Research Interests

In general, my research interests are centered on the study of memory and age-related changes in memory. More specifically, my research focuses on individual and developmental differences in working memory, basic cognitive processes involved in the performance of working memory tasks, as well as the relationships among working memory, other memory systems, and higher-order cognition (e.g., long-term memory, prospective memory, discourse comprehension, fluid intelligence).

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

B. S., Magna Cum Laude, Psychology, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2003

M.A., Psychology, Behavior, Brain, and Cognition Program, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 2007

Doctoral Candidate, Behavior, Brain, and Cognition Program, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

HONORS

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Fellowship Award, NIH grant T32 AG 00030-30, 2008-2009

Early Career Researcher Award, Cognitive Aging Conference – Down Under, Adelaide, Australia, 2007

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Fellowship Award, NIH grant T32 AG 00030-30, 2006-2007

Washington University Graduate Fellowship Award, School of Arts & Sciences, Department of Psychology, 2004-2005

Outstanding Student Award, Department of Psychology, Aquinas College, 2003

Academic All-American, Men's Varsity Soccer, Aquinas College, 2003

POSITIONS HELD

Project Director, Listening Comprehension across the Adult Life-Span, NIA grant AG022448, Principal Investigator: Sandra Hale, Fall 2005-2006

Research Assistant, Washington University Psychology Department, Speech and Hearing Lab, Cognitive Lab, and Psychophysiology Lab, 2003-2004

TEACHING

Guest Lecturer, Psychology of Aging, Spring 2009

Teaching Assistant, Experimental Psychology, Spring 2008

Guest Lecturer, Psychology of Aging, Spring 2008

Teaching Assistant, Social Gerontology, Fall 2007

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Association for Psychological Science

PUBLICATIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Tye-Murray, Nancy; Sommers, Mitchell; Spehar, Brent; Myerson, Joel; Hale, Sandra; and Rose, Nathan S. (2008). Auditory-Visual Discourse Comprehension by Older and Young Adults in Favorable and Unfavorable Conditions. International Journal of Audiology. 47, S103-S109.

Rose, N. S., Hale, S., Myerson, J., Sommers, M., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (in press). The Structure of Working Memory Abilities in Younger and Older Adults: Age Invariance Regardless of Scoring Method [Abstract]. Brain & Cognition.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Sommers, M., & Hale, S. (in press). Are there age differences in the executive component of working memory? Evidence from domain-general interference effects. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Roediger, III., H.L., & Hale, S. (under review). Similarities and Differences between Working Memory and Long-Term Memory: Evidence from the Levels-of-Processing Span Task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

Aberle, I., Rendell, P., Rose, N. S., McDaniel, M., & Kliegl, M. (under review). The age prospective memory paradox: Young adults may not give their best outside of the lab. Developmental Psychology.

Rose, N. S., Rendell, P., McDaniel, M., Aberle, I., & Kliegl, M. (under review). Age and Individual Differences in Prospective Memory During a “Virtual Week”: The Role of Working Memory, Vigilance, Task-Habituation, and Cue-Focality. Psychology and Aging.

Sommers, M., Hale, S., Myerson, J., Rose, N. S., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (under review). Spoken Discourse Comprehension Across the Adult Lifespan. Psychology and Aging.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Roediger, H.L., III., & Hale, S. (in preparation). Individual Differences in Secondary Memory Retrieval Ability: Delayed Recall and Recognition of Items from the LoP Span Task.

Hale, S., Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Sommers, M., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (in preparation). The Structure of Working Memory Abilities: Age Invariance across the Adult Life Span.

Hale, S., Myerson, J., Sommers, M., Rose, N. S., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (in preparation). Modeling Spoken Discourse Comprehension across the Adult Lifespan.

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

“Age and Individual Differences in Prospective Memory During a “Virtual Week”. The 21^st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California. May, 2009.

“Working memory, secondary memory, and long-term memory: Insights from the levels-of-processing span task”. Paper presented at the 49^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL, November, 14, 2008.

“Working memory, secondary memory, and long-term memory: Insights from the levels-of-processing span task”. Show-Me Mental State Conference. University of Missouri, June, 14, 2008.

“Does Depth of Processing Affect Memory for Items From Working Memory Tasks?”. Paper presented at the 20^th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois. May, 25, 2008.

“Age and Individual Differences in Prospective Memory During a “Virtual Week”: The Role Working Memory, Vigilance, Task-Habituation, and Cue-Focality”. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. April, 12, 2008.

“Working Memory Ability Across the Adult Life-Span”. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. April, 12, 2008.

“Depth of Processing Differentially Affects Working Memory and Long-Term Memory”. 48^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, California. November, 15, 2007.

“Prospective Memory in a Virtual Week”. Cognitive Aging Conference, Adelaide, South Australia. June 12, 2007.

“Development of the LISN Test for Assessing Spoken Discourse Comprehension across the Adult Life-Span”. Auditory Perception, and Cognition for Action Meeting, Houston, Texas. November, 16, 2006.

“Interference Effects in Working Memory: Differences Due to Age and Task Complexity”. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. April 22, 2006

“The effects of domain specific rehearsal suppression on working memory”. Show-Me Conference, University of Missouri. May 20, 2005.