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Steve MJ Janssen

Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering, Professor of Psychology,

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    43500 Semenyih
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    Malaysia
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Biography

After obtaining my PhD in Psychology in December 2007 from the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), I worked first for two years as a postdoctoral research fellow at Duke University (United States) on a project with Prof. David Rubin about the temporal distribution of autobiographical memory and then for another two years as a postdoctoral research fellow at Hokkaido University (Japan) on a project with Prof. Makiko Naka about cultural differences in autobiographical memory. I was subsequently a Vice-Chancellor's postdoctoral research fellow at Flinders University (Australia) working on a three-year project about the self-enhancement function of autobiographical memory. In May 2015, I started as an Associate Professor at the 糖心原创 Malaysia, where I became a Professor of Psychology in April 2020.

Expertise Summary

My research so far has mainly focused on one of the most robust findings of autobiographical memory: the reminiscence bump, which is the effect that people tend to recall more personal events from the period in which they were between 10 and 30 years old than from adjacent time periods.

I have shown that the reminiscence bump is impervious to effects of age, gender, education and culture (Janssen, Chessa, & Murre, 2005; Janssen, Gralak, & Murre, 2011; Kawasaki, Janssen, & Inoue, 2011) and not limited to personal events. People perform better on questions about news events from the period in which they were between 10 and 25 years old (Janssen, Murre, & Meeter, 2008), and people's favorite books, movies and records (Janssen, Chessa, & Murre, 2007) and favorite soccer players (Janssen, Rubin, & Conway, 2012) also come from the same period. I also have demonstrated that the reminiscence bump is not caused by a higher prevalence of important, emotional, positive events or first-time experiences (Janssen & Murre, 2008), like long-standing theories had always assumed, at least not when the memories are elicited with cue words (Janssen & Rubin, 2011; Janssen, Uemiya, & Naka, 2013) or when memories for public events are examined (Janssen, 2015a, 2015b). Furthermore, memories from adolescence and early adulthood are also not more vivid or relived more strongly (Janssen, Rubin, & St. Jacques, 2011).

These results were gathered with a wide of array of techniques. Most studies were conducted through the internet, which gave me the opportunity to collect the results of large and varied samples. Repeatedly, I have shown that the results of these internet samples are valid. I also devised an algorithm to remove the increased recall of recent events from the temporal distribution of autobiographical memory. With the model, I have overturned the long-accepted idea that the reminiscence bump can only be found in the results of older adults by showing it can also be found in the results of young adults (Janssen, Gralak, & Murre, 2011).

Because the converging evidence from my studies suggested that the reminiscence bump in the distribution of word-cued memories could not be explained by the existing theories (Janssen, 2019), I have proposed a cognitive abilities account, which hypothesizes that people store events more strongly during adolescence and young adulthood, because the memory system works at an optimum in those lifetime periods (Janssen et al., 2007; Janssen et al., 2008; Janssen & Murre, 2008; Janssen, Rubin, & St. Jacques, 2011; Maki, Janssen, Uemiya, & Naka, 2013). Additional support for this hypothesis comes from studies that have recently been published, which show that adolescents and young adults perform optimally on cognitive abilities tests (Murre, Janssen, Rouw, & Meeter, 2013) and people who perform better than their age peers on these cognitive abilities tests also perform better on autobiographical memory tests (Janssen, Kristo, Rouw, & Murre, 2015).

Teaching Summary

I am currently module convenor and lecturer for Research Methods and Analyses 1 (PSGY1014) and Autobiographical Memory (PSGY3040). In addition, I am lecturer for Cognitive Psychology 1 (PSGY1010),… read more

Research Summary

Please see the website of the Memory laboratory for details of my current research:

Selected Publications

  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., KRISTO, GERT, ROUW, ROMKE and MURRE, JAAP M. J., 2015. CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 31(1), 12-23
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., NAKA, MAKIKO and FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM J., 2013. TIME & SOCIETY. 22(2), 274-290
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., RUBIN, DAVID C. and CONWAY, MARTIN A., 2012. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 65(1), 165-178
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J. and RUBIN, DAVID C., 2011. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 25(2), 291-298

I am currently module convenor and lecturer for Research Methods and Analyses 1 (PSGY1014) and Autobiographical Memory (PSGY3040). In addition, I am lecturer for Cognitive Psychology 1 (PSGY1010), and I supervise third-year students during their Research Project (PSGY3023). Previously, I contributed to Neuroscience and Behaviour (PSGY2014) in 2015-16 and convened and taught Personality and Individual Differences (PSGY2017) from 2015-16 to 2019-20.

  • KRISTINE ANTHONY, HOO KEAT WONG, ALFRED LIM, FARRAH SOW and STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, 2024. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 77(3), 447-460
  • JASMINE K. W. LEE, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and ALEJANDRO J. ESTUDILLO, 2024. Personality and Individual Differences. 220, e112524
  • TIZIANA LANCIANO, FEDERICA ALFEO, ANTONIETTA CURCI, CLAUDIA MARIN, ANGELA MARIA D鈥橴GGENTO, DILETTA DECAROLIS, SEZIN 脰NER, KRISTINE ANTHONY, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and JIN ZHENG, 2024. Memory. 32(2), 264-282
  • ELIZABETH SHEPPARD, YEE THUNG LEE, JENNIFER LUNT, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and YEE MUN LEE, 2023. Safety Science. 159, e106001
  • ERIN M. BUCHANAN, SAVANNAH C. LEWIS, BASTIEN PARIS, PATRICK S. FORSCHER, JEFFREY M. PAVLACIC, JULIE E. BESHEARS, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and MAXIMILIAN A. PRIMBS, 2023. Scientific Data. 10, e87
  • FARRAH SOW, KATINKA DIJKSTRA and STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, 2023. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science. 14(3), e1625
  • DANA BASNIGHT-BROWN, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and AYANNA K. THOMAS, 2023. Memory & Cognition. 51, 505-508
  • PAMELA BAESS, ULLRICH K. H. ECKER, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, ZHENG JIN and CHRISTINA BERMEITINGER, 2023. Memory & Cognition. 51, 526-542
  • SEZIN 脰NER, LYNN ANN WATSON, ZEYNEP ADIG脺ZEL, 陌REM ERGEN, EZGI BILGIN, ANTONIETTA CURCI, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and OYKU UNER, 2023. Memory & Cognition. 51, 729-751
  • JASMINE K. W. LEE, CHANTELLE GREGSON, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and ALEJANDRO J. ESTUDILLO, 2023. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 76(8), 1724-1739
  • JUSTIN T. COLEMAN, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and ROBERT F. BELLI, 2023. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 37(5), 919-937.
  • STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, MICHELE ANNE and DENISE J. PARKER, 2022. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 34(1), 64-81
  • MOHAMAD EL HAJ, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, QUENTIN LENOBLE, FREDERIQUE ROBIN and KARIM GALLOUJ, 2022. Neurological Sciences. 43, 661-666
  • STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, KRISTINE ANTHONY, CHERN YI MARYBETH CHANG, E-LUAN CHOONG, JING YI NEOH and ALFRED LIM, 2022. Memory. 30(6), 686鈥�694
  • JASMINE K. W. LEE, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and ALEJANDRO J. ESTUDILLO, 2022. i-Perception. 13(4), 1-22
  • PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE ACCELERATOR SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY COLLABORATION, 2022. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 119(22), e2111091119
  • BENCE BAGO, MARTON KOVACS, JOHN PROTZKO, TAMAS NAGY, ZOLTAN KEKECS, BENCE PALFI, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and BALAZS ACZEL, 2022. Nature Human Behavior. 6, 880-895
  • ANDREW DELIOS, ELENA G. CLEMENTE, TAO WU, HONGBIN TAN, YONG WANG, MICHAEL GORDON, GENERALIZABILITY TESTS FORECASTING COLLABORATION and ERIC L. UHLMANN, 2022. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 119(30), e2120377119
  • JASMINE K. W. LEE, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and ALEJANDRO J. ESTUDILLO, 2022. Consciousness and Cognition. 105, e103400
  • CHARLES A. DORISON, JENNIFER S. LERNER, BLAKE H. HELLER, ALEXANDER J. ROTHMAN, ICHIRO I. KAWACHI, KE WANG, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and NICHOLAS A. COLES, 2022. Affective Science. 3, 577-602
  • MARTA KOWAL, PIOTR SOROKOWSKI, KATARZYNA PISANSKI, JAROSLAVA A. VALENTOVA, MARCO A. C. VARELLA, DAVID A. FREDERICK, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and MARCOS ZUMARRAGA-ESPINOSA, 2022. Evolution and Human Behavior. 43(6), 455-474
  • MICHELE ANNE and STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, 2021. Psychological Reports. 124(2), 521-542
  • STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, ALICIA FOO, SHEENA N. JOHNSON, ALFRED LIM and JASON SATEL, 2021. Consciousness and Cognition. 89, e103089
  • BENEDICT C. JONES, LISA M. DEBRUINE, JESSICA K. FLAKE, MARCO TULLIO LIUZZA, NWADIOGO C. ARINZE, IZUCHUKWU L. G. NDUKAIHE, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and NICHOLAS A. COLES, 2021. Nature Human Behaviour. 5, 159-169
  • MOHAMAD EL HAJ, ESTELLE LAMY, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and CLAIRE BOUTOLEAU-BRETONNI脠RE, 2021. Neurocase. 27(2), 155-159
  • MOHAMAD EL HAJ, CLAIRE BOUTOLEAU-BRETONNI脠RE and STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, 2021. Psychological Research. 85(6), 2466-2473
  • WANG, KE, GOLDENBERG, AMIT, DORISON, CHARLES A., MILLER, JEREMY K., UUSBERG, ANDERO, LERNER, JENNIFER S., JANSSEN, STEVE M. J. and MOSHONTZ, HANNAH, 2021. NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. 5(8), 1089-1110
  • WARREN TIERNEY, JAY HARDY, CHARLES R. EBERSOLE, DOMINICO VIGANOLA, ELENA G. CLEMENTE, MICHAEL GORDON, CULTURE & WORK MORALITY FORECASTING COLLABORATION and ERIC L. UHLMANN, 2021. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 93, e104060
  • STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, 2020. Psychological Reports. 123(1), 12-42
  • CHRISTINA BERMEITINGER, LAURA KALBFLEISCH, KATHARINA SCH脛FER, ALFRED LIM, HANNAH GOYMANN, LEA REUTER and STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, 2020. Advances in Cognitive Psychology. 16(2), 131-149
  • ALFRED LIM, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and JASON SATEL, 2020. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. 20(6), 1349-1364
  • QUENTIN LENOBLE, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and MOHAMAD EL HAJ, 2019. Memory. 27(2), 321-328
  • YEE MUN LEE and STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, 2019. Timing & Time Perception. 7(1), 15-26
  • HIROSHI ITO, KRYSTIAN BARZYKOWSKI, MAGDALENA GRZESIK, SAMI GULGOZ, CEREN GURDERE, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, JESSIE KHOR, HARRIET ROWTHORN, KIMBERLEY A. WADE, KARLOS LUNA, PEDRO B. ALBUQUERQUE, DEVVARTA KUMAR, ARMAN DEEP SINGH, WILLIAM WEBER CECCONELLO, SARA CADAVID, NICOLE C. LAIRD, MARIO J. BALDASARRI, D. STEPHEN LINDSAY and KAZUO MORI, 2019. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 8(1), 68-77
  • RYAN P. M. HACKL脛NDER, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and CHRISTINA BERMEITINGER, 2019. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 26(2), 401-429
  • STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and MICHELE ANNE, 2019. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 33(3), 456-462
  • ALFRED LIM, VIVIAN ENG, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and JASON SATEL, 2019. Vision. 3(3), 40
  • MOHAMAD EL HAJ, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, KARIM GALLOUJ and QUENTIN LENOBLE, 2019. Translational Neuroscience. 10(1), 280-287
  • STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and SHAMSUL HAQUE, 2018. Memory. 26(1), 131-143
  • VIVIAN ENG, ALFRED LIM, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and JASON SATEL, 2018. Acta Psychologica. 183, 51-57
  • ALFRED LIM, VIVIAN ENG, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and JASON SATEL, 2018. Experimental Brain Research. 236(5), 1369-1382
  • HANNAH MOSHONTZ, LORNE CAMPBELL, CHARLES R. EBERSOLE, HANS IJZERMAN, HEATHER L. URRY, PATRICK S. FORSCHER, JON E. GRAHE, RANDY J. MCCARTHY, ERICA D. MUSSER, JAN ANTFOLK, CHRISTOPHER M. CASTILLE, THOMAS RHYS EVANS, SUSANN FIEDLER, JESSICA KAY FLAKE, DIEGO A. FORERO, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, JUSTIN ROBERT KEENE, JOHN PROTZKO, BALAZS ACZEL, SARA ALVAREZ SOLAS, DANIEL ANSARI, DANA AWLIA, ERNEST BASKIN, CARLOTA BATRES, MARTHA LUCIA BORRAS-GUEVARA, CAMERON BRICK, PRIYANKA CHANDEL, ARMAND CHATARD, WILLIAM J. CHOPIK, DAVID CLARANCE, NICHOLAS A. COLES, KATHERINE S. CORKER, BARNABY J. W. DIXSON, VILIUS DRANSEIKA, YARROW DUNHAM, NICHOLAS W. FOX, GWENDOLYN GARDINER, S. MASON GARRISON, TRIPAT GILL, AMANDA C. HAHN, BASTIAN JAEGER, PAVOL KACMAR, GWENAEL KAMINSKI, PHILIPP KANSKE, ZOLTAN KEKECS, MELISSA KLINE, MONICA A. KOEHN, PRATIBHA KUJUR, CARMEL A. LEVITAN, JEREMY K. MILLER, CEYLAN OKAN, JEROME OLSEN, OSCAR OVIEDO-TRESPALACIOS, ASIL ALI OZDOGRU, BABITA PANDE, ARTI PARGANIHA, NOORSHAMA PARVEEN, GERIT PFUHL, SRADDHA PRADHAN, IVAN ROPOVIK, NICHOLAS O. RULE, BLAIR SAUNDERS, VIDAR SCHEI, KATHLEEN SCHMIDT, MARGARET MESSIAH SINGH, MIROSLAV SIROTA, CRYSTAL N. STELTENPOHL, STEFAN STIEGER, DANIEL STORAGE, GAVIN BRENT SULLIVAN, ANNA SZABELSKA, CHRISTIAN K. TAMNES, MIGUEL A. VADILLO, JAROSLAVA V. VALENTOVA, WOLF VANPAEMEL, MARCO A. C. VARELLA, EVIE VERGAUWE, MARK VERSCHOOR, MICHELANGELO VIANELLO, MARTIN VORACEK, GLENN P. WILLIAMS, JOHN PAUL WILSON, JANIS H. ZICKFELD, JACK D. ARNAL, BURAK AYDIN, SAU-CHIN CHEN, LISA M. DEBRUINE, ANA MARIA FERNANDEZ, KAI T. HORSTMANN, PEDER M. ISAGER, BENEDICT JONES, AYCAN KAPUCU, HAUSE LIN, MICHAEL C. MENSINK, GORKA NAVARRETE, MIGUEL A. SILAN and CHRISTOPHER R. CHARTIER, 2018. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 1(4), 501-515
  • STEVE M. J. JANSSEN, 2017. Timing & Time Perception. 5(1), 99-122
  • VIVIAN ENG, ALFRED LIM, SIMON KWON, SU R. GAN, S. AZRIN JAMALUDDIN, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and JASON SATEL, 2017. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 79(4), 1097-1106
  • MOHAMMAD EL HAJ, STEVE M. J. JANSSEN and PASCAL ANTOINE, 2017. Brain and Cognition. 117, 65-72
  • DIJKSTRA, KATINKA and JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2016. SAGE OPEN. 6(2), 2158244016646412
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2015. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 29(1), 71-72
  • DEMIRAY, BURCU and JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2015. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 29(1), 49-60
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2015. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 29(1), 61-68
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2015. JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN MEMORY AND COGNITION. 4(1), 81-83
  • MAKI, YOICHI, KAWASAKI, YAYOI, DEMIRAY, BURCU and JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2015. MEMORY. 23(1), 11-24
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., KRISTO, GERT, ROUW, ROMKE and MURRE, JAAP M. J., 2015. CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 31(1), 12-23
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2015. Youth and the subjective experience of time. In: MART脥NEZ-SANCHEZ, F. and RUNNEL, P., eds., Youth cultures in accelerated motion Estonian National Museum. 113-115
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J. and HAQUE, SHAMSUL, 2015. Cultural life scripts in autobiographical memory. In: SHEPPARD, E. and HAQUE, S., eds., Culture and cognition: A collection of critical essays Peter Lang. 27-44
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., HEARNE, TARA L. and TAKARANGI, MELANIE K. T., 2015. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 48(1), 177-184
  • SAITO, CHIHIRO, JANSSEN, STEVE M. J. and TAYAMA, TADAYUKI, 2015. Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science. 34(1), 27-34
  • MURRE, JAAP M. J., KRISTO, GERT and JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2014. MEMORY. 22(6), 633-645
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., UEMIYA, AI and NAKA, MAKIKO, 2014. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 26(3), 307-321
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2014. Een korte inleiding tot het autobiografisch geheugen [A brief introduction to autobiographical memory]. In: R. JONGEDIJK, ed., Levensverhalen en psychotrauma: Narratieve Exposure Therapie in theorie en praktijk [Life stories and psychological trauma: Narrative Exposure Therapy in theory and practise] Boom. 65-75
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., NAKA, MAKIKO and FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM J., 2013. TIME & SOCIETY. 22(2), 274-290
  • MAKI, YOICHI, JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., UEMIYA, AI and NAKA, MAKIKO, 2013. MEMORY. 21(3), 286-300
  • MURRE, JAAP M. J., JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., ROUW, ROMKE and MEETER, MARTIJN, 2013. ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA. 142(1), 96-107
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., RUBIN, DAVID C. and CONWAY, MARTIN A., 2012. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 65(1), 165-178
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., GRALAK, ANNA and MURRE, JAAP M. J., 2011. BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS. 43(4), 916-930
  • KAWASAKI, YAYOI, JANSSEN, STEVE M. J. and INOUE, TOMOYOSHI, 2011. JAPANESE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 53(1), 86-96
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J. and RUBIN, DAVID C., 2011. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 25(2), 291-298
  • MEETER, MARTIJN, MURRE, JAAP M. J., JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., BIRKENHAGER, TOM and VAN DEN BROEK, WALTER W., 2011. JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 132(1-2), 216-222
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., RUBIN, DAVID C. and ST JACQUES, PEGGY L., 2011. MEMORY & COGNITION. 39(1), 1-11
  • FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM J. and JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2010. MEMORY & COGNITION. 38(8), 1122-1136
  • FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM J. and JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2010. ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA. 134(2), 130-141
  • MEETER, MARTIJN, OCHTMAN, DIRKJAN J. C., JANSSEN, STEVE M. J. and MURRE, JAAP M. J., 2010. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 22(1), 117-129
  • KRISTO, GERT, JANSSEN, STEVE M. J. and MURRE, JAAP M. J., 2009. MEMORY. 17(8), 816-829
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., MURRE, JAAP M. J. and MEETER, MARTIJN, 2008. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 20(4), 738-764
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J. and MURRE, JAAP M. J., 2008. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 61(12), 1847-1860
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., CHESSA, ANTONIO G. and MURRE, JAAP M. J., 2007. MEMORY. 15(7), 755-767
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., CHESSA, ANTONIO G. and MURRE, JAAP M. J., 2006. MEMORY & COGNITION. 34(1), 138-147
  • MEETER, MARTIJN, MURRE, JAAP M. J. and JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., 2005. MEMORY & COGNITION. 33(5), 793-810
  • JANSSEN, STEVE M. J., CHESSA, ANTONIO G. and MURRE, JAAP M. J., 2005. MEMORY. 13(6), 658-668

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