Benjamin Rottman

Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychology

Research Scientist, Learning Research & Development Center

Lab

http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/rottman/

Education and Training

PhD, Yale University

Research Interests

  • Causal learning, reasoning, and judgment
  • Medical diagnosis and decision-making

Causal Reasoning Learning & Memory Memory

Related Research Areas

Cognitive & Neural Foundations of Learning Informal & Life-long Learning Reasoning, Decision Making, & Argumentation

Recent Publications

Nokes-Malach, T. J., Fraundorf, S. H., Caddick, Z. A., & Rottman, B. M. (2023). Cognitive perspectives on maintaining physicians’ medical expertise: V. Using a motivational framework to understand the benefits and costs of testing. Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications, 8, 64.

Rottman, B. M., Caddick, Z. A., Nokes-Malach, T. J. & Fraundorf, S. (2023). Cognitive perspectives on maintaining physicians’ medical expertise: I. Reimagining Maintenance of Certification to promote lifelong learning. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.

Jaramillo, S., Kuo, E., Rottman, B. M., & Nokes-Malach, T. J. (2021). Investigating causal inference difficulties with a simple, qualitative force-and-motion problem. In M. B. Bennett, B. W. Frank, & R. E. Vieyra (Eds.) Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings (pp. 197-202). American Association of Physics Teachers. https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2021.pr.

Willett, C. L. & Rottman, B. M. (2021). The accuracy of causal learning over long timeframes: An ecological momentary experiment approach. Cognitive Science, , 45(7), e12985. 

Jaramillo, S., Kuo, E., Nokes-Malach, T., & Rottman, B. (2021). Using Causality to Map Difficulties in a Qualitative Physics Problem. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 43.

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News and Awards

Ben Rottman was featured in Pittwire delving into how the best way to retain memories may depend on the content.

March 19, 2024

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Kudos to Ben Rottman who received a 2024 Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award.

March 19, 2024

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Congratulations to Ben Rottman, LRDC Research Scientist, and Associate Professor, Psychology, who has been selected as a 2024 Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award recipient.

February 5, 2024

Yiwen Zhang and Ben Rottman's recent study, “Causal learning with delays up to 21 hours,” was published as a brief report in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review and featured on Psychonomic's website.

January 29, 2024

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Ben Rottman, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, and LRDC Research Scientist received a dB-SERC Course Transformation Award for “Flip It and Reverse It,” providing students in research methods a choice between learning styles.

August 28, 2023

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Contact

546 MURDC

rottman@pitt.edu

(412) 624-7493

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