Fredrik Jönsson
PhD, Associate professor
Teaching
I have taught and administered courses on a regular basis since 2000. The main topics of the courses I have led and taught in have been Psychological testing (course leader), Perception (course leader), Introductory psychology (course leader), cognitive psychology and statistics.
Research
My ongoing research can be divided into two broad themes: (A) metacognition and (B) olfactory cognition.
A. Metacognition and learning
I am interested in the conscious monitoring (metamemory) of our own learning, both in the form of assessments of how easy or difficult something would be to learn (ease of learning judgments) and our assessments of our ongoing learning (Judgments of learning).
Research group: Memory and Metacognition Lab
B. Olfactory cognition
In studying olfaction (the sense of smell) I am mainly focusing on olfactory cognition and more specifically, but not exclusively, odor memory in the long and the short term.
Past research
See the list of publications.
Publications
- Jönsson, F. U., Hedner, M., & Olsson, M. J. (in press). The Testing Effect as a Function of Explicit Testing Instructions and Judgments of Learning. Experimental psychology.
- Jönsson, F. U., & Olsson, M. J. (in press). Knowing what we smell. In G. M. Zucco, R. S. Herz, & B. Schaal (Eds.), Olfactory Cognition. From perception and memory to environmental odours and neuroscience. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Cornell Kärnekull, S., Jönsson, F. U., Larsson, M., & Olofsson, J. K. (2011). Affected by smells? Environmental chemical responsivity predicts odor perception. Chemical Senses, 36, 641-648.
- Jönsson, F. U., Møller, P., & Olsson, M. J. (2011). Olfactory working memory: Effects of verbalization on the 2-back task. Memory & Cognition, 39, 1023-1032.
- Jönsson, F. U., & Kerimi, N. (2011). An investigation of students’ knowledge of the delayed judgements of learning effect. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23, 358-373.
- Jönsson, F. U., & Lindström, B. (2010). Using a multidimensional scaling approach to investigate the underlying basis of Ease of Learning judgments. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51, 103-108.
- Larsson, M., Blåvarg, C., & Jönsson, F. U. (2009). Bad Odors Stick Better than Good Ones: Olfactory Qualities and Odor Recognition. Experimental psychology, 56, 375-380.
- Arshamian, A, Olofsson, J.K., Jönsson, F. U., & Larsson, M. (2008). Sniff your way to clarity: The case of olfactory imagery. Chemosensory perception, 1, 242-246.
- Olsson, M. J., & Jönsson, F. U. (2008). Is it easier to match a name to an odor or vice versa? Chemosensory perception, 1, 184-189.
- Sikström, S., & Jönsson, F. U. (2005). A Model for Stochastic Drift in Memory Strength to Account for Judgments of Learning. Psychological Review. 112(4), 932-950.
- Jönsson, F. U. (2005). Olfactory metacognition: A metamemory perspective on odor naming. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis: Digital comprehensive summaries of Uppsala dissertations from the faculty of social sciences, 6.
- Jönsson, F. U., Tcheckova, A., Lönner, P., & Olsson, M. J. (2005). A metamemory perspective on odor naming and identification. Chemical Senses, 30, 353-365.
- Jönsson, F. U., Olsson, H., & Olsson, M. J. (2005). Odor emotionality affects the confidence in odor naming. Chemical Senses, 30, 29-35.
- Jönsson, F. U., & Olsson, M. J. (2003). Olfactory metacognition. Chemical Senses. 28, 651-658.
- Olsson, M. J., Faxbrink, M., & Jönsson, F. U. (2002). Repetition priming in odor memory. In C. Rouby & B. Schaal (Eds.), Olfaction, taste, and cognition (pp. 246-260). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
- Schenkman, B., & Jönsson, F. U. (2000). Aesthetics and preferences of web pages. Behaviour and Information Technology, 19, 5, 367-377.
Financial support
2007-2009 Research grant from the Swedish research Council.
