Meredith Minear, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Contact:
208-459-5171
Expertise:

Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Research Methods in Psychology, Positive Psychology, Introduction to Psychological Science

Education

Ph. D., 2004, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

B.S., 1994, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Professional Experience

  • 2008-present Assistant Professor of Psychology, The College of Idaho
  • 2004-2007 Post-doctoral Research Scholar, National Institute on Aging Training Grant, Psychology Department, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 2004 Lecturer, Psychology Department, University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor

Conference Presentations

Minear, M.E. & Brasher, F. (2011). Attention, working memory and impulsiveness in high media multitaskers. Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, Washington.

Brandt Guerrero, C., Minear, M. & Angleton, M. (2011). A New Measure of Self-Reported Tidiness: Does Tidiness Make You Happier? Poster presented at 23rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Washington D.C.

Minear, M., Milburn, C. J., Moore, C.A., & Nance, L.S. (2011). Differing forms of procrastination and relationships to impulsiveness, self-control and working memory.  Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Washington D.C.

Minear, M., & Thacker, M. (2011). Better task-switching performance in expert video game players: Superior preparation? Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 18th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.

Minear, M.E., Brasher, F., Lewis, J., McCurdy, M., & Younggren, A. (2010). Effects of media multitasking use on cognitive performance. Poster presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, Missouri.

Articles and Book Chapters

Minear, M., & Shah, P. (2008). Training and transfer effects in task-switching. Memory & Cognition, 36, 1470-1483.

Minear, M. & Shah, P. (2006). Sources of working memory deficits in children and possibilities for remediation. In S.J. Pickering (Ed.) Working memory and Education. Elsevier Press 273-307.