Julia Spaniol, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest

Research Focus

Dr. Julia Spaniol directs the MAD (Memory and Decision Processes) lab. The MAD lab investigates the impact of normal human aging on memory and related cognitive abilities. Recent work has focused on two aspects of cognitive aging: age differences in memory for context (e.g., where and when something happened), and age differences in memory‐based decision making. Recent projects have also begun to investigate the impact of emotion on cognition in younger and older adults. A unifying feature of the research program is the combination of theory‐driven laboratory experiments and formal quantitative modeling. In addition to behavioural methods, the lab uses brain imaging (functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI) to study the neural bases of age‐related cognitive change.

Publications

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Title	Source (Journal/Book/Conference)	Authors/Presenters	Published On	Type
Motivational incentives modulate age differences in visual perception	Psychology and Aging	Spaniol J, Voss A, Bowen H, Grady CL	1303704000	Journal Article
Aging and the neural correlates of source memory: over-recruitment and functional reorganization.	Neurobiology of Aging	Spaniol J, Grady C	1262322000	Journal Article
Event-related fMRI studies of episodic encoding and retrieval: Meta-analyses using activation likelihood estimation	Neuropsychologia	Spaniol J, Davidson PSR, Kim ASN, Han H, Moscovitch M, Grady CL	1246420800	Journal Article
Aging and emotional memory: Cognitive mechanisms underlying the positivity effect		Spaniol J, Voss A, Grady CL	1226811600	Presentation
Age-related slowing of memory retrieval: Contributions of perceptual speed and cerebral white matter integrity	Neurobiology of Aging	Bucur B, Madden DJ, Spaniol J, Provenzale JM, Cabeza R, White LE, Huettel SA	1199163600	Journal Article
Age-related increase in top-down activation of visual features	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	Madden DJ, Spaniol J, Bucur B, Whiting WL	1167627600	Journal Article
Adult age differences in the functional neuroanatomy of visual attention: A combined fMRI and DTI study	Neurobiology of Aging	Madden DJ, Spaniol J, Whiting WL, Bucur B, Provenzale JM, Cabeza REL, Huettel SA	1167627600	Journal Article
Memory	Encyclopedia of Health and Aging	Spaniol J, Madden DJ	1167627600	Book Chapter
A diffusion model analysis of adult age differences in episodic and semantic long-term memory retrieval	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition	Spaniol J, Madden DJ, Voss A	1136091600	Journal Article
Effects of age and emotional valence on recognition memory: A diffusion model analysis	47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society	Spaniol J	1136091600	Presentation
Diffusion modeling of memory processes in younger and older adults	Freiburg Workshop on Diffusion Models	Spaniol J	1136091600	Presentation
Adult age differences in the implicit and explicit components of top-down attentional guidance during visual search	Psychology and Aging	Madden DJ, Whiting WL, Spaniol J, Bucur B	1104555600	Journal Article
Aging and conditional-probability judgments: A global matching approach	Psychology and Aging	Spaniol J, Bayen UJ	1104555600	Journal Article
Episodic and semantic retrieval processes in younger and older adults	Memory at Duke	Spaniol J	1104555600	Presentation
Age-related differences in episodic and semantic retrieval: A diffusion model analysis	46th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society	Spaniol J	1104555600	Presentation
Formal modeling in research on episodic memory and aging	Psychology Science	Spaniol J, Bayen UJ	1072933200	Journal Article
Aging and retrieval time course in episodic and semantic memory tasks	10th Cognitive Aging Conference	Spaniol J	1072933200	Presentation
Minerva DM and age differences in judgments of frequency and conditional probability	44th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society	Spaniol J	1041397200	Presentation
When is schematic knowledge used in source monitoring?	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition	Spaniol J, Bayen UJ	1009861200	Journal Article
When is schematic knowledge used in source monitoring?	42nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society	Spaniol J	978325200	Presentation
Age-related differences in the use of contextual information in recognition memory: A global matching approach	Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences	Bayen UJ, Phelps M, Spaniol J	946702800	Journal Article

Education

2003: PhD, Cognitive Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2001: MA, Cognitive Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA
1997: BA equivalent, Psychology, Universitat Trier Germany

Academic Appointments

2003–2005: Research Associate, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
2005–2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada

Professional Affiliations

2003–2006: Psychonomic Society
2003–2006: American Psychological Association
2003–2006: Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Reviewership

Editorial Board

2002: Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers
2004: Cognitive Brain Research
2006: Experimental Psychology
2006: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
2005–2006: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
2003: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
2006: Memory & Cognition
2005: Neuropsychologia
2006: Neuropsychology
2006: Perception and Psychophysics
2004: Psychological Science
2004: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
2004–2005: Psychology and Aging

Distinctions and Awards

2005: Award for Completed Postdoctoral Research , Retirement Research Foundation and APA Division 20
2003: Baughman Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, University of North Carolina
2002: Cognitive Science Program Grant, University of North Carolina
2001: L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Travel Grant, University of North Carolina
1999: Institute on Aging Exploratory Research Grant, University of North Carolina

Research Projects

Age-related differences in the brain networks underlying item and context retrieval
Supervisor: Cheryl L. Grady Collaborators: Andreas Voss, Universitat Freiburg
Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, ON

Emotional memory in younger and older adults
Supervisor: Cheryl L. Grady Collaborators: Andreas Voss, Universitat Freiburg
Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, ON

Memory retrieval and parietal cortex
Collaborators: Patrick Davidson, University of Alberta; Cheryl L. Grady, Rotman Research Institute; Alice Kim, Rotman Research Institute
Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, ON

Contact

Department of Psychology
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5B 2K3 Phone: (416) 979-5000 x2268 Email: jspaniol

psych.ryerson.ca Fax: (416) 979-5273

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