Dr Vanessa Loaiza

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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873779
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Location
2.716, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
I am a cognitive developmental psychologist interested in memory and complex cognition across the adult lifespan. My research interests concern the processes that allow us to hold onto information in mind from moment-to-moment (i.e., working memory) and how we retrieve that information later on (i.e., long-term memory). I'm interested in how these processes change with age, especially our ability to engage in the mental time travel that allows us to seemingly relive events in our mind's eye (i.e., recollection). I use a variety of empirical and statistical tools to investigate these issues.
Qualifications
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PhD Cognitive Psychology Colorado State University, (2012)
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MS Cognitive Psychology Colorado State University, (2010)
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BA Psychology Loyola Marymount University, (2007)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer, Psychology, University of Essex (10/9/2015 - 30/9/2019)
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Senior Lecturer, Psychology, University of Essex (1/10/2019 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
working memory
cognitive ageing
long-term memory
executive functioning
conscious recollection
cognitive modelling
Conferences and presentations
Symposium on the Information Exchange Between Working Memory and Long-Term Memory
Invited presentation, Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, 5/11/2021
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Statistics for Psychologists, 2nd Year (PS212)
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Memory Attention and Language (PS415)
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Ageing: Mind, Brain, and Behaviour (PS503)
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Advanced Memory, Attention and Language (PS922)
Publications
Journal articles (30)
Loaiza, V., Oftinger, A-L. and Camos, V., (2023). How Does Working Memory Promote Traces in Episodic Memory?. Journal of Cognition. 6 (1), 4-
Zuber, S., Joly-Burra, E., Mathy, C., Loaiza, V. and Kliegel, M., (2023). Are facet-specific task trainings efficient in improving children’s executive functions, and why (they might not be)? A multi-facet latent change score approach. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 227, 105602-105602
Goldenhaus-Manning, D., Cooper, N. and Loaiza, V., (2023). Examining the role of attention during feature binding in visuospatial working memory. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
Roehr-Brackin, K., Loaiza, V. and Pavlekovic, R., (2023). Language learning aptitude in older adults. Journal of the European Second Language Association. 7 (1), 1-15
Loaiza, V. and Souza, A., (2022). The eyes don't have it: Eye movements are unlikely to reflect refreshing in working memory. PLoS One. 17 (7), e0271116-e0271116
Kemp, P., Loaiza, V. and Wahlheim, C., (2022). Fake News Reminders and Veracity Labels Differentially Benefit Memory and Belief Accuracy for News Headlines. Scientific Reports. 12 (1), 21829-
Loaiza, VM., Doherty, C. and Howlett, P., (2021). The long-term consequences of retrieval demands during working memory. Memory and Cognition. 49 (1), 112-126
Loaiza, V. and Lavilla, ET., (2021). Elaborative Strategies Contribute to the Long-Term Benefits of Time in Working Memory. Journal of Memory and Language. 117, 104205-104205
Jarjat, G., Ward, G., Hot, P., Portrat, S. and Loaiza, V., (2021). Distinguishing the Impact of Age on Semantic and Non-Semantic Associations in Episodic Memory. Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 76 (4), 722-731
Loaiza, V. and Srokova, S., (2020). Semantic relatedness corrects the age-related binding deficit in working memory and episodic memory. Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 75 (9), 1841-1849
Loaiza, V. and Souza, A., (2019). An Age-Related Deficit in Preserving the Benefits of Attention in Working Memory. Psychology and Aging. 34 (2), 282-293
Bartsch, L., Loaiza, VM. and Oberauer, K., (2019). Does limited working memory capacity underlie age differences in associative long-term memory?. Psychology and Aging. 34 (2), 268-281
Zuber, S., Ihle, A., Loaiza, VM., Schnitzspahn, K., Stahl, C., Phillips, L., Kaller, C. and Kliegel, M., (2019). Explaining Age-Differences in Working Memory: The Role of Updating, Inhibition, and Shifting. Psychology and Neuroscience. 12 (2), 191-208
Loaiza, VM. and Halse, SC., (2019). Where Working Memory Meets Long-Term Memory: The Interplay of List Length and Distractors on Memory Performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 45 (8), 1455-1472
Bartsch, LM., Loaiza, VM., Jäncke, L., Oberauer, K. and Lewis-Peacock, JA., (2019). Dissociating refreshing and elaboration and their impacts on memory. NeuroImage. 199, 585-597
Loaiza, VM. and Camos, V., (2018). The Role of Semantic Representations in Verbal Working Memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 44 (6), 863-881
Galli, G., Sirota, M., Gruber, MJ., Ivanof, BE., Ganesh, J., Materassi, M., Thorpe, A., Loaiza, V., Cappelletti, M. and Craik, FIM., (2018). Learning facts during aging: the benefits of curiosity. Experimental Aging Research. 44 (4), 311-328
Loaiza, VM. and Borovanska, BM., (2018). Covert Retrieval in Working Memory Impacts the Phenomenological Characteristics Remembered During Episodic Memory. Consciousness and Cognition. 57, 20-32
Loaiza, VM. and Souza, AS., (2018). Is Refreshing in Working Memory Impaired in Older Age? Evidence from the Retro-Cue Paradigm. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1424 (1), 175-189
Camos, V., Johnson, MR., Loaiza, VM., Portrat, S., Souza, AS. and Vergauwe, E., (2018). What is attentional refreshing in working memory?. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1424 (1), 19-32
Camos, V., Lagner, P. and Loaiza, VM., (2017). Maintenance of item and order information in verbal working memory. Memory. 25 (8), 953-968
Loaiza, VM. and Camos, V., (2016). Does Controlling for Temporal Parameters Change the Levels-of-Processing Effect in Working Memory?. Advances in Cognitive Psychology. 12 (1), 2-9
Loaiza, VM., Rhodes, MG. and Anglin, J., (2015). The Influence of Age-Related Differences in Prior Knowledge and Attentional Refreshing Opportunities on Episodic Memory. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 70 (5), 729-736
Loaiza, VM., Duperreault, KA., Rhodes, MG. and McCabe, DP., (2015). Long-term semantic representations moderate the effect of attentional refreshing on episodic memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 22 (1), 274-280
Loaiza, VM., Rhodes, MG., Camos, V. and McCabe, DP., (2015). Using the process dissociation procedure to estimate recollection and familiarity in working memory: An experimental and individual differences investigation. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 27 (7), 844-854
Lucidi, A., Loaiza, V., Camos, V. and Barrouillet, P., (2014). Assessing Working Memory Capacity Through Time-Constrained Elementary Activities. The Journal of General Psychology. 141 (2), 98-112
Loaiza, VM. and McCabe, DP., (2013). The influence of aging on attentional refreshing and articulatory rehearsal during working memory on later episodic memory performance. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 20 (4), 471-493
Loaiza, VM. and McCabe, DP., (2012). Temporal–contextual processing in working memory: Evidence from delayed cued recall and delayed free recall tests. Memory & Cognition. 40 (2), 191-203
Castel, AD., Rhodes, MG., McCabe, DP., Soderstrom, NC. and Loaiza, VM., (2012). Rapid communication: The fate of being forgotten: Information that is initially forgotten is judged as less important. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 65 (12), 2281-2287
Loaiza, VM., McCabe, DP., Youngblood, JL., Rose, NS. and Myerson, J., (2011). The influence of levels of processing on recall from working memory and delayed recall tasks.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 37 (5), 1258-1263
Book chapters (2)
Loaiza, VM. and Oberauer, K., (2016). Working Memory in Older Age. In: Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Editors: Pachana, NA., . Springer. 978-981-287-080-3
Loaiza, V. and McCabe, DP., (2012). Working memory. In: The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Adult Development and Aging. Editors: Whitbourne, SK. and Sliwinski, MJ., . Wiley-Blackwell. 154- 173. 9781444331479
Other (1)
McCabe, DP. and Loaiza, VM., (2010).A unique overview of important issues in cognitive aging. PsycCritiques. 55,American Psychological Association
Grants and funding
2021
Understanding the nature of age deficits in working memory (LOAIZA EPS 210504)
Experimental Psychology Society
2020
A Smart System to Empower Healthy Food Choices
Economic and Social Research Council
2018
The Impact of Befriending Programs on the Health & Well-being of Socially Isolated Older Adults
University of Essex