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Sandra Hale is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and neuroscience, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology.

The main fields of study for Sandra Hale include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Their work covers subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Applied Psychology

Key topics addressed in their research are:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Color perception and design
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Recent publications by Sandra Hale include:

  • "Individual differences in COVID-19 mitigation behaviors: The roles of age, gender, psychological state, and financial status," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Increased Connectivity among Sensory and Motor Regions during Visual and Audiovisual Speech Perception," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Distress Signals: Age Differences in Psychological Distress before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2023, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Differential effects of psychological distress on mitigation and vaccination: A public health conundrum," 2022, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Age-related differences in delay discounting: Income matters," 2024, Psychology and Aging

Frequently publishing venues for Hale's work include:

  • Ear and Hearing
  • Experimental Aging Research
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • PLoS ONE
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sandra Hale are:

  • Joel Myerson
  • Michael Strube
  • Leonard Green
  • Brent Spehar
  • Mitchell S. Sommers

Best Publications

  • Processing Speed, Working Memory, and Fluid Intelligence: Evidence for a Developmental Cascade

    Astrid F. Fry;Sandra Hale

  • Relationships among processing speed, working memory, and fluid intelligence in children

    Astrid F. Fry;Sandra Hale

  • The Information-Loss Model: A Mathematical Theory of Age-Related Cognitive Slowing

    Joel Myerson;Sandra Hale;David Wagstaff;Leonard W. Poon

  • A global developmental trend in cognitive processing speed.

    Sandra Hale

  • The rise and fall in information-processing rates over the life span

    John Cerella;Sandra Hale

  • Converging evidence that visuospatial cognition is more age-sensitive than verbal cognition.

    Lisa Jenkins;Joel Myerson;Jennifer A. Joerding;Sandra Hale

  • Note-taking with computers: Exploring alternative strategies for improved recall.

    Dung C. Bui;Joel Myerson;Sandra Hale

  • Cognitive Processing Speed in Older Adults: Relationship with White Matter Integrity

    Geoffrey A. Kerchner;Caroline A. Racine;Sandra Hale;Reva Wilheim

  • How general is general slowing? Evidence from the lexical domain.

    Susan D. Lima;Sandra Hale;Joel Myerson

  • Verbal and Spatial Working Memory in School-Age Children: Developmental Differences in Susceptibility to Interference.

    Sandra Hale;Michelle D. Bronik;Astrid F. Fry

  • Effects of Age, Domain, and Processing Demands on Memory Span: Evidence for Differential Decline

    Joel Myerson;Lisa Emery;Desirée A. White;Sandra Hale

  • Practical implications of the matching law.

    Joel Myerson;Sandra Hale

  • A Global Developmental Trend in Cognitive Processing Speed

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  • General slowing in semantic priming and word recognition.

    Joel Myerson;F. Richard Ferraro;Sandra Hale;Susan D. Lima

  • General slowing of nonverbal information processing: evidence for a power law.

    Sandra Hale;Joel Myerson;David Wagstaff

  • Selective Interference With Verbal and Spatial Working Memory in Young and Older Adults

    Joel Myerson;Sandra Hale;Soo Hyun Rhee;Lisa Jenkins

  • The Structure of Working Memory Abilities across the Adult Life Span

    Sandra Hale;Nathan S. Rose;Joel Myerson;Michael J. Strube

  • Selective interference with the maintenance of location information in working memory.

    Sandra Hale;Joel Myerson;Soo Hyun Rhee;Craig S. Weiss

  • Dual n-back training increases the capacity of the focus of attention

    Lindsey Lilienthal;Elaine Tamez;Jill Talley Shelton;Jill Talley Shelton;Joel Myerson

  • Individual and developmental differences in working memory across the life span

    Lisa Jenkins;Joel Myerson;Sandra Hale;Astrid F. Fry

  • Age, variability, and speed: between-subjects diversity.

    Sandra Hale;Joel Myerson;Glen A. Smith;Leonard W. Poon

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Myerson
Joel Myerson Washington University in St. Louis
Desirée A. White
Desirée A. White Washington University in St. Louis
Leonard W. Poon
Leonard W. Poon University of Georgia
Keith F. Widaman
Keith F. Widaman University of California, Riverside
Soo Hyun Rhee
Soo Hyun Rhee University of Colorado Boulder
Richard A. Abrams
Richard A. Abrams Washington University in St. Louis
Michael J. Strube
Michael J. Strube Washington University in St. Louis
Henry L. Roediger
Henry L. Roediger Washington University in St. Louis
Martin J. Sliwinski
Martin J. Sliwinski Pennsylvania State University
Joel H. Kramer
Joel H. Kramer University of California, San Francisco

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