Investigations have begun to unpack the cognitive architecture of wisdom, yet, controversies remain, including disparate notions of the role of memory. There is no agreed upon definition of wisdom; however, there is consensus ...

This dissertation reshapes our understanding of the earliest years of American psychology by documenting the discipline’s methodological plurality from its very inception. In tracing the use of questionnaires over the first ...

Pain-related anticipatory distress prior to a painful medical procedure can lead to negative sequelae including heightened pain experiences, avoidance of future medical procedures, and potential non-compliance with ...

The neural mechanisms of behavioural priming remain unclear. Recent studies have suggested that category-preferential regions in ventral occipitotemporal cortex (VOTC) play an important role; some have reported increased ...

Cognitive impairment occurs in up to half of children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis (MS), and may be severe enough to compromise intellectual functioning, academic performance, and daily life function. Working ...

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have complex service needs across the lifespan. The specific experiences of women with ASD, however, remain largely unknown. This concurrent mixed-methods dissertation ...

There is a dearth of research examining social competence following pediatric arterial ischemic stroke (AIS). Previous studies suggest that working memory (WM) and social information processing (SIP), two related individual ...

The current project consists of two studies that explore the theoretical framework linking economic stress and financial risk-taking, with a focus on the importance of perceived control. Specifically, it was hypothesized ...

This project captures an attempt to politicize one aspect of Western middle class youth’s everyday experience growing up and living in postindustrial consumer society—the replacement of experiential, material, and libidinal ...

This dissertation examined the integrity of spatial representations of extensively travelled environments in developmental amnesia, thereby elucidating the role of the hippocampus in forming and retrieving spatial memories ...