Lauren A. Mason
Ph.D. candidate in cognitive psychology with publications on learning, memory, and performance optimization in academic and workplace settings. Expert in content development within the higher education space.
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Interference scores have inadequate concurrent and convergent validity: Should we stop using the flanker, Simon, and spatial Stroop tasks?
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications / Feb 13, 2020
Paap, K. R., Anders-Jefferson, R., Zimiga, B., Mason, L., & Mikulinsky, R. (2020). Interference scores have inadequate concurrent and convergent validity: Should we stop using the flanker, Simon, and spatial Stroop tasks? Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-020-0207-y
Bilingual Advantages in Inhibition or Selective Attention: More Challenges
Frontiers in Psychology / Aug 15, 2018
Paap, K. R., Anders-Jefferson, R., Mason, L., Alvarado, K., & Zimiga, B. (2018). Bilingual Advantages in Inhibition or Selective Attention: More Challenges. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01409
On the encapsulation of bilingual language control
Journal of Memory and Language / Apr 01, 2019
Paap, K. R., Anders-Jefferson, R., Mikulinsky, R., Masuda, S., & Mason, L. (2019). On the encapsulation of bilingual language control. Journal of Memory and Language, 105, 76–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2018.12.001
The alchemy of confirmation bias transmutes expectations into bilingual advantages: A tale of two new meta-analyses
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology / Feb 16, 2020
Paap, K. R., Mason, L., Zimiga, B., Ayala-Silva, Y., & Frost, M. (2020). The alchemy of confirmation bias transmutes expectations into bilingual advantages: A tale of two new meta-analyses. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(8), 1290–1299. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021819900098
Do Better in Math: How Your Body Posture May Change Stereotype Threat Response
NeuroRegulation / Jun 30, 2018
Peper, E., Harvey, R., Mason, L., & Lin, I.-M. (2018). Do Better in Math: How Your Body Posture May Change Stereotype Threat Response. NeuroRegulation, 5(2), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.15540/nr.5.2.67
Effect of Posture Feedback Training on Health
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback / Mar 30, 2020
Harvey, R. H., Peper, E., Mason, L., & Joy, M. (2020). Effect of Posture Feedback Training on Health. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 45(2), 59–65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-020-09457-0
Predictions about the Cognitive Consequences of Language Switching on Executive Functioning Inspired by the Adaptive Control Hypothesis Fail More Often than Not
Brain Sciences / Sep 15, 2021
Paap, K. R., Mason, L., & Anders-Jefferson, R. (2021). Predictions about the Cognitive Consequences of Language Switching on Executive Functioning Inspired by the Adaptive Control Hypothesis Fail More Often than Not. Brain Sciences, 11(9), 1217. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091217
Autism Traits Predict Self-reported Executive Functioning Deficits in Everyday Life and an Aversion to Exercise
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Oct 11, 2020
Mason, L. A., Zimiga, B. M., Anders-Jefferson, R., & Paap, K. R. (2020). Autism Traits Predict Self-reported Executive Functioning Deficits in Everyday Life and an Aversion to Exercise. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(8), 2725–2750. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04741-8
On the ambiguity regarding the relationship between sequential congruency effects, bilingual advantages in cognitive control, and the disengagement of attention
AIMS Neuroscience / Jan 01, 2019
R. Paap, K., Myuz, H., Anders-Jefferson, R., Mason, L., & Zimiga, B. (2019). On the ambiguity regarding the relationship between sequential congruency effects, bilingual advantages in cognitive control, and the disengagement of attention. AIMS Neuroscience, 6(4), 282–298. https://doi.org/10.3934/neuroscience.2019.4.282
Other Language Proficiency Predicts Unique Variance in Verbal Fluency Not Accounted for Directly by Target Language Proficiency: Cross-Language Interference?
Brain Sciences / Jul 24, 2019
Paap, K. R., Mason, L. A., Zimiga, B. M., Ayala-Silva, Y., Frost, M. M., Gonzalez, M., & Primero, L. (2019). Other Language Proficiency Predicts Unique Variance in Verbal Fluency Not Accounted for Directly by Target Language Proficiency: Cross-Language Interference? Brain Sciences, 9(8), 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9080175
Healing Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diaphragmatic Breathing
Biofeedback / Feb 01, 2017
Peper, E., Mason, L., & Huey, C. (2017). Healing Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diaphragmatic Breathing. Biofeedback, 45(4), 83–87. https://doi.org/10.5298/1081-5937-45.4.04
Do Better in Math: How Your Body Posture May Change Stereotype Threat Response
NeuroRegulation / Jun 30, 2018
Peper, E., Harvey, R., Mason, L., & Lin, I.-M. (2018). Do Better in Math: How Your Body Posture May Change Stereotype Threat Response. NeuroRegulation, 5(2), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.15540/nr.5.2.67
On the proposed role of metacognition in environment learning: recommendations for research
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications / Dec 27, 2022
Mason, L. A., Thomas, A. K., & Taylor, H. A. (2022). On the proposed role of metacognition in environment learning: recommendations for research. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00454-x
Metacognitive judgment formation during map learning: Evidence for global monitoring
Cognition / May 01, 2024
Mason, L. A., Thomas, A. K., & Taylor, H. A. (2024). Metacognitive judgment formation during map learning: Evidence for global monitoring. Cognition, 246, 105743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105743
Metacognitive Judgment Formation During Map Learning: Evidence for Global Monitoring
Jan 01, 2023
Mason, L. A., Thomas, A. K., & Taylor, H. A. (2023). Metacognitive Judgment Formation During Map Learning: Evidence for Global Monitoring. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4442328
Education
San Francisco State University
B.A., Psychology; Holistic Health / June, 2018
Tufts University
M.S., Psychology / May, 2023
Tufts University
Ph.D., Psychology / December, 2024 (anticipated)
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