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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Leah L. Light is affiliated with Pitzer College in the United States. Their research outputs include work primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology as subfields.

The scientist's main research topics involve the study of memory processes and influences, memory and neural mechanisms, as well as cognitive functions and memory.

  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Cognitive Functions and Memory

Leah L. Light has published at least one recent paper titled "Ethical challenges in the use of digital technologies in psychological science: Introduction to the special issue" in 2024 in the journal American Psychologist. This publication has accrued citations, reflecting engagement in the academic community.

  • Ethical challenges in the use of digital technologies in psychological science: Introduction to the special issue. (2024), American Psychologist

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Sangeeta Panicker
  • Lise Abrams
  • Jina Huh

Leah L. Light has contributed to the American Psychologist journal, which appears as their leading publication venue.

  • American Psychologist

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1987.

Best Publications

  • Memory and Aging: Four Hypotheses in Search of Data

    Leah L. Light

  • Memory and aging: The role of retrieval processes.

    Deborah M. Burke;Leah L. Light

  • Implicit and explicit memory in young and older adults.

    L. L. Light;Anneliese Singh

  • Recognition memory for typical and unusual faces.

    Leah L. Light;Fortunee Kayra-Stuart;Steven Hollander

  • Adult age differences in repetition priming: a meta-analysis.

    Donna La Voie;Leah L. Light

  • Dual-process theories of memory in old age.

    Leah L. Light;Matthew W. Prull;Donna J. La Voie;Michael R. Healy

  • Working-memory capacity, age, and memory for discourse.

    Leah L. Light;Patricia A. Anderson

  • Language, memory and aging

    Leah L. Light;Deborah M. Burke

  • Effects of changed semantic context on recognition memory

    Unknown

  • Dissociation of memory and awareness in young and older adults.

    Leah L. Light;Asha Singh;Janet L. Capps

  • Recollection and familiarity in recognition memory: adult age differences and neuropsychological test correlates.

    Matthew W. Prull;Leslie L. Crandell Dawes;A. McLeish Martin Iii;Heather F. Rosenberg

  • Memory for spatial information in young and old adults.

    Leah L. Light;Elizabeth M. Zelinski

  • Memory and Aging

    Leah L. Light

  • Implicit and explicit memory in young and older adults.

    Unknown

  • Adult age differences in repetition priming: A meta-analysis.

    Unknown

  • Effects of repetition and response deadline on associative recognition in young and older adults

    Leah L. Light;Meredith M. Patterson;Christie Chung;Michael R. Healy

  • Why Attractive People are Harder to Remember

    Leah L. Light;Steven Hollander;Fortunee Kayra-Stuart

  • Language Comprehension and Production in Normal Aging

    Robert Thornton;Leah L. Light

  • Dual-process models of associative recognition in young and older adults: evidence from receiver operating characteristics.

    Michael R. Healy;Leah L. Light;Christie Chung

  • Memory for scripts in young and older adults

    Leah L. Light;Patricia A. Anderson

  • Comprehension of pronouns in young and older adults.

    Leah L. Light;Janet L. Capps

  • The organization of memory in old age.

    Leah L. Light

  • Dual-process theories of memory in old age: An update

    Leah L. Light

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth M. Zelinski
Elizabeth M. Zelinski University of Southern California
Lynne M. Reder
Lynne M. Reder Carnegie Mellon University
Peter A. Ornstein
Peter A. Ornstein University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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