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Judith Hudson is a Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Psychology at Rutgers University, with additional roles as Director of Undergraduate Studies and supervisor of the Douglass-Psychology Child Study Center. She holds a PhD from the City University of New York (1984) and has been at Rutgers since 1987. Her research focuses on memory development in children, temporal cognition, parent-child interactions, and autobiographical memory across the lifespan. She is a member of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS).
Key research areas include:
- Memory development for real-world events and planning skills in children and adults
- Parent-child conversation effects on children’s temporal understanding and autobiographical memory
- Role of symbolic media (e.g., videos, photographs) in memory retrieval
- Emotion’s influence on narrative construction and memory content
- Effects of odors on mood and memory recall
Her work bridges developmental psychology and cognitive science, emphasizing the interplay between language, environment, and cognitive development. She has pioneered studies on how young children use reminders (e.g., video, photographs) to recall past experiences and construct future goals. Recent trends in her publications emphasize temporal reasoning, episodic foresight, and the neurological underpinnings of memory development.
Though no awards are listed in the provided text, her contributions to child development research are widely cited in the field. She advises graduate students and oversees a laboratory school for preschool children at Douglass Campus, integrating applied research with educational settings.
