Lisa Emery - Department of Psychology

Lisa Emery, Ph.D.

Department of Psychology
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
Phone: 828.262.7667
Fax: 828.262.2974
Email: emerylj@appstate.edu

Education

NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, North Carolina State University, 2005-2008

Ph.D., 2005, Washington University, Psychology

M.A., 2001, Washington University, Psychology

B.S., 1994, Pennsylvania State University, Biology

Research Interests

I am a developmental psychologist with specific interests in emotion regulation and cognition across the adult lifespan. Research in my Affect & Cognition lab focuses on three major questions: (1) How do emotion and mood influence our thought processes? (2) What are the cognitive consequences of emotion regulation? (3) What are the causes and consequences of age differences in working memory capacity?

A few current projects being conducted in my lab include research on how mood impacts false memory and autobiographical recall, and research examining whether older and younger adults use different strategies to control their outward expressions of emotions. I am also involved in collaborative research on the impact of mindfulness-based physical activity on attention and emotion regulation. My research has been federally funded through the National Institute on Aging for the last 4 years.

I am always looking for bright and motivated graduate and undergraduate students to join my lab.

Representative Publications

Emery, L., & Hess, T.M. (Accepted). Cognitive consequences of expressive regulation in older adults. To be published in: Psychology and Aging.

Hess, T.M., Emery, L., & Queen, T.L. (2009). Task demands moderate stereotype threat effects on memory performance. Journal of Geronology B: Psychological Sciences, 64, 482-486.

Emery, L., Heaven, T., Paxton, J. & Braver, T. (2008). Age-related changes in neural activity during performance matched working memory manipulation. NeuroImage, 42, 1577-1586.

Emery, L., Hale, S., & Myerson, J. (2008). Age differences in proactive interference, working memory, and reasoning. To be published in: Psychology and Aging, 23, 634-645.

Emery, L., & Hess, T.M. (2008). Viewing instructions impact emotional memory differently in older and younger adults. Psychology and Aging, 23, 2-12.

Emery, L., Myerson, J., & Hale, S. (2007). Age differences in item-manipulation span: The case of letter-number sequencing. Psychology and Aging, 22, 75-83.

Hale, S., Myerson, J., Emery, L., Lawrence, B., & DuFault, C. (2007). Variation in working memory across the lifespan. In A.R.A. Conway, C. Jarrold, M.J.Kane, A. Miyake, & J.N. Towse (Eds.) Variation in Working Memory (pp.194-224). New York: Oxford University Press.

Emery, L., Myerson, J., & Hale, S. (2006). Saying vs. Touching: Age differences in short-term memory are affected by the type of response. Journal of Gerontology B: Psychological and Social Science, 61B, 366-368.

Myerson, J., Emery, L., White, D., & Hale, S. (2003). Effects of age, domain, and processing demands on memory span: Evidence for a differential decline. Aging, Neuropsychology, & Cognition, 10, 20-27.

Just, M.A., Carpenter, P.A., Keller, T.A., Emery, L., Thulborn, K.R., & Zajak, H. (2001). Interdependence between non-overlapping cortical systems during concurrent high-level cognition. NeuroImage, 14, 417-426.

Current Topics of Research

Cognitive Aging

Emotion Regulation

Affect & Cognition

P.O. Box 32109 222 Joyce Lawrence Ln. Boone, NC 28608
Phone: (828) 262-2272 Fax: (828) 262-2974
Department Chair: James C. Denniston dennistonjc@appstate.edu
Administrative Assistant: Carol M. Anderson andersncm@appstate.edu

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