Alexandra Morrison B.A.

Email: Amorrison@temple.edu

Lab Webpage: http://www.temple.edu/tunl/

Bio: Alexandra graduated from Colby College in May 2007 with a degree in Psychology with a Neuroscience concentration. She is a member of Dr. Chein’s Neurocognition Lab and her primary interests lie in working memory and the cognitive benefits of working memory training.

Papers and Presentations:

Chein, J. & Morrison, A. (under review). Expanding the mind’s workspace: Training and transfer effects with a complex working memory span task.

Morrison, A., Chein, J., Fitzhugh, S., Newcombe, N. & Shipley, T. (2009). Improving Spatial Skills: Converging on Mechanism. Presented in symposium on Contemporary Data in Gender, Math and Space at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Morrison, A., Chein, J., Fitzhugh, S., Olson, I., Newcombe, N. & Shipley, T. (2008). Training and Transfer Using a Complex Span Working Memory Task. Poster presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, Ill.