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Updated Apr 2025.

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48. Henao, L. F., Luna, K., & Cadavid, S. (2025). The vibration mode is disruptive: The effect of other-owned smartphone vibrations on memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 39(2), e70052. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70052. Download

47. Luna, K., Bueno, D., Conde, E., Bermúdez, D., Gutiérrez, M. F., Aldana, G., Botía, I., Rodríguez, V., & Cadavid, S. (2025). Letter spacing does not affect memory and metamemory. Psychological Reports, 128(3), 2055-2070. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941231178466. Download

46. Cadavid, S., Cortés-Albornoz, M. C., Gómez-Carvajal, A.-M., Mendoza-Ayús, S. D., Luna, K., Olaya Galindo, M. D., Vélez-Van-Meerbeke, A., & Talero-Gutiérrez, C. (2025). Learning techniques to improve memory in children: A systematic review. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 40(1), 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-024-00936-0. Download

45. Martín-Luengo, B., Hu, Z., Cadavid, S., & Luna, K. (2023). Do pictures influence memory and metamemory in Chinese vocabulary learning? PLOS ONE, 18(11), e0286824. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286824.

44. Martín-Luengo, B., Luna, K., & Shtyrov, Y. (2023). Conversational pragmatics: Memory reporting strategies in different social contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1004524. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1004524.

43. Fernandes, A. I., Luna, K., Soares, A. P., & Comesaña, M. (2023). Is there an early morphological decomposition during L2 lexical access? A meta-analysis on the morphological priming effect. Brain Sciences, 13(1), 127. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13010127. Download

42. Luna, K., Cadavid, S., & Botía, I. (2023). Monitoring and control processes in mock witnesses in under-represented non-WEIRD samples with high and low educational level. Memory & Cognition, 51, 718-728. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-022-01305-2. Download

41. Luna, K., & Albuquerque, P. B. (2022). Do beliefs about font size affect retrospective metamemory judgments in addition to prospective judgments? A registered report. Experimental Psychology, 69(3), 172-184. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000549. Download

40. Sá-Leite, A. R., Luna, K., Tomaz, Â., Fraga, I., & Comesaña, M. (2022). The mechanisms underlying grammatical gender selection in language production: A meta-analysis of the gender congruency effect. Cognition, 224, 105060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105060. Download

39. Pazhoohi, F., Luna, K., Bischof, W. F., & Kingstone, A. (2022). A life history approach to artistic endeavours and production: The case of metal music. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 8, 189-195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-021-00302-z. Download

38. Cadavid, S., & Luna, K. (2021). Online co-witness discussions also lead to eyewitness memory distortion: The MORI-v technique. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35, 621-631. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3785. Download.

37. Mendes, P. S., Luna, K., & Albuquerque, P. B. (2021). Word frequency effects on judgments of learning: More than just beliefs. The Journal of General Psychology, 148(2), 124-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2019.1706073. Download.

36. Mendes, P. S., Luna, K., & Albuquerque, P. B. (2020). Experience matters: Effects of (in)congruent prompts about word frequency on judgments of learning. Zeitschrift fur Psychologie/Journal of Psychology, 228(4), 254-263. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000423. Download.

35. Fernandes, D., Albuquerque, P. B., & Luna, K. (2020). Podem os pós-avisos de esclarecimento eliminar a conformidade da memória? [Can enhancement post-warnings eliminate memory conformity?]. Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana, 38(3), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.8375. Download.

34. Luna, K., & Albuquerque, P. B. (2020). Do incompatible alternatives in a testimony affect witness credibility? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34(3), 754-760. https://doi.org/10.1002/ACP.3656. Download.
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33. Sá Leite, A. R., Luna, K., Fraga, I., & Comesaña, M. (2020). The gender congruency effect across languages in bilinguals: A meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 27, 677-693. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-019-01702-w. Download. Supplemental Materials.

32. Luna, K. (2019). If it is easy to remember, then it is not secure: Metacognitive beliefs affect password selection. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33, 744-758. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3516. Download.
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31. Luna, K., Nogueira, M., & Albuquerque, P. B. (2019). Words in larger font are perceived as more important: Explaining the belief that font size affects memory. Memory, 27, 555-560. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2018.1529797. Download.
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30. Ito, H., Barzykowski, K., Grzesik, M., Gulgoz, S., Gürdere, C., Janssen, S., Jia Yun Khor, J., Rowthorn, H., Wade, K., Luna, K., Albuquerque, P. B., Kumar, D., Deep Singh, A., Cecconello, W., Cadavid, S., Laird, N., Baldassari, M., Lindsay, D. S., & Mori, K. (2019). Eyewitness memory distortion following co-witness discussion: a replication of Garry, French, Kinzett, and Mori (2008) in ten countries. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 8, 68-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2018.09.004. Download. Supplemental Materials.
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29. Luna, K., Albuquerque, P. B., & Martín-Luengo, B. (2019). Cognitive load eliminates the effect of perceptual information on judgments of learning with sentences. Memory & Cognition, 47, 106-116. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-018-0853-1. Download. Supplemental Materials

28. Martín-Luengo, B., & Luna, K. (2018). Judgments of learning for words in horizontal space. Psychology, Journal of the Higher School of Economics, 15, 201-208. https://doi.org/10.17323/1813-8918-2018-2-201-208. Download.

27. Pazhoohi, F., & Luna, K. (2018). Ecology of musical preference: The relationship between pathogen prevalence and the number and intensity of metal bands. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 4, 294-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-018-0139-7. Download. Supplemental Materials (data, Open Document Format).

26. Luna, K., Martín-Luengo, B., & Albuquerque, P. (2018). Do delayed judgments of learning reduce metamemory illusions? A meta-analysis. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71, 1626-1636. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1343362. Download. Supplemental Materials

25. Martín-Luengo, B., Shtyrov, Y., Luna, K., & Myachykov, A. (2018). Different answers to different audiences: Effects of social context on the accuracy-informativeness trade-off. Memory, 26, 993-1007. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2017.1420196. Download. Supplemental Materials

24. Luna, K., & Albuquerque, P. B. (2018). Centrality ratings, forensic relevance, and production frequency: Which one best identifies central and peripheral items? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 32, 253-263. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3400. Download

23. Luna, K., & Martín-Luengo, B. (2018). The (limited) effect of emotional arousal in the regulation of accuracy in eyewitness memory. Psicológica, 39, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.2478/psicolj-2018-0001. Download

22. Higham, P. A., Blank, H., & Luna, K. (2017). Effects of post-warning specificity on memory performance and confidence in the eyewitness misinformation paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23, 417-432. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000140. Download

21. Luna, K., & Martín-Luengo, B. (2017). Using the regulation of accuracy to study performance when the correct answer is not known. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 58, 275-283. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12369. Download

20. Luna, K., Martín-Luengo, B., Shtyrov, Y., & Myachykov, A. (2016). Judgments of learning for words in vertical space. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1894. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01894. Download

19. Luna, K., Martín-Luengo, B., & Brewer, N. (2015). Are regulatory strategies necessary in the regulation of accuracy? The effect of direct-access answers. Memory & Cognition, 43, 1180-1192. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-015-0534-2. Download

18. Fundinho, J., Luna, K., & Albuquerque, P. (2015). A confiança em testemunhas: O papel das diferenças individuais (Eyewitness confidence: The role of individual differences). Análise Psicológica, 33, 265-277. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.967. Download

17. Martín-Luengo, B., Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2015). Effects of interest, thematic congruence, and typicality on memory for television, radio, and press advertisements of new products. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29, 560-572. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3139. Download

16. Fundinho, J., Luna, K., & Albuquerque, P. (2014). Construção e validação de questões de conhecimento geral (Construction and validation of general knowledge questions). Laboratório de Psicologia, 12, 79-87. https://doi.org/10.14417/lp.973. Download

15. Luna, K., & Martín-Luengo, B. (2014). The subjective experience of retrieval-induced forgetting. Memory, 22, 813-823. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2013.832331. Download

14. Martín-Luengo, B., Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2014). The influence of thematic congruency, typicality and divided attention on memory for radio advertisements. Memory, 22, 759-769. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2013.826673. Download

13. Luna, K., & Martín-Luengo, B. (2013). Monitoring the source monitoring. Cognitive Processing, 14, 347-356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-013-0558-0. Download

12. Martín-Luengo, B., Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2013). Memory for radio advertisements: The effect of program and typicality. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 16, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2013.80. Download

11. Luna, K., & Martín-Luengo, B. (2012). Improving the accuracy of eyewitnesses in the presence of misinformation with the plurality option. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, 387-693. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.2845. Download

10. Martín-Luengo, B., Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2012). Efecto del tipo de prueba de evaluación en la memoria y valoración de marcas publicitarias [Effect of the type of test in memory and ratings of brands]. Escritos de Psicología – Psychological Writings, 5, 24-30. https://doi.org/10.5231/psy.writ.2012.1809. Download

9. Luna, K., & Martín-Luengo, B. (2012). Confidence-accuracy calibration with general knowledge and eyewitness memory cued recall questions. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, 289-295. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1822. Download

8. Luna, K., Higham, P. A., & Martín-Luengo, B. (2011). Regulation of memory accuracy with multiple answers: The plurality option. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 17,, 148-158. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023276. Download

7. Higham, P. A., Luna, K., & Bloomfield, J. (2011). Trace-strength and source-monitoring accounts of accuracy and metacognitive resolution in the misinformation paradigm. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 324-335. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1694. Download

6. Luna, K., & Martín-Luengo, B. (2010). New advances in the study of the confidence-accuracy relationship in the memory for events. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to a Legal Context, 55-71. Download

5. Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2009). Acceptance and confidence of central and peripheral misinformation. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 12, 405-413. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1138741600001797. Download

4. Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2008). Typicality and misinformation: Two sources of distortion. Psicológica, 29, 171-188. Download

3. Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2007). Memoria de testigos: patrón de distorsión de los recuerdos por la presentación de información falsa (Eyewitness memory: pattern of distortion of memory due to the presentation of misinformation). Eguzkilore, 21, 341-363. Download

2. Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2007). Acciones y detalles en la aceptación de información postevento falsa y en la confianza (Actions and details in the acceptance of postevent misinformation and in confidence). Estudios de Psicología, 28, 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1174/021093907780152349. Download

1. Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2005). Efecto del tipo de información sugerida en el paradigma de la información postevento (Effect of the type of false information in the misinformation paradigm). Revista de Psicología General y Aplicada, 58, 309-321. Download

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Popular Science

7. Luna, K. (2021). ¿Qué es la metamemoria y para qué sirve? Ciencia Cognitiva, 15, 44-46. Ir al artículo.

6. Luna, K. (2016). ¿Fue Wundt el primero en intentar que la psicología fuera una disciplina independiente? Ciencia Cognitiva, 10, 56-58. Ir al artículo.
English version:
Luna, K. (2016). Was Wundt the first to try to make psychology an independent discipline? Ciencia Cognitiva, 10, 59-61. Go to the article.

5. Paulo, R. M., Luna, K., & Albuquerque, P. (2014). La entrevista cognitiva mejorada. Cómo interrogar a un testigo de manera eficaz (The enhanced cognitive interview: How to question a witness efficiently). Ciencia Cognitiva, 8, 12-14. Ir al artículo.

4. Martín-Luengo, B., & Luna, K. (2013). ¿Por qué las caras de otras etnias nos parecen iguales? (Why faces from other ethnics look so similar to us?). Ciencia Cognitiva, 7, 50-52. Ir al artículo.

3. Luna, K. & Martín-Luengo, B. (2010) Mírame a los ojos y dime la verdad: La carga cognitiva asociada a una mentira puede ayudar a desenmascararla (Look me in the eyes and tell me the truth: The cognitive load associated with a lie can help to reveal it). Ciencia Cognitiva, 4, 61-63. Ir al artículo.

2. Luna, K. (2009) ¿Por qué a veces contestamos una pregunta con una respuesta genérica y otras con una específica? (Why do we sometimes reply with a coarse answer and sometimes with a fine answer?). Ciencia Cognitiva, 3, 76-78. Ir al artículo.

1. Luna, K., & Migueles, M. (2008) ¡Te lo creíste! Sobre cómo la información falsa se introduce en nuestra memoria (You did believe it! False information that get into our memory). Ciencia Cognitiva, 2, 91-93. Ir al artículo.

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Book chapters

2. Luna, K. (2008). ¿Es la confianza un indicador válido de la exactitud de un testigo? [Is confidence a good predictor of eyewitness accuracy?]. In F. J. Rodríguez, C. Bringas, F. Fariña, R. Arce, & A. Bernardo (Eds.), Psicología jurídica, entorno judicial y delincuencia (pp. 111-116). Oviedo, Spain: Editorial of the University of Oviedo. Download

1. Luna, K. & Migueles, M. (2006). Revisión cualitativa del tipo de elemento sugerido en el paradigma de la información postevento [Qualitative revision of the type of false information in the misinformation paradigm]. In M. J. Contreras, J. Botella, R. Cabestrero, & B. Gil (Eds.), Lecturas de Psicología Experimental (pp. 65-73). Madrid, Spain: UNED.