Patty deWinstanley

Patty deWinstanley is a cognitive psychologist at Oberlin College, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Psychology. She has taught courses such as Cognitive Psychology, Advanced Methods in Cognitive Psychology, Introductory Psychology, and seminars on critical thinking and psychology in legal contexts since 2011.

Research Focus: Her work explores human memory, learning, memory consolidation during sleep, and skill acquisition. Publications emphasize optimizing educational practices through cognitive strategies like variable practice, distributed learning, and retrieval-based methods.

Publications Trends: Spanning 2002–2011, her articles focus on educational psychology, memory mechanisms, and skill development, often addressing practical applications in teaching and learning. Notable themes include the generation effect, encoding strategies, and retrieval consequences.

Scientific Awards:

• Scientific Teaching Fellow, Yale Mobile Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching

Advising & Grants: She mentors honors students on diverse projects involving behavioral economics, music cognition, and language processing. No explicit grant details are provided in the text.