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Cognitive Psychology



Aging

Research on aging at the Florida State University is quite diverse.   Most aging research at FSU falls under the domain of the Pepper Institute , which is the main umbrella on campus for people with interests in aging research.

Aging research specific to the Cognitive area involves work by Neil Charness, Katinka Dijkstra, and Colleen Kelley.

Dr. Charness does research on age and human factors, as well as on age and expertise. The human factors and technology use project is part of a Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) a program project grant based at the University of Miami with sub-projects at FSU and at Georgia Tech. The FSU component, "Optimizing Workstations And Interactions With Technology ", has projects dealing with workstation ergonomics, stress reduction during technology use, and a health care intervention using videoconferencing. See http://www.psychology.gatech.edu/create/. Expertise research is concerned with understanding the mechanisms by which skill (in domains such as chess playing) is developed and maintained across the lifespan.

Dr. Kelley does research on aging and memory. Recent work includes work on older adults' susceptibility to false memories due to problems with monitoring memory, and work on social influence on the memories of older versus younger adults.


Faculty involved in aging research:

Neil Charness  (Cognitive)

Colleen Kelley  (Cognitive)

Anders Ericsson  (Cognitive)

Mark Licht  (Clinical)


Recent Publications:

Jastrzembski, T., Charness, N., & Vasyukova, C. (2006). Expertise and age effects on knowledge activation in chess. Psychology and Aging, 21, 401-405.

Czaja, S. J., Charness, N., Fisk, A. D., Hertzog, C., Nair, S. N., Rogers, W. A., & Sharit, J. (2006). Factors Predicting the Use of Technology: Findings from the Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE). Psychology and Aging, 21, 333-352.

Dijkstra, K., Bourgeois, M. S., Youmans, G., & Hancock, A. (2006). Implications of an advice giving and teacher role on language production in adults with dementia. The Gerontologist, 46, 367-376.

Dijkstra, K. & Kaup, B. (2005). Mechanisms of autobiographical memory retrieval in younger and older adults. Memory & Cognition, 33, 811-820.

Rhodes, M.G. & Kelley, C.M. (2005). Executive processes, memory accuracy and memory monitoring: An aging and individual difference analysis. Journal of Memory and Language, 52, 578-594.