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Dr. Minyu Chang is a cognitive psychologist and faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Trinity University, where she directs the Memory & Metacognition Lab. Her research investigates how memory errors occur, how people monitor and regulate their learning, how memory is shaped by semantic and contextual knowledge, and how these cognitive processes change across the human lifespan.
Dr. Chang received her BSocSc in Psychology from the University of Hong Kong (2017), followed by a Ph.D. in Psychology from Cornell University (2022) under Dr. Charles Brainerd. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University (2022-2024) with Dr. Brendan Johns before joining Trinity University.
Her research employs behavioral experiments, mathematical models, and computational approaches to examine memory and metacognitive processes. She has made significant contributions to understanding false memory phenomena, particularly the distinctions between semantic and phonological false memories, demonstrating they follow different developmental trajectories and respond differently to experimental manipulations. Her work strongly supports fuzzy-trace theory's distinction between verbatim and gist memory processes.
Dr. Chang's publications span top journals including Journal of Experimental Psychology, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, and Memory & Cognition. Her research shows consistent patterns where semantic illusions increase with age in childhood while phonological illusions decrease, and hybrid list effects differ between short-term and long-term memory.
- Recipient of the 2021 Psychonomic Society Graduate Conference Award
- Recipient of the 2020 Psychonomic Society Graduate Conference Award
- Active research program with publications through 2025
- Research has implications for cognitive aging and memory disorders
As an educator, Dr. Chang teaches Fundamentals of Cognition and Memory and Cognition courses while mentoring undergraduate researchers in her lab. She encourages student applications at least two weeks before pre-registration and maintains an active research program integrating computational models with theoretical frameworks in memory research.
