Leamarie Gordon, Ph.D.

Degrees Earned

Ph.D., Tufts University; Cognitive Psychology, 2015
M.A., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Psychology, 2011
B.A., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Psychology, 2009

Undergraduate Courses Taught

Cognitive Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Research Methods
Research Seminar

Publications & Editorships

Thomas, A. K., Smith, A. M., Kamal, K., & Gordon, L. T. (2020). Should you use frequent
quizzing in your college course? Giving up 20 minutes of lecture time may pay off.
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 9(1), 83-95

Gordon, L. T., Bilolikar, V., Hodhod, T., & Thomas, A. K. (2019). How prior testing
impacts misinformation processing: A dual-task approach. Memory & Cognition, 48(2)
314-424.

Smith, A. M., Dijkstra, K., Gordon, L. T., Romero, M., & Thomas, A. K. (2018). An
investigation into the impact of acute stress on encoding in older adults. Aging,
Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 1-18.

Shapiro, A. M., Sims-Knight, J., O’Rielly, G. V., Capaldo, P., Pedlow, T., Gordon, L. T., & Monteiro, K. (2017). Clickers can promote fact retention but impede conceptual understanding: The interaction between clicker use and pedagogy on learning. Computers & Education, 111, 44-59.

Gordon, L. T., & Thomas, A. K. (2017). The forward effects of testing on eyewitness memory: The tension between suggestibility and learning. Journal of Memory and Language, 95, 190-199.

Thomas, A. K., Chen, C., Gordon, L. T., & Tenbrink, T. (in press). Choose your words wisely: What verbal hesitation indicates about eyewitness accuracy. Applied Cognitive Psychology.

Gordon, L. T., Thomas, A. K., & Bulevich, J. B. (2015). Looking for answers in all the wrong places: How testing facilitates learning of misinformation. Journal of Memory and Language.

Gordon, L. T., & Thomas, A. K. (2014). Testing potentiates new learning in the misinformation paradigm. Memory & Cognition, 42, 186-197.

Gordon, L. T., & Soldan, A., Thomas, A. K., & Stern, Y. (2013). Normal aging reduces priming of unfamiliar visual objects at long repetition lags. Psychology & Aging, 28, 219-231.

Shapiro, A. M., & Gordon, L. T. (2013). Classroom clickers offer more than repetition: converging evidence for the testing effect and confirmatory feedback in clicker-assisted learning. Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 2, 15-30.

Kershaw, T. C., Flynn, C.K., & Gordon, L.T. (2013). Multiple paths to transfer and constraint relaxation in insight problem solving. Thinking & Reasoning, 19, 96-136.

Gordon, L. T. & Shapiro, A. M. (2012). Priming correct information reduces the misinformation effect: Memory & Cognition, 40, 717-726.

Shapiro, A.M., & Gordon, L. T. (2012). A controlled study of clicker-assisted memory enhancement in college classrooms. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, 635-643.

Conferences

*Cox, G., *Poland, T., *Sanchez, M., & Gordon, L. (March, 2021). Social Connection and Anthropomorphization of Nonhuman Agents. Poster presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. (virtual)

Kershaw, T., & Gordon, L. T. (November, 2020). Limited Practice is Sufficient to Improve Empirical Research Comprehension. Poster presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

*Newman, M., & Gordon, L. T. (June, 2020). Social Memory Processes in Older Adults.
Poster presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. (conference moved to web format)

Gordon, L. T., *Price, L., & *McGovern, A. (June, 2019). Eyewitness Memory Self-Efficacy in
Young Adults. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.

Bartek, V. A., Gordon, L. T., & Lloyd, M. E. (November, 2016). Retrieval Enhanced Suggestibility (RES) Effects After Text Encoding: The Impact of Perceptual Distinctiveness. Talk given at the 57^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Long, D. S., Belli, R. F., Thomas, A. K., & Gordon, L. T. (November 2016). Reactivation of Event Memory Does Not Increase Memory Impairment Due to Misinformation. Poster presented at the 57^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Price, L., *Crockett, L., & Gordon, L. T. (March 2017). Can Mindful Meditation Enhance Eyewitness Memory? Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association.

Presentations

Shapiro, A. M., Sims-Knight, J., Capaldo, P., O-Rielly, G., Pedlow, T., Gordon, L. T., & Monteiro, K. (April, 2014). The Benefits and Pitfalls of Learning with Classroom Clickers: A Large-Scale, Multidisciplinary, Empirical Study. Poster presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. 

Cernasov, P., Gordon, L. T., Thomas, A. K., & Bulevich, J. B. (March, 2014). Endogenous and Exogenous Attention Direction in a Repeated Testing Misinformation Paradigm. Poster presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. 

Lee, M., Chen, C., Gordon, L. T., Tenbrink, T., & Thomas, A. K. (November, 2013). Retrieval Enhances Certainty: Using Verbal Hesitation to Understand Retrieval Enhanced Suggestibility Effects. Poster presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. 

Gordon, L. T., Thomas, A. K., & Bulevich, J. B. (May, 2013). Testing Influences Attention and Processing of Misleading Information. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. 

Gordon, L. T., Thomas, A. K., & Bulevich, J. B. (November, 2012). Testing Potentiates New Learning in the Misinformation Paradigm. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. 

Gordon, L. T., & Shapiro, A. M. (July, 2011). Coexistence in the Misinformation Effect: Support from an Activation-Based Memory Model. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. 

Gordon, L. T., & Shapiro, A. M. (May, 2011). Coexistence in False Memory. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Psi Chi Research Conference and the 2011 Office of Faculty Development Graduate Poster Session at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. 

Shapiro, A. M. & Gordon, L. T. (March, 2011). Classroom Clickers Affect Memory Structure to Improve Learning. Poster presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Society.

Grants and Awards

Outstanding Academic Scholarship Award (Doctoral Level) – Tufts University 2015

Innovations in Psychological Science Award – Tufts University 2015

Society for Teaching Psychology Award for Best Poster, EPA 2011 (Second Author) 2011

Best Graduate Student Poster, 7th Annual Psi Chi Research Conference, UMD 2011

Three Minute Thesis Competition, Finalist, UMD 2011

Scott J. Dickman Award, for future contribution to psychological research, UMD 2009

Best Poster Presentation-5th Annual Psi Chi Research Conference, UMD 2009

Professional Affiliations

American Educational Research Association

Association for Psychological Science

Cognitive Science Society

Eastern Psychological Association

International Association for Metacognition

Psi Chi

The Psychonomic Society