Former Graduate Student

Research Interests
I am interested in how social reasoning changes over the lifespan. In particular, I am interested in how emotional and cognitive processes contribute to these changes. For example, my Master's project focused on whether young or older adults are better at deciding who is lying and who is telling the truth. We found that emotion recognition abilities and response tendencies accounted for much of the age-related differences in detecting deceit. More recently, I have been investigating the factors that contribute to age-related differences in emotion recognition.

 

Education
May 2000 B. A., Psychology

New College of Florida

Sarasota, Florida

                          

May 2006 M. S., Experimental Psychology   (Cognitive Aging emphasis)
Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia

 

August 2008 Ph.D. Experimental Psychology (Minor: Quantitative)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia
 
Selected Publication

Stanley, J. T., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2008). Challenges older adults face in detecting deceit: The role of emotion recognition. Psychology and Aging.

Professional Memberships
 The Gerontological Society of America
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Sigma Xi

 

Curriculum Vitae