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Dr. Dayna R. Touron

Assistant Professor, Cognitive PhD, Syracuse University, 2001 Eberhart 270 Phone:  (336) 256-0410 Email:  d_touron@uncg.edu

Dr. Touron studies cognitive functioning and performance in older and younger adults, including topics such as strategy use, skill acquisition, and metacognition.

Selected publications:

Touron, D. R., Hertzog, C., & Speagle, J. Z. (2009). Subjective learning discounts test type: Evidence from an associative learning and transfer task. Manuscript in press at Experimental Psychology.

Touron, D. R. & Hertzog, C. (2009). Age differences in strategic behavior during a computation-based skill acquisition task. Psychology and Aging, 24, 574-585.

Rawson, K. A. &. Touron, D. R. (2009). Age-related differences in practice effects during reading comprehension: Older adults are slower to shift from computation to retrieval. Psychology and Aging, 24, 423-437.

Hines, J., Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2009). Metacognitive influences on study time allocation in an associative recognition task: An analysis of adult age differences. Psychology and Aging, 24, 462-475.

Hertzog, C., Touron , D. R., & Hines, J. (2007). Does a time monitoring deficit influence older adults' delayed retrieval shift during skill acquisition? Psychology and Aging, 22, 607-624.

Touron, D. R., Swaim, E., & Hertzog, C. (2007). Moderation of older adults’ retrieval reluctance through task instructions and monetary incentives. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 62B, 149-155.

Touron, D. R. (2006). Are item-level strategy shifts abrupt and collective? Age differences in cognitive skill acquisition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 781-786.

Touron, D. R., Hoyer, W. J., & Cerella, J. (2004). Age-related differences in the component processes of cognitive skill learning. Psychology and Aging, 19, 565-580.

Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2004). Distinguishing age differences in knowledge, strategy use, and confidence during strategic skill acquisition. Psychology and Aging, 19, 452-466.

Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2004). Strategy shift affordance and strategy choice in young and older adults. Memory & Cognition, 32, 298-310.