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

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, The Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario, 2010-present

Ph.D., Psychology, Behavior, Brain, and Cognition Program, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010

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

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

HONORS

Age+Prize Award Recognizing Excellence in Aging Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Aging, 2011

Washington University Graduate Fellowship Award, School of Arts & Sciences, Department of Psychology, 2009-2010

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

Post-Doctoral Fellow with Dr. Fergus Craik, The Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario, 2010-present

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

Adjunct Professor, Introductory Psychological Statistics, University College, Washington University in St. Louis, Summer 2009

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, N., Sommers, M., Spehar, B., Myerson, J., Hale, S., & Rose, N. 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., Myerson, J., Sommers, M., & Hale, S. (2009). Are there age differences in the executive component of working memory? Evidence from domain-general interference effects. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 16, 6, 633-653.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Roediger, III., H.L., & Hale, S. (2010). 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, 36, 2, 471-483.

Rose, N. S., Foster, E. T., McDaniel, M. A., & Rendell, P. G. (2010). Prospective memory in Parkinson disease and healthy aging during a Virtual Week. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Conference Abstract: The 20th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference, The Frontal Lobes.

Rose, N. S., Rendell, P. G., McDaniel, M. A., Aberle, I., & Kliegel, M. (2010). Age and individual differences in prospective memory during a “Virtual Week”: The role of working memory, vigilance, task-regularity, and cue-focality. Psychology and Aging, 25, 3, 595-605.

Aberle, I., Rendell, P., Rose, N. S., McDaniel, M., & Kliegel, M. (2010). The age-prospective memory paradox: Young adults may not give their best outside of the lab. Developmental Psychology, 46, 6, 1444–1453.

Reichman, W., Fiocco, A., & Rose, N. S. (2010). Exercising the Brain to Avoid Cognitive Decline: Examining the Evidence. Future Medicine: Aging Health, 6, 5, 565-584.

Kliegel, M., Altgassen, M., Hering, A., & Rose, N. S. (2011). A process-based approach to prospective memory impairment in Parkinson’s disease. Neuropsychologia.

Hale, S., Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Strube, M. J., Sommers, M., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (in press). The Structure of working memory abilities across the adult lifespan. Psychology and Aging.

Sommers, M., Hale, S., Myerson, J., Rose, N. S., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (accepted pending revision). Spoken discourse comprehension across the adult lifespan. Ear and Hearing.

Loiza, V., McCabe, D., Youngblood, J., Rose, N. S., & Myerson, J. (accepted pending revision). The Influence of Levels of Processing on Recall from Working Memory and Delayed Recall Tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Rose, N. S. (under review). A processing approach to the working memory/long-term memory distinction: Evidence from a levels-of-processing span task.

Agarwal, P., Rose, N. S., & Roediger, H. L. III. (under review). The poorer get richer via testing: Initial testing for students with low working memory capacity increases final recall to the level of high span students.

Rose, N. S., & Myerson, J. (in prep). Individual differences in working memory, secondary memory, and fluid intelligence: Evidence from the levels-of-processing span task.

Hale, S., Myerson, J., Sommers, M., Rose, N. S., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (in prep). Modeling spoken discourse comprehension across the adult lifespan.

Rose, N. S., Olsen, R. K., Rosenbaum, R. S., & Craik, F. I. M. (in prep). Working memory is impaired in amnesia, but the degree depends on stimulus novelty.

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

Rose, N. S., Olsen, R. K., Rosenbaum, R. S., & Craik, F. I. M. (2011). Working Memory and Amnesia: The Role of Stimulus Familiarity. Abstract for poster presentation, International Conference on Memory, York, UK.

Rose, N. S., Olsen, R. K., Rosenbaum, R. S., & Craik, F. I. M. (2011). Amnesia impairs maintenance of a single face for just one second, unless it’s Paris Hilton. Abstract for poster presentation, Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Gopie, N., Rose, N. S., & Craik, F. I. M. (2010). Reducing encoding resources paradoxically boosts memory on an explicit test without awareness. Abstract for poster presentation, 51^st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.

Rose, N. S., Roediger, H. L. III, & Myerson, J. (2010). A processing approach to the working memory/long-term memory distinction: Evidence from a levels-of-processing span task. Abstract for poster presentation, 51^st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.

Agarwal, P., Rose, N. S., & Roediger, H. L. III. (2010). Testing levels the playing field for students with lower working memory capacity. Abstract for poster presentation, 51^st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.

Rose, N. S., Foster, E. T., McDaniel, M. A., & Rendell, P. G. (2010). Prospective memory in young adults, healthy older adults and individuals with Parkinson’s disease during a Virtual Week. Paper presented at the International Conference on Prospective Memory. Vancouver, BC.

Rose, N. S., Foster, E. T., McDaniel, M. A., & Rendell, P. G. (2010). Prospective memory in Parkinson disease and healthy aging during a Virtual Week. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Tamez, E., Hale, S. Myerson, J., Rose, N., Sommers, M., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (2010). Predicting fluid intelligence and listening comprehension across the adult lifespan. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Rose, N.S., McDaniel, M.A., Rendell, P. (2009). Age and individual differences in prospective memory during a “Virtual Week”. Abstract for poster presentation, The 21^st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, California.

Rose, N.S., Hale, S. Myerson, J., Sommers, M., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (2009). The structure of working memory abilities in younger and older adults: Age invariance regardless of scoring method. Abstract for poster presentation, The 19^th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Roediger, H.L., III., & Hale, S. (2008). 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.

Hale, S. Myerson, J., Sommers, M., Tye-Murray, N., Spehar, B. & Rose, N.S. (2008). Modeling Spoken Discourse Comprehension Across the Adult Lifespan. Abstract for poster presentation, 49^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Roediger, H.L., III., & Hale, S. (2008). Working memory, secondary memory, and long-term memory: Insights from the levels-of-processing span task. Paper presented at the Show-Me Mental State Conference. University of Missouri.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Roediger, H.L., III., & Hale, S. (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.

Rose, N.S., McDaniel, M.A., Rendell, P. (2008). Age and Individual Differences in Prospective Memory During a “Virtual Week”: The Role Working Memory, Vigilance, Task-Habituation, and Cue-Focality. Abstract for poster presentation, Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Rose, N.S., Hale, S. Myerson, J., Sommers, M., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (2008). Working Memory Ability Across the Adult Life-Span. Abstract for poster presentation, Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Hale, S. Myerson, J., Sommers, M., Tye-Murray, N., Spehar, B. & Rose, N.S., (2008). Spoken Discourse Comprehension Across the Adult Lifespan. Abstract for poster presentation, Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Rose, N.S., McDaniel, M.A., Rendell, P. (2008). Prospective Memory in a Virtual Week. Paper presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Adelaide, South Australia.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Roediger, H.L., III., & Hale, S. (2007). Depth of Processing Differentially Affects Working Memory and Long-Term Memory. Abstract for poster presentation, 48^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, California.

Rose, N.S., Hale, S. Myerson, J., Sommers, M., Tye-Murray, N., & Spehar, B. (2006). Development of the LISN Test for Assessing Spoken Discourse Comprehension across the Adult Life-Span. Paper presented at the Auditory Perception, and Cognition for Action Meeting, Houston, Texas.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Sommers, M., & Hale, S. (2006). Interference effects in working memory: Differences due to age and task complexity”. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Rose, N. S., Myerson, J., Sommers, M., & Hale, S. (2005). The effects of domain specific rehearsal suppression on working memory”. Paper presented at the Show-Me Conference, University of Missouri.