collaborators
Tina M. Miyake, Ph.D.
Dr. Miyake is interested in how strategies and counterfactual thinking relate to working memory. Specifically, she is interested in how people manage working memory resources through strategy use and counterfactual thinking. Recently, she has become interested in complex environments; consequently, she has started collaborating with researchers in the Human Systems Simulation Laboratory at the Idaho National Laboratory. Dr. Miyake also teaches basic statistics, research methods, child development, cognitive psychology, controversies of memory, and cognitive strategies.
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Maria M. Wong, ph.d.
Dr. Wong is interested in understanding risk and protective factors that affect important developmental outcomes such as substance use, suicidal behavior, and resilience. Her current work focuses on understanding how sleep and self-regulation (control of affect, behavior, and cognitive processes) affect health and behavior. She is the director of the Development and Resilience Lab in the Psychology Department at Idaho State University. Her research projects have been funded by the National Institute of Health. Her work was cited in articles published by National Public Radio, Time Magazine, BBC, CNN, NBC, Reuters and the Associated Press.
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Xiaomeng (Mona) Xu, Ph.D.
Dr.
Xu conducts research in cardiovascular behavioral
medicine (particularly physical activity, weight control, and smoking),
social psychology (especially romantic love), and neuroscience
(utilizing MRI methodology), as well as the intersections between
these fields. More information about Dr. Xu's work and lab can be found
at: http://xulabisu.weebly.com/
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Tessa Anderson, M.S.
Assistant Lecturer, Experimental Psychology
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Tessa Anderson is an assistant lecturer at Idaho State University. She earned her Bachelors in Psychology and Masters in Experimental Psychology from Idaho State University. Tessa's research has primarily focused on strategy training in working memory and specifically in looking at versions of the operation span task, how they differ, and the effectiveness of strategy training with the various versions of the task.
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Kelly Pearce, Ph.D.
Dr. Pearce is a current postdoctoral neuropsychology fellow with the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program. She completed an internship at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, and earned a doctoral degree from Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. Dr. Pearce’s clinical interests include assessment and treatment of mTBI, and neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, with an emphasis on sports-related injury. Her research interests include sequelae of sports-related brain trauma, the effects of mood on executive abilities and cognitive functioning, and translational research efforts geared towards development of assessment tools and treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Pearce will be returning to her home state of Montana in the fall of 2015 to work for a local hospital system conducting sport concussion and general neuropsychology evaluations.
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