Emily Madden
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

• Hendrix College ’19 BA Psychology
• University of York ’20 MRes Psychology
• I completed my BA Psychology at Hendrix college. My research there focused on the use of self-affirmation to reduce feelings of anxiety associated with learning and using statistics as well as on a joint project with the Anthropology Department that examined what influence sleep, work and social support had on longevity in Blue Zones.  I also completed my MRes in Psychology at the University of York where my research focused on the use of targeted memory reactivation during daytime naps to influence memory for object-word pairs.

Departmental roles

• Hendrix College, Department of Psychology, (2018-2019) Research Assistant with Dr Jennifer Peszka and Dr Anne Goldberg
• Hendrix College, Department of Psychology, (2018-2019) Research Assistant with Dr Adrienne Crowell
• University of York, Department of Psychology, Research Assistant (2019-2020) with Dr Scott Cairney
• University of York, (2019-2020) MRes Course Rep

Research

Overview

Binding of Items in Visual Episodic Memory; Effects and Mechanisms.

Projects

I am researching the mechanisms underlying the binding of items in visual episodic memory.  Specifically, I’m exploring how decontextualization, congruency and sleep influence the encoding and retrieval processes. 

Research group(s)

• Complex Cognitive Processes Lab (CCPL)
• Emotion, Processing and Offline Consolidation Lab (EPOC)
• Sleep, Language and Memory Lab (SLAM)

Collaborators

• Karla K Evans, University of York (Supervisor)
• Scott Cairney, University of York (Supervisor)

Teaching

Undergraduate

• 2020-2021 Brain & Behaviour II

Publications