confidence and accuracy in memory. In P. Brindle (Ed.), SAGE research methods cases. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. doi:10.4135/978144627305013507683
Roediger, H. L., Wixted, J. T., & DeSoto, K. A. (2012). The curious complexity between confidence and accuracy in reports from memory. In L. Nadel & W. Sinnott-Armstrong (Eds.), Memory and law (pp. 84-118). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199920754.001.0001
DeSoto, K. A. (2013). When can we trust our confident memories? Effects of qualitative and quantitative bases of memory on the confidence-accuracy correlation. Unpublished dissertation proposal, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
DeSoto, K. A. (2012). Confidence ratings in human memory research: History, theories, and practices. Unpublished subject matter review paper, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
DeSoto, K. A. (2011). Often wrong but never in doubt: Categorized lists produce confident false memories. Unpublished master's thesis, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
DeSoto, K. A. (2009). Eye movements while zoning out during reading: implications for mind wandering and metaconsciousness. Unpublished undergraduate thesis, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Instructor, Flash Programming for Psychology (2013)
Instructor, Human Learning and Memory (2012)
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Social Psychology, Dr. Alan Lambert (2011)
Teaching Assistant, Human Learning and Memory, Dr. Kathleen McDermott (2010)
Supervisor, Mind/Brain/Behavior and Independent Study Undergraduate Projects (2010 - 2012)
DeSoto, K. A. (2013, November). Collecting confidence ratings in cognitive psychology experiments: Effects of scale and entry method. Poster presented at the Meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
DeSoto, K. A., & Roediger, H. L. (2013, November). Effects of study and test repetitions on false memory for category items. Poster presented at the 54th Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
DeSoto, K. A., Nestojko, J. F., & Roediger, H. L. (2012, November). Effects of free recall testing on immediate and delayed recognition. Poster presented at the 53rd Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.
DeSoto, K. A., & Roediger, H. L. (2012, May). Effects of repeated study and test on recognition memory for categorized lists. Poster presented at the 24th Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
DeSoto, K. A., & Roediger, H. L. (2010, November). Confidence and accuracy in recognition memory: positive, negative, and zero correlations. Poster presented at the 51st Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.
Weinstein, Y., & DeSoto, K. A. (2010, November). Teaching Flash programming for psychology. Poster presented at the 40th Meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology, St. Louis, MO.
DeSoto, K. A., & Roediger, H. L. (2010, May). The confidence-accuracy correlation. Poster presented at the 22nd Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.
Ball, C. T., & DeSoto, K. A. (2009, November). Eye movements while zoning out during reading. Paper presented at the 50th Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.
DeSoto, K. A., & Roediger, H. L. (2014, February). Collective memory for U.S. presidents. Poster presented at the Washington University in St. Louis Graduate Research Symposium, St. Louis, MO.
Roediger, H. L., & DeSoto, K. A. (2013, May). Confidence and accuracy in reports from memory: Obtaining positive and negative correlations. Paper presented at the Festschrift in Honor of Larry Jacoby, St. Louis, MO.
DeSoto, K. A. (2011, May). Often wrong but never in doubt: Effects of category typicality on false memory and confidence ratings. Talk given at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
DeSoto, K. A. (2011, February). Often wrong but never in doubt: Typicality relates to confident false memories. Poster presented at the Washington University in St. Louis Graduate Research Symposium, St. Louis, MO.
DeSoto, K. A. (2010, June). Driving factors of the confidence-accuracy correlation. Paper presented at the Show Me Mental Life Conference, St. Louis, MO.
DeSoto, K. A. (2010, February). The confidence-accuracy correlation: implications for eyewitness and basic psychological research. Poster presented at the Washington University in St. Louis Graduate Research Symposium, St. Louis, MO.
DeSoto, K. A. (2013, November). Confidence and accuracy in memory: Theory, methods, and application. Talk given for the Psychology Department Behavior, Brain, and Cognition Colloquium, Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Weinstein, Y. (with contributions by DeSoto, K. A.). (2012). Flash programming for the social and behavioral sciences: A sophisticated guide to online surveys and experiments. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
DeSoto, K. A. (2012, February). Managing your academic PDFs. Talk given for the Graduate Student Brown Bag series, Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
DeSoto, K. A. (2011). Student notebook news. Observer, 24, 37.
Reviewer, The Psychological Record
Reviewer, Psychology & Neuroscience
Reviewer, APSSC Student Grant Competition
Reviewer, APSSC RiSE-UP Award
Reviewer, APSSC Student Research Award
Graduate Student Affiliate, The Psychonomic Society
Graduate Student Affiliate, Association for Psychological Science
Graduate Student Colloquium Chair, Psychology Graduate Student Association (2013)
Outreach Volunteer, Flynn Park Elementary (2013)
New Media Working Group Member (2012)
Mendeley Advisor (2011)
Campus Representative, APSSC (2011 - 2013)
Membership and Volunteers Officer, APSSC Executive Board (2010 - 2011)
Social Co-Chair, Psychology Graduate Student Association (2010 - 2011)
Programming and Statistical Languages: ActionScript, Python, Java, PHP, SPSS, R
Software and Hardware: Adobe Creative Suite, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Windows, Max, Linux, all common software
Other Skills: Website creation/administration, digital media (video, audio, photography), computer building