Graduate Student

Research Interests

I will be an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Psychology Department of Western Kentucky State University (Bowling Green, KY) starting in the Fall of 2008.  My research will continue to examine how decision making and everyday problem solving evolve throughout the adult life span.  More significantly, my research will focus on the roles that interpersonal closeness and one's capacity for emotion regulation have on cognition.

Education

2001 B.S. Honors Psychology

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

 

2004 M.S. Experimental Psychology (Cognitive Aging)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA  

[Minor: Quantitative Methods]

 

August 2008 Ph.D. Experimental Psychology  (Cognitive Aging)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Dissertation Title

Age Differences in Interpersonal Problem Solving: Examining Interpersonal Conflict in  an Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Game

Selected Publications

Mienaltowski, A., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2005). The differential effects of mood on age differences in the correspondence bias. Psychology & Aging, 20, 589-600.

Blanchard-Fields, F., & Mienaltowski, A. (2006). Decision making and everyday problem solving. In Encyclopedia of Gerontology, 2nd ed., (Vol. 1, pp. 1-10). New York: Academic Press.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Mienaltowski, A., & Seay, R. B. (2007). Age differences in everyday problem-solving effectiveness: Older adults select more effective strategies for interpersonal problems. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science, 62B, P61-64.

Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association

American Psychological Society

Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Gerontology Society of America

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Society for Psychophysiological Research

 

 Curriculum Vitae