Psychology & Neuroscience Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations

Towards Mind Wandering Adaptive Online Learning and Virtual Work Experiences

Conrad, C. and Newman, A. J. (2022). Towards mind wandering adaptive online learning and virtual work experiences. Proceedings of the 2022 NeuroIS Retreat.

NeuroIS researchers have become increasingly interested in the design of new types of information systems that leverage neurophysiological data. In this paper we describe the results of machine learning analysis which ...

Mechanisms underlying the production effect for singing.

Quinlan, C. K., & Taylor, T. L. (2019). Mechanisms underlying the production effect for singing. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale, 73(4), 254–264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000179

The production effect is defined as better memory for items that were read aloud compared to items that were read silently. Quinlan and Taylor (2013) expanded the findings of the production effect by demonstrating that ...

Selection for encoding: No evidence of better endogenous orienting following forget than remember instructions

Rubinfeld, L., Taylor, T. L., & Hamm, J. P. (2019). Selection for encoding: No evidence of better endogenous orienting following forget than remember instructions. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81(1), 237-252. doi: 10.3758/s13414-015-0984-4.

Memory instruction interacts with both visual and motoric inhibition of return

Thompson, K. M., & Taylor, T. L. (2015). Memory instruction interacts with both visual and motoric inhibition of return, Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 77, 804-818. doi: 10.3758/s13414-014-0820-2

A preliminary investigation into the neural basis of the production effect.

Hassall, C. D., Quinlan, C. K., Turk, D. J., Taylor, T. L., & Krigolson, O. E. (2016). A preliminary investigation into the neural basis of the production effect. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70, 139-146. doi: 10.1037/cep0000093

The representational consequences of intentional forgetting: Impairments to both the probability and fidelity of long-term memory

Fawcett, J. M., Lawrence, M. A., & Taylor, T. L. (2016). The representational consequences of intentional forgetting: Impairments to both the probability and fidelity of long-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145, 56-81.

Selection for encoding: No evidence of greater attentional capture following forget than remember instructions.

Taylor, T. L., & Hamm, J. P. (2016). Selection for encoding: No evidence of greater attentional capture following forget than remember instructions. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 78, 168-186. 78: 168. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-015-0984-4

Decomposing item-method directed forgetting of emotional pictures: Equivalent costs and no benefits.

Taylor, T. L., Quinlan, C. K., & Vullings, K. C. H. (2018). Decomposing item-method directed forgetting of emotional pictures: Equivalent costs and no benefits. Memory and Cognition, 46(1), 132-147. doi: 10.3758/s13421-017-0751-y

A grand memory for forgetting: Directed forgetting across contextual changes

Taylor, T. L., & Hamm, J. P. (2018). A grand memory for forgetting: Directed forgetting across contextual changes. Acta Psychologica, 188, 39-54. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.05.009

Remember to blink: Reduced attentional blink following instructions to forget.

Taylor, T. L. (2018). Remember to blink: Reduced attentional blink following instructions to forget. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 80, 1489-1503. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-018-1528-5

Item-method directed forgetting: Effects at retrieval?

Taylor, T. L., Cutmore, L., & Pries, L. (2018). Item-method directed forgetting: Effects at retrieval? Acta Psychologica, 183, 116-123. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.12.004

The Acceptability of Deception in Pediatric Research

Noel, M., Boerner, K.E., Birnie, K.A., Caes, L., Parker, J.A., Chambers, C.T., Fernandez, C.V., & Lee, K. (2015). Acceptability by parents and children of deception in pediatric research. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 36(2), 75-85. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000122. PMID: 25650951.

Objective: Deception has been used to investigate the role of developmental and behavioral factors in child health; however, its acceptability for use in pediatric research has received little empirical attention. This ...

Sex differences in experimental pain among healthy children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Boerner, K.E., Birnie, K.A., Caes, L., Schinkel, M., & Chambers, C.T. (2014). Sex differences in experimental pain among healthy children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PAIN, 155, 983-993

Sex differences in response to experimental pain are commonly reported in systematic reviews in the adult literature. The objective of the present research was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of sex ...

Impact of threat level, task instruction, and individual characteristics on cold pressor pain and fear among children and their parents

Boerner, K.E., Noel, M., Birnie, K.A., Caes, L., Petter, M., & Chambers, C.T. (2015). Impact of threat level, task instruction, and individual characteristics on cold pressor pain and fear among children and their parents. Pain Practice, 16(6), 657-68.

The cold pressor task (CPT) is increasingly used to induce experimental pain in children, but the specific methodology of the CPT is quite variable across pediatric studies. This study examined how subtle variations in CPT ...

The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: A systematic review

as King, S., Chambers, C.T., Huguet, A., MacNevin, R.C., McGrath, P.J., Parker, L., & MacDonald, A.J. (2011). The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: A systematic review. PAIN, 152, 2729-2738. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.07.016. PMID: 22078064.

Chronic and recurrent pain not associated with a disease are very common in childhood and adolescence, but studies of pain prevalence have yielded inconsistent findings. This systematic review examined studies of chronic ...

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Pediatric Chronic Pain: The Problem, Research, and Practice

Noel, M., Petter, M., Parker, J.A., & Chambers, C.T. (2012). Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for pediatric chronic pain: The problem, research, and practice. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 26, 143-156.

The purpose of this paper is to outline the rationale and use of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for the treatment of pediatric chronic pain. The paper begins by demonstrating the scope and impact of the problem of ...

“Pain is not over when the needle ends”: A review and preliminary model of acute pain memory development in childhood

Noel, M., Chambers, C.T., Petter, M., McGrath, P.J., Klein, R.M., & Stewart, S.H. (2012). Pain is not over when the needle ends: A review and preliminary model of acute pain memory development in childhood. Pain Management, 2, 487-497. doi: 10.2217/pmt.12.41. PMID: 24645865.

Over the past several decades, the field of pediatric pain has made impressive advances in our understanding of the pain experience of the developing child, as well as the devastating impact of inadequately managed pain ...