Katherine Sledge Moore
Department of Psychology
East Hall
530 Chuch St
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Office (4436): 734-763-5710
Weissman Lab (B057): 734-763-3321
Jonides Lab (B434): 734-647-6249
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate, Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2008-present
- Cognition and Perception Area
- Certificate Program in Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience
M.S., Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2008
B.A., Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1999-2003
GRANTS and HONORS
- Michigan Teaching Fellow, 2008
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2006-2009
- Pillsbury Research Award, 2008
- Rackham Graduate Research Grant, 2008
- CSCN Certificate Program Grant, 2006, 2008
- Rackham Travel Grant, 2005, 2006, 2008
- Psycholgy GSI Dean's List for outstanding teaching, 2007
- Outstanding GSI Award Nominee, 2006, 2007
- Summa Cum Laude, 2003
- Phi Beta Kappa, 2003
- Cognitive Science Flagbearer Award, 2003
- Sphinx Senior Society for outstanding leadership, 2002
- Summer Workshop in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2001
TEACHING
- Lab Instructor, Introduction to fMRI with John Jonides, Summer 2008
- Graduate Student Instructor, Brain, Learning, and Memory with John Jondies (University of Michigan), Fall 2007
- Graduate Student Instructor, Cognitive Psychology with Thad Polk (University of Michigan), Fall 2006
- Research Mentor, eight undergraduate and high school students from 2006-present
- Substitute lecturer, Psychology of Music (University of Pennsylvania) spring 2004
- Teaching Intern, CONNECT math and science program (Choate Rosemary Hall), Summer 2002
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 2005 - present
Graduate student researcher with Daniel Weissman and John Jonides
- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania 2003 - 2005
Research Technician, full-time for Ingrid Olson.
- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 2004
Programming Consultant.
- Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2002 - 2003
Senior thesis: "The effect of initial ambiguity and verb salience on the selection of reference" with Lila Gleitman and Felicia Hurewitz
- Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
Research with Christine Massey on mathematical education.
- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
Independent Study with Saul Sternberg investigating time perception and attention using a dual-task paradigm.
- Cognition and Development Laboratory, Yale University, 2000
Summer Research Assistant for Frank Keil.
SERVICE and LEADERSHIP
- Admissions Committee, Cognition and Perception graduate program, 2008
- Recruitment Committee, Cognition and Perception graduate program, 2007, 2008
- Psychology Society Applying to Graduate School speaker, 2006
- Gave talk: How to apply for the NSF Graduate Fellowship, 2006, 2008
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program career panel, 2006
- Michigan Association of Psychology Scholars, 2006 - 2007
- Psychology Graduate Council, 2006 - 2007
- Forum Committee, Cognition and Perception area, 2005 - 2006
- Sphinx Senior Society for outstanding leadership at the University of Pennsylvania
Held leadership positions in the Cognitive Science Undergraduate Advisory Board, Student Committee on Undergraduate Education, Soundworks Tap Factory and Penn Band.
PUBLICATIONS
- Moore, K.S., Porter, C.B., & Weissman, D.H. (Submitted) Made you look! Irrelevant commands hijack the attentional network.
- Olson, I.R., Ezzyat, Y., Berryhill, M., Rao, H., & Moore, K.S. (Accepted pending revision) The human posterior parietal lobe: Preparation for the future or working memory for the past? Evidence from fMRI and lesions. Journal of Neurophysiology
- Lustig, C.A., Lewis, R.L., Berman, M.G., Nee, D.E., Moore, K.S., Jonides, J. (In press) Psychological and Neural Mechanisms of Short-term Memory. Handbook of Neuroscience
- Olson, I.R., Moore, K.S., & Drowos, D.B. (In press) The contents of visual memory are only partly under volitional control. Memory & Cognition
- Franklin, M.S., Moore, K.S., Yip, C-Y., Rattray, K., Moher, J., & Jonides, J. (2008) The Effects of Musical Training on Verbal Memory. Psychology of Music. 36(3), 353-365
- Nee, D.E., Berman, M.G., Moore, K.S., & Jonides, J. (2008) Neuroscientific evidence about the distinction between short- and long-term memory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17(2), 102-106
- Jonides, J., Lewis, R., Nee, D.E., Lustig, C.A., Berman, M.G., & Moore K.S. (2008) The Mind and Brain of Short-term Memory. Annual Review of Psychology. 59,
- Olson, I.R., Moore, K.S., Stark, M., Chatterjee, A. (2006) Visual Working Memory is Impaired when the Medial Temporal Lobe is Damaged. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 18, 1087-1097
- Olson, I.R., Rao, H., Moore, K.S., Wang, J., Detre, J.A., Aguirre, G.K. (2006) Using Perfusion fMRI to Measure Continuous Changes in Neural Activity with Learning. Brain and Cognition. 60(3), 262-271
- Olson, I.R., Page, K., Moore, K.S., Chatterjee, A., and Verfaellie, M. (2006) Working Memory for Conjunctions Relies on the Medial Temporal Lobe. Journal of Neuroscience. 26, 4596-4601
- Olson, I.R., Jiang, Y. & Moore, K.S. (2005). Associative Learning Improves Visual Working Memory Performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 31(5), 889-900
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Weissman D.H., Warner L., Woldorff M.H., Orr J.M., Moore K.S., & Porter C. (2008). Neural activity during multisensory processing: Attention makes a difference!
Invited talk at the Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting 2008 Meeting, Doorweth, The Netherlands.
- Moore, K.S., Porter, C., Weissman, D.H. (2008) Made you look! Irrelevant instructions hijack the attentional network.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, san Francisco, CA
- Moore, K.S., Chatterjee, A., Page, K., Verfaellie, M., Olson, I.R. (2006) Binding in Visual Working Memory is Impaired in Patients with Medial Temporal Lobe Amnesia.
Vision Science Society, Sarasota, FL.
- Moore, K.S., Ezzyat, Y., Wallen, T., & Olson, I.R. (2006) How information value modulates task preparation in the human cerebral cortex.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA
- Olson, I.R., Sledge, K., Stark, M., & Chatterjee, A. (2005) Visual working memory is impaired in patients with medial temporal lobe amnesia.
Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
- Sledge, K., Olson, I. R. (2005) Controlling the Contents of Visual Short Term Memory.
Vision Science Society, Sarasota, FL.
- Sledge, K., Olson, I.R., Rao, H., Wang, J., Detre, J., Aguirre, G.K. (2005). Motor learning: perfusion fMRI shows learning-related changes over 20-minute blocks of training.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY.
- Olson, I.R., Jiang, Y., Sledge, K. (2004). Visual short-term memory capacity is increased by training.
Vision Science Society, Sarasota, FL.
- Olson, I.R., Jiang, Y., Sledge, K. (2004). Visual short-term memory capacity is increased by training.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
TALKS
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"Made you look! Irrelevant instructions hijack the attentional network."
11/1/07 Cognitive Forum, University of Michigan
- "Priming and Attentional Capture"
9/22/08 Visual Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Yale University
- "Priming and Attentional Capture"
10/23/08 Cognitive Forum, University of Michigan
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