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Faculty Research Profiles: Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow

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Professor (CSTL Chair)

Cognitive Science of Teaching and Learning
Educational Psychology
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Research Biography

Cognition shows patterns of both loss and gain through adulthood. While "mental mechanics" (i.e., working memory capacity, computational speed, executive control of attention) may decline, crystallized abilities (i.e., verbal ability, knowledge, acculturation) show continued capacity for growth in many life-span contexts. Our research program has been focused on understanding the implications of these changes in basic capacities for continued learning, how strategic regulation of attention enables compensation, and how habitual engagement in learning engenders cognitive vitality.

Degrees

  • Ph. D., General-Experimental Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1983
  • M.S., General-Experimental Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1981
  • B.A., Psychology, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1978

Key Professional Appointments

  • Chair, CSTL, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005--
  • Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004--
  • Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002-2004
  • Assistant/Associate Professor, Psychology, University of New Hampshire, 1991-2002
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor/ Senior Research Associate, Psychology, Brandeis University, 1984-1990

Activities & Honors

  • Associate Editor, Psychology and Aging, American Psychological Association, 2010-2012
  • R. Steward Jones Award for Outstanding Teacher in Educational Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, 2007
  • Distinguished College Senior Scholar, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2006
  • Fellow, Division 20, American Psychological Association, 1999
  • Fellow, Gerontological Society of America, 1992

Selected Publications

  • Stine-Morrow, E. A. L., & Basak, C. (2011). Cognitive interventions. In K. W. Schaie & S. L. Willis (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (7th ed., pp. 153-170). New York: Elsevier.
  • Gao, X., Noh, S. R., Eskew, R. T., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. L. (2011). Visual noise disrupts conceptual integration in reading. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 18, 83-88.
  • Payne, B. R., Jackson, S. A., Noh, S. R., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. L. (2011). In the zone: Flow state and cognition in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 26, 738-743.
  • Payne, B. R., Jackson, J. J., Hill, P. L., Gao, X., Roberts, B. W., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. L. (2011). Memory self-efficacy predicts responsiveness to inductive reasoning training in older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 67, 27-35.
  • Jackson, J. J., Hill, P. L., Payne, B. R., Roberts, B. R., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. L. (in press). Can an old dog learn (and want to experience) new tricks? Cognitive training increases openness to experience in older adults. Psychology and Aging.

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