Julia Spaniol
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Aging
Lab Director, Memory and Decision Processes Lab
Faculty of Arts
Department of Psychology
Toronto, Ontario
jspaniol@torontomu.ca
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(416) 979-5000 ext. 552268
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Dr. Spaniol received her doctorate in cognitive psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and subsequently completed postdoctoral work at Duke University Medical Center and at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest in Toronto. Since 2007, Dr. Spaniol has directed the Memory...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Spaniol received her doctorate in cognitive psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and subsequently completed postdoctoral work at Duke University Medical Center and at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest in Toronto. Since 2007, Dr. Spaniol has directed the Memory and Decision Processes (MAD) lab in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). In 2014, Dr. Spaniol received a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Cognitive Aging.
Research in the MAD lab examines (1) how cognitive functions, such as attention, memory and decision making, change across the lifespan, and (2) how motivation and emotion influence cognitive functions in younger and older adults. The goal of this research program is to identify the mechanisms through which cognitive performance can be maintained and optimized in people over 65 – the fastest-growing segment of Canadian society today. The MAD lab uses a combination of behavioural and brain-based methods, including eye tracking, event-related potentials (ERPs), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Current research in the MAD lab is supported by the Canada Research Chairs program, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and the Ontario Research Fund.
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Research in the MAD lab examines (1) how cognitive functions, such as attention, memory and decision making, change across the lifespan, and (2) how motivation and emotion influence cognitive functions in younger and older adults. The goal of this research program is to identify the mechanisms through which cognitive performance can be maintained and optimized in people over 65 – the fastest-growing segment of Canadian society today. The MAD lab uses a combination of behavioural and brain-based methods, including eye tracking, event-related potentials (ERPs), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Current research in the MAD lab is supported by the Canada Research Chairs program, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and the Ontario Research Fund.
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