Vita of Melody Wiseheart

York University
Department of Psychology
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3

office: 416-736-2100 x33266
lab: 416-736-2100 x44037
fax: 416-736-5814
email: melodywiseheart@gmail.com
office: BSB 242
lab: Calumet 311
note: formerly Nicholas J. Cepeda

Academic Positions

York University
- Professor, 2017-present
- Associate Professor, 2010-2017
- Assistant Professor, 2006-2010
University of California, San Diego
- Assistant Project Scientist, 2004-2009
- Post-graduate Researcher, 2002-2004
University of Colorado, Boulder
- Research Associate, 2004-2006
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Research Assistant, 1998-2001

Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Attended Postdoctoral Respecialization in Clinical Psychology program, 2001-2002
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Ph.D., Perception and Performance Psychology, 2001
Vanderbilt University
- B.S., Psychology, 1995

External Grants

Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- Principal Investigator, "Spacing effect and critical thinking in the classroom," 2020-2025
Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Principal Investigator, "Spacing effect: Theory and psychophysiology," 2018-2019
Catalyst Grant, Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery
- Co-Investigator, "Examining the benefits of the spacing effect to memory rehabilitation and neural organization in stroke patients," 2013-2014 (PIs: R Shayna Rosenbaum and Gordon Winocur)
Infrastructure Operating Fund, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- Principal Investigator, "Developmental cognitive neuroscience laboratory for theoretical and applied neuroeducation research," 2013-2014
Rasch Foundation, Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, ON)
- Principal Investigator, "Chronic pain management group program benefits and the role of attention in outcome," 2011-2013
Leaders Opportunity Fund, Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Principal Investigator, "Developmental cognitive neuroscience laboratory for theoretical and applied neuroeducation research," 2011
Standard Research Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- Principal Investigator, "Enhancing cognitive flexibility and academic achievement through musical training," 2010-2013
Cognition and Student Learning, Institute of Education Sciences (US Department of Education)
- Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Hal Pashler), R305H040108, "Optimizing resistance to forgetting," 2004-2007

Fellowships and Awards

Dean's Health Research Catalyst Award (York University), 2010
National Institute of Mental Health Psychophysiology Training Grant Fellowship, 1996-1998
University Fellowship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), 1995-1996
Liberal Arts and Sciences Fellowship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), 1995-1996

Journal Publications and Book Chapters

Invited Talks

Wiseheart, M. (2022, January). Using the spacing effect to improve learning. Invited talk at New Mexico State University, Psychology Department, Las Cruces, NM.
Wiseheart, M. (2016, October). The spacing effect as a lesson organization tool. Invited talk at the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning. Online.
Wiseheart, M. (2013, November). Executive function benefits from arts training. Invited talk at Wilfred Laurier University, Psychology Department, Waterloo, ON.
Cepeda, N. J. (2012, February). Using transfer of training to improve cognitive performance. Invited talk at the University of California, Merced, Psychology Department, Merced, CA.
Cepeda, N. J. (2011, April). Using cognitive psychology to improve learning and retention. Invited talk at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Psychology Department, Champaign, IL.
Cepeda, N. J. (2011, March). Improving teaching and learning: Lessons from psychology. Invited talk at the Brain Power Initiative meeting, Toronto, ON.
Cepeda, N. J. (2011, January). Using cognitive psychology to improve educational achievement. Invited talk at the University of California, Merced, Psychology Department, Merced, CA.
Cepeda, N. J. (2009, December). Development of cognitive flexibility: Contributions from working memory and inhibition. Invited talk at Rotman Research Institute / Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, ON.
Cepeda, N. J. (2008, January). Development of executive function. Invited talk at the University of California, Davis, Center for Mind and Brain and Human Development and Family Studies, Davis, CA.
Cepeda, N. J. (2007, May). Decomposing executive function: No inhibition necessary? Invited talk at Rotman Research Institute / Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, ON.
Cepeda, N. J. (2007, February). Components of cognitive flexibility. Invited talk at the University of Western Ontario, Psychology Department, London, ON.
Cepeda, N. J. (2006, February). Adaptive memory mechanisms. Invited talk at York University, Psychology Department, Toronto, ON.
Cepeda, N. J. (2006, January). Adaptive memory mechanisms. Invited talk at the University of California, Los Angeles, Psychology Department, Los Angeles, CA.
Cepeda, N. J. (2005, November). Adaptive memory mechanisms: Theory and application. Invited talk at Michigan State University, Psychology Department, East Lansing, MI.
Cepeda, N. J. (2004, October). Cognitive flexibility deficits in children with ADHD. Invited talk at the University of California, San Diego, Cognitive Science Department, La Jolla, CA.
Cepeda, N. J. (2004, March). Flexible cognition in preschoolers. Invited talk at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Munakata Lab / Cognitive Development Center, Boulder, CO.
Cepeda, N. J. (2004, April). Maximizing long-term retention with distributed practice. Invited talk at the University of Oklahoma, Psychology Department, Norman, OK.
Cepeda, N. J. (2000). Cognitive processing: Task switching across the life-span. Grand rounds in Psychiatry, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL.
Cepeda, N. J. (1999). Response interference and preparatory capacity in children with ADHD. Grand rounds in Psychiatry, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL.
Cepeda, N. J. (1998). Deficits in attention: ADHD and task switching. Grand rounds in Psychiatry, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL.
Cepeda, N. J. (1997). Attentional deficits in children with ADHD. Grand rounds in Psychiatry, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL.

Papers, Posters, and Published Abstracts

Wiseheart, M., & Wiseheart, S. (2021, November). Validation of the Wiseheart Socioeconomic Status Scale. Paper presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Foot-Seymour, V., & Wiseheart, M. (2019, June). Moving spacing effect research from the laboratory to the classroom. Paper session presented at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science Annual Meeting Waterloo, ON.
Foot-Seymour, V., Foot, J., & Wiseheart, M. (2018, November). Spacing effect in the classroom: Fact learning and critical thinking. Paper presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Foot-Seymour, V., Sana, F., & Wiseheart, M. (2018, November). Using cognitive strategies to enhance the retention of statistical concepts. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Wiseheart, M., & D’Souza, A. A. (2016, November). Deconstructing task switching: A detailed theoretical analysis of lifespan developmental change. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Kim, A. S. N., Wong-Kee-You, A. M. B., Davidson, P. S. R., Wiseheart, M., Winocur, G., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2016, March). The benefits of distributed practice on memory in medial prefrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe focal lesion patients. Poster session presented at the Rotman Research Institute 26th Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Kim, A. S. N., Wong-Kee-You, A. M. B., Davidson, P. S. R., Wiseheart, M., Winocur, G., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2015, September). Assessing the rehabilitative potential of the spacing effect in memory-impaired stroke patients. Poster session presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress, Toronto, ON.
Kim, A. S. N., Wong Kee You, A. M. B., Davidson P. S. R., Wiseheart, M., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2015, June). Benefits of the spacing effect in memory impaired individuals with medial prefrontal cortex vs. medial temporal lobe lesions. Poster session presented at Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition XI, Victoria, BC.
Kim, A. S. N., Wong Kee You, A. M. B., Le, B. T., Wiseheart, M., Moreno, S., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2015, March). An ERP investigation of the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the spacing effect. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Fernandes, S., Weston, T., & Wiseheart, M. (2014, July). Contextual variation is not always detrimental to the spacing effect. Poster session presented at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.
Puckering, E.-A., D'Souza, A., & Wiseheart, M. (2014, July). Improving task switching performance in children through music and dance training. Poster session presented at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.
Wiseheart, M. (2014, May). Developmental changes in task switching, independent from processing speed. Paper presented at the Development 2014 Conference, Ottawa, ON.
D'Souza, A., & Wiseheart, M. (2014, May). Executive function benefits of music and dance training: A randomized-controlled trial. Paper presented at the Development 2014 Conference, Ottawa, ON.
Blumenthal, G., D'Souza, A. A., Moradzadeh, L., Rahn, J., & Wiseheart, M. (2013, August). Mix 'n' Match: Validating a new musical working memory task. Poster session presented at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition Biennial Meeting, Toronto, ON.
Cepeda, N. J., Blackwell, K. A., & Munakata, Y. (2013, April). Speed isn't everything: Complex processing speed measures mask individual differences and developmental changes in executive control. Poster session presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA.
D'Souza, A. A., Moradzadeh, L., Blumenthal, G., & Wiseheart, M. (2013, August). Effects of music and dance education on working memory. Poster session presented at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition Biennial Meeting, Toronto, ON.
Küpper-Tetzel, C. E., Kapler, I. V., & Cepeda, N. J. (2013, March). Expanding, contracting, or equal learning schedules? The optimal distribution of learning sessions depends on retention interval. Poster session presented at the Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria.
Weston, T., Green, J. L., Cepeda, N. J., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2013, April). The lasting benefits of the spacing effect on recall despite compromised hippocampal and episodic memory development. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Moradzadeh, L., Blumenthal, G., D'Souza, A., & Cepeda, N. J. (2012, May). The impact of musical training and bilingualism on dual task performance. Poster session presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Sana, F., Weston, T., & Cepeda, N. J. (2012, May). Laptops hinder classroom learning. Poster session presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Paneduro, D., Tsering, T., Sikakane, T., & Cepeda, N. J. (2012, April). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): The role of mindfulness, homework, and treatment expectancy in improving psychological health outcomes. Poster session presented at the International Symposia for Contemplative Studies, Denver, CO.
Simone, P. M., Bell, M. C., & Cepeda, N. J. (2011, November). Distributed practice compensates for the associative memory impairment in older adults. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Moradzadeh, L., Rahn, J., & Cepeda, N. J. (2011, June). The impact of musical training and bilingualism on task switching. Poster session presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.
Moradzadeh, L., Rahn, J., & Cepeda, N. J. (2011, May). Advantages of complex working memory but not speed in musicians vs. controls. Poster session presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Narasimham, G., Cepeda, N. J., & Deák, G. O. (2011, April). Development of rule-switching flexibility: Comparing preschoolers' performance on standard, complex and computerized card-sort tests. Poster session presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montreal, QC.
Roberts, J. L., Cepeda, N. J., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2011, April). The influence of list position and early onset hippocampal damage on the lag effect. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Kapler, I. V., Weston, T., & Cepeda, N. J. (2010, November). Extending the spacing effect beyond fact learning in a mock classroom setting. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Moreno, S., Barac, R., Cepeda, N. J., Schellenberg, E. G., Chau, T., & Bialystok, E. (2010, April). Training software increases early childhood brain development and intelligence. Poster session presented at the Seventeenth Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, Montréal, QC.
Lindsey, R., Mozer, M. C., Cepeda, N. J., & Pashler, H. (2009). Optimizing memory retention with cognitive models. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Manchester, UK.
Mozer, M. C., Pashler, H., Cepeda, N. J., & Lindsey, R. (2009, November). Predicting the optimal spacing of study: A multiscale context model. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Blackwell, K. A., Cepeda, N. J., & Munakata, Y. (2009, October). Stop one thing or stop everything: Developmental trade-offs in global vs. selective inhibition. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Blackwell, K. A., Cepeda, N. J., & Munakata, Y. (2009, April). Why do children perseverate? Contributions from working memory and directed inhibition to flexible behavior. Poster session presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Denver, CO.
Ng, C. K., & Cepeda, N. J. (2009, April). Task switching: Contributions from working memory strength and inhibition. Poster session presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Denver, CO.
Paneduro, D., Kharitonova, M., & Cepeda, N. J. (2008, November). Effects of bilingualism on flexibility and abstract reasoning. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Sobel, H. S., Kapler, I. V., & Cepeda, N. J. (2008, November). Distributed practice in real-world classroom vocabulary learning. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Carpenter, S. K., Cepeda, N. J., Alvarez, D., & Pashler, H. (2007, November). Applying the principles of testing and spacing to long-term retention of course information. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
Carpenter, S. K., Pashler, H., Cepeda, N. J., & Alvarez, D. (2007). Applying the principles of testing and spacing to classroom learning. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society Meeting (p. 19). Nashville, TN: Cognitive Science Society.
Carpenter, S. K., Pashler, H., Cepeda, N. J., & Vul, E. (2007, April). How does timing of feedback affect recall of facts and names? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Assocition Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Carpenter, S. K., Pashler, H., Rohrer, D., & Cepeda, N. J. (2007, August). Does forced guessing cause one to learn the wrong answer? Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Cepeda, N. J., & Deák, G. O. (2007, March). Children's word learning: Individual differences in flexible use of semantic cues. Poster session presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston, MA.
Cepeda, N. J., McQuiston, S., Wright, M., Ryan, M., Scott, J., & Munakata, Y. (2007, March). Object permanence knowledge in 5-month-old infants: A graded working memory account. Poster session presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston, MA.
Eisen, M., & Cepeda, N. J. (2007, November). Effects of a nutrition intervention on reading comprehension and academic achievement. Queen's National Undergraduate Conference on Medicine, Kingston, ON.
Holt, A. E., Deák, G. O., Cepeda, N. J., & Čeponienė, R. (2007, October). ERP and behavioral measures of task-switching efficiency in preschool children. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting, Santa Fe, NM.
Holt, A. E., Deák, G. O., Cepeda, N. J., & Čeponienė, R. (2007, October). ERP and behavioral measures of task-switching efficiency in preschool children. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Narasimham, G., Deák, G. O., & Cepeda, N. J. (2007, October). Individual differences in rule-switching flexibility: Comparing children's performance on the DCCS and the 3-DCCS. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting, Santa Fe, NM.
Carpenter, S. K., Pashler, H., Cepeda, N. J., & Vul, E. (2006, November). Effects of feedback timing on retention of facts and names. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX.
Cepeda, N. J. (2005, October). Development of processes underlying task switching in ADHD and non-ADHD children and adolescents. Paper presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Cepeda, N. J., Deák, G. O., Sedlik, S., & Weisser, R. (2005, April). Individual and age differences in preschool children's flexible cognition. Poster session presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Cepeda, N. J., & Munakata, Y. (2005, October). What mechanisms underlie task shifts - directed inhibition, or working memory plus competition? Poster session presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Cepeda, N. J., Pashler, H., & Vul, E. (2005, November). Distributed practice and long-term retention: A ratio rule for optimal inter-study interval to retention interval? Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.
Pashler, H., Rohrer, D., Cepeda, N. J., & Wixted, J. T. (2005, May). Optimizing resistance to forgetting. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
Pashler, H., Carpenter, S. K., Rohrer, D., & Cepeda, N. J. (2005, November). Does being forced to guess make one learn the wrong answer? Paper presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.
Cepeda, N. J., Pashler, H., Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (2004, April). Effects of spacing of practice on long-term retention of knowledge. Poster session presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Pashler, H., Cepeda, N. J., Rohrer, D., & Wixted, J. T. (2004, November). The spacing effect: Useful or just interesting?. Paper presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Pashler, H., Rohrer, D., Cepeda, N. J., & Wixted, J. T. (2004, May). Feedback and learning: A fine-grained analysis. Poster session presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Rohrer, D., Taylor, K., Pashler, H., Cepeda, N. J., & Wixted, J. T. (2004, April). Overlearning: A bad way to boost long-term retention. Poster session presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Cepeda, N. J., & Pashler, H. (2003, November). Maximizing long-term retention: How much spacing is useful? Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
Cepeda, N. J., Cepeda, M. L., & Kramer, A. F. (2000, October). Active and passive task switching components in children with ADHD. Poster session presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
Cepeda, N. J., Gonzalez de Sather, J. C. M., & Kramer, A. F. (2000, April). Task switching across the life-span. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
DiGirolamo, G. J., Kramer, A. F., Barad, V., Cepeda, N. J., Weissman, D. H., Milham, M. P., Wszalek, T. M., Cohen, N. J., Banich, M. T., Webb, A., & Belopolsky, A. V. (2000, April). General and task-specific frontal lobe recruitment in older adults during executive processes: An fMRI investigation of task-switching. Paper presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Cepeda, N. J., Cepeda, M. L., Allen, F. H., & Kramer, A. F. (1998, October). Covert orienting in children with ADHD and matched controls. Poster session presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
Cepeda, N. J., Cepeda, M. L., & Kramer, A. F. (1998, October). Deficits during non-predictable task switching in children with ADHD. Poster session presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
Cepeda, N. J., Cepeda, M. L., Allen, F. H., & Kramer, A. F. (1997). Attentional performance of children and adults with sickle cell disease. In Twenty-second Annual National Sickle Cell Disease Program, Abstract #163, p. 220.
Cepeda, N. J., Cepeda, M. L., Allen, F. H., & Kramer, A. F. (1997, October). Task switching in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Poster session presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.
Cave, K. R., & Cepeda, N. J. (1995). Spatial accuracy of attention when selecting a target among distractors. Investigative Opthamology & Visual Science, 36, S900.
Cepeda, N. J., Hiris, E., & Blake, R. (1994, November). Memory for visual motion. Poster session presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.

Teaching

Developmental Neuropsychology (Graduate)
Educational Psychology
Research Methodology in Developmental Psychology (Graduate)
Seminar in Developmental Psychology
Seminar in Educational Psychology

Doctoral Students

Vanessa Foot-Seymour (2019): Judging the credibility of websites: An effectiveness trial of the spacing effect in the elementary classroom
Joel Katz (2019): Optimizing song retention through spacing
Annalise D'Souza (2019): Task switching over the lifespan
Tina Weston (2018): Putting the distributed practice effect into context
Katie Johnson (née Matthews; 2018): The effect of art training on dementia
Denise Paneduro (2016): Mindfulness-based stress reduction alleviates stress and depression in adults with chronic pain: A randomized controlled trial
Linda Moradzadeh (2014): The association between musical training, bilingualism, and executive function

Master's Students

Vanessa Rowlin (2020): Socio-economic status scale validation study
Amanda Carson (2017): Pain catastrophizing and mindfulness: Exploring mechanisms of change associated with participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program in diabetic peripheral neuropathy patients
Vanessa Foot (2016): Judging credibility: Can spaced lessons help students think more critically online?
Katie Matthews (2016): The effect of art training on dementia
Galit Blumenthal (2013): An examination of musical experience effects on working memory and interference control
Katherine Descours (2013): 21st century pedagogy: A classroom perspective on critical thinking
Annalise D'Souza (2013): Effects of music and dance training on executive functions in children
Tina Weston (2011): The influence of learning method on memory of verbal information: A comparison of writing and typing
Irina Kapler (2009): Using curriculum material to evaluate the spacing effect in undergraduate classroom
Linda Moradzadeh (2009): Components of cognitive flexibility in adults
Charisa Ng (2009): The development of cognitive flexibility in elementary school-aged children: Contributions from working memory strength and inhibition
Denise Paneduro (2008): Effects of bilingualism on flexibility and abstract representations

Honours Students

Samantha Williams (2024): Effects of socioeconomic status on memory performance
Ashley Tran (2024): Memory under stress: A journey through arousal levels
Vishakha Jaitly (2023): Spaced learning in university-level statistics and RStudio: Impact on memory retention and critical thinking skills
Kelsey Bonifacio (2023): Spaced learning in higher education settings
Gunjan Bhardwaj (2022): Nostalgia and political conservatism
Margaret Silverio Villalba (2021): Impact of mental health stressors and supports on COVID-19 stress in university students
Ayla Sadeghi (2021): Does spaced learning affect poetry retention?
Olivia Jazbutis (2021; co-supervision of Notre Dame student): Memory and arithmetic facts: Examining the effects of spacing and time pressure on the learning and retention of arithmetic facts
Amina Yousaf (2019): Relationship between growth mindset and intelligence
Momo Ando (2018): Does spaced learning affect lyric retention?
Zunaira Amin (2018): Is socioeconomic status responsible for greater well-being in integrated and competent biculturals?
Brenda Owe (2017): The spacing effect and critical thinking
Heather Carter-Simmons (2016): Impact of brief mindfulness skills training on emotion regulation
Helena Brown (2016): The role of inhibitory control in suicide bereavement: A novel approach to investigating the effects of a traumatic loss
Margherita Lospalluto (2016): The mental health effects of suicide bereavement
Eliana Stein (2015): The effects of an 8-week yoga intervention on inhibitory control: A randomized controlled trial
Rebecca Lauwers (2015): Yoga as an attentional bias modification technique: A randomized controlled trial
Kristi Mellom (2015): Weight-based social identity threat and cognition
Shevaugn Johnson (2015): Body Dysmorphic Disorder and executive function
Jacey Chae (2015): Influence of the spacing effect on motor learning
Suzette Fernandes (2014): The influence of intra-item contextual variation on the spacing effect
Émilie-Anne Puckering (2014): Improving task switching performance in children through music and dance training
Mikko Mason (2012): Music and inhibition: Interference suppression and response inhibition in musicians and non-musicians
Vanessa Foot (2012): Musical training and dual task performance
Elnaz Moghimi (2012): Glycemic index of breakfast and its role in enhancing cognitive performance
Tammy Sikakane (2012): Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program and anxiety: A closer look
Nora Kharouba (2011): Keeping the beat alive: Musicianship effects on working memory strength
Tenzing Tsering (2011): Relationship between adherence to homework, mindfulness, and psychological outcomes in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) group
Leah Kaplan (2011): The importance of a healthy breakfast on cognitive performance
Gaby Lebkov (2011): The effects of musicianship and bilingualism on non-verbal and verbal intelligence
Julia Wreford (2010): The effect of breakfast on cognitive performance
Holleh Daemi (2010): The effects of distracting technology in classrooms
Michelle Baron (2009): The role of graded working memory and inhibitory processes in the development of school aged children
Rebecca Morgan (2009): Is working memory strength dissociable from working memory capacity?
Gilda Cheung (2009): The involvement of inhibition in the updating task N-back
Michelle Eisen (2008): Effects of a nutrition intervention on reading comprehension
Natasha Jamal (2008): Using critical thinking tests to optimize student learning and later recall
Laura Pynn (2008): Bilingualism and abstract working memory
Lily Y. Lieu (2007): Task switching: Active working memory in bilingual children
Hailey S. Sobel (2007): The spacing effect: Reducing the gap between laboratory research and practical application

Editorial Boards and Editorships

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2023-present
Associate Editor, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2020-2024
Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2017-2023
Associate Editor, Archives of Scientific Psychology, 2016-2020
Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2011-2017
Guest Editor, Zeitschrift für Psychologie, Applied Memory Research special issue, 2014

Ad Hoc Reviewer

Society Memberships

Fellow, Psychonomic Society
American Psychological Association