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Education
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B.A.,
New College, 1976 |
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M.A.,
Michigan State University, 1983 |
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Ph.D.,
Michigan State University, 1985 |
Major
Area:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Research
Interests:
My research looks at a number of issues in human memory and visual attention. In recent years, we've concentrated on looking at whether particular kinds of memory or attention training, especially ones that affect executive functioning, might be able to minimize or eliminate cognitive aging effects. Other memory issues that my students and I have worked on include trying to determine the contributions of a particular brain structure, the thalamus, to working memory using studies of thalamic stroke patients and functional neuroimaging with normals, and looking at the role of inhibition in cognitive control and in cognitive aging effects. My current work on visual attention is exploring the properties of an apparent center-surround mechanism that results in inhibited processing of nearby items after a stimulus has been selected. Other ongoing attention research looks at how the operation of discrete attentional mechanisms is affected by state variables such as anxiety.
Some Relevant Publications:
Executive Function and Cognitive Aging
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Jennings , J.M., Dagenbach, D, Engle, C.M., & Funke, L.J. (in press). Age-related changes and the attention network task: An examination of alerting, orienting, and executive function. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. |
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Jennings , J.M., Webster, L.M., Kleykamp, B.A., & Dagenbach, D. (2005). Recollection training and transfer effects in older adults: Successful use of a repetition-lag procedure. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 12, 278-289. |
Inhibition and Cognitive Control
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Dagenbach, D., Carr, T.H., Menzer, D., Chalk, H.M., Duquette, P.J., Rupard, M., & Hurley, R.S.E. (in press). Adventures in Inhibition: Plausibly, but not Certifiably, Inhibitory Processes. To appear in C.M. MacLeod and D.S. Gorfein (Eds.) The place of inhibition in cognition. Washington , DC : American Psychological Association. |
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Dagenbach, D., & Kubat-Silman, A. (2002). The principle of inhibition. In Kluwe, R.H, Luer, G., & Rosler, F. (Eds.), Principles of human learning and memory, Basel , SW: Birkhaeuser Publishing Ltd. |
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Dagenbach, D., & Carr, T.H. (Eds.). (1994). Inhibitory processes in attention, memory, and language . San Diego , CA : Academic Press. |
Thalamus and Working Memory
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Kubat-Silman, A.K., Dagenbach, D., & Absher, J.R. (2002). Patterns of impaired verbal, spatial, and object working memory after thalamic lesions. Brain and Cognition, 50, 178-193. |
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Dagenbach, D., Absher, J.R., & Kubat-Silman, A.K. (2001). Human working memory impairments associated with thalamic damage. International Journal of Neuroscience, 111, 67-87. |
Courses
taught:
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Cognitive
Psychology |
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History
& Systems |
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Research
Methods |
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Introductory Psychology |
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False Memory Seminar |
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