Suparna Rajaram
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Suparna Rajaram is a pioneering cognitive psychologist renowned for her foundational contributions to the study of human memory, particularly in the domains of social contagion, collaborative memory, and the interplay between social influences and memory accuracy. Her research has fundamentally reshaped our understanding of how memories are shared, distorted, and reinforced within social contexts. A landmark achievement is her 2023 study, "Unavoidable social contagion of false memory from robots to humans," which demonstrated that social robots can influence human memory as powerfully as other humans—with 77% of participants incorporating misinformation from a robot into their own recollections. This work, alongside her highly cited earlier papers (collectively garnering thousands of citations), has established her as a leading authority on the mechanisms of memory conformity and the social dynamics of remembering. Rajaram’s insights have profound implications for eyewitness testimony, human-robot interaction, and our understanding of collective memory. Her rigorous experimental paradigms and theoretical frameworks continue to inspire a new generation of researchers exploring the social fabric of memory.
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- 1Unavoidable social contagion of false memory from robots to humans.7 citations · 2023