Barry Wei
Concentration:
Cognition
Research Interests:
My research interests concern how social factors influence individuals’ memory and metacognition. Also, I am interested in how individuals perceive collaboration with others and how to improve the effectiveness of collaboration in memory and learning.
Advisor:
Email:
yunfeng.wei@montana.edu
BSc in Chemical Technology
MSc in Psychology MSc in Brain Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience
Wei, Y., Soderstrom, N. C., & Meade, M. L. (in principle acceptance). Examining the Effects
of Collaborative Recall on Self-Paced Learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Wei, Y., Soderstrom, N. C., & Meade, M. L. (2026). Making judgments of learning (JOLs) for
oneself versus others: A review and proposed model. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 33(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-025-02816-0
Wei, Y., Meade, M. L., & Soderstrom, N. C. (2025). Collaborative review enhances note-taking,
especially after a longer delay, but does not boost test performance. Memory, 33(10), 1293–1305. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2025.2573272
Wei, Y., Charbonneau, B. Z., Meade, M. L., & Hutchison, K. A. (2025). Examining the time
course of post collaborative benefits across word lists and prose passages. Memory & cognition, 53(3), 820–831. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01609-5
Wei, Y., Soderstrom, N. C., Meade, M. L., & Scott, B. G. (2024). Metacognition About Collaborative
Learning: Students’ Beliefs Are Inconsistent with Their Learning Preferences. Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 1104. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14111104
Meade, M. L., Wei, Y., Giannakopoulos, K. L., & De Silva, N. N. (2023). Social contagion: Remembering
with others can distort memory. In L. M. Bietti & M. Pogačar (Eds.). The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Memory Studies. Palgrave Springer Nature Press.
Obineche, J. U., Wei, Y., Meade, M. L., Soderstrom, N. C., & Hutchison, K. A. (November 2025). Test Expectancy Effects are Increased for Individuals Higher in Working Memory Capacity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Denver, CO.
Wei, Y., Meade, M. L. & Soderstrom, N. C. (November 2025). Examining Individuals' Memory and Judgment of Learning after Group Testing, Individual
Testing, and Restudying. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Denver, CO.
Wei, Y., Soderstrom, N. C. & Meade, M. L. (November 2025). Making Judgments of Learning (JOLs) for Oneself Versus Others: A Review and Proposed
Model. Oral presentation presented at the International Association for Metacognition. Denver,
CO.
Wei, Y., Meade, M. L. & Soderstrom, N. C. (April 2025). Examining Individuals' Memory and Judgment of Learning after Group Testing, Individual
Testing, and Restudying. Oral presentation to be presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association. Denver, CO.
Wei, Y., Meade, M. L. & Soderstrom, N. C. (November 2024). Examining Individuals' Memory and Judgment of Learning after Group Testing, Individual
Testing, and Restudying. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. New York, NY.
Wei, Y., Charbonneau, B., Meade, M. L. & Hutchison, K. A. (April 2024). Post Collaborative Benefits Are Long Lasting and Selective to Veridical Recall. Oral presentation at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
Denver, CO.
Wei, Y., Charbonneau, B., Meade, M. L. & Hutchison, K. A. (November 2023). Examining the Time Course of Collaborative Inhibition and Post Collaborative Benefits
across Word Lists and Prose Passages. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. San Francisco,
CA.
Wei, Y., Meade, M. L. & Soderstrom, N. C. (April 2023). Two Heads Are Better Than One: Quizzing Each Other In A Group Is Better Than Self
Testing. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. Albuquerque, NM.
Wei, Y., Meade, M. L. & Soderstrom, N. C. (November 2022). Metacognition about collaborative learning: Students’ beliefs are inconsistent with
their learning preferences. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Boston, MA.
Wei, Y., Meade, M. L., & Soderstrom, N. C. (April 2022). Metacognition about collaborative learning: Students’ beliefs are inconsistent with
their learning preferences. Poster presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City,
UT.
Meritorious Fellowship Award, Montana State University, 2021
