Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

(* indicates undergraduate co-author, † indicates graduate co-author)

Chesser, S., Shelton, J. T., & Forbes, S. A. (in press). Toward an Interactionist Approach in the Debate on Single vs. Mixed-Sex Education

Shelton, J.T., Scullin, M.K., & †Hacker, J.Y. (2019). The dynamic interaction between multiple cognitive processes and the environment in support of prospective remembering. In J. Rummel & M.A. McDaniel (Eds.) Prospective Memory: Theoretical Advances and Application. Taylor & Francis

†Haines, S.J., Shelton, J.T., Henry, J.D., Terrett, G., †Vorwerk, T., Rendell, P.G. (2019). Prospective Memory and Cognitive Aging. The Oxford Encyclopedia on Aging, Oxford University Press.

Scullin, M. K., †Le, D. T., & Shelton, J. T. (2017). Hypertension Affects the Brain and Accelerates Cognitive Decline in Older Adults. Trends in Psychological Science. [PDF]

Shelton, J. T. & Scullin, M. K. (2017). The Dynamic Interplay between Bottom-up and Top-down Processes Supporting Prospective Memory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26(4), 352–358. [PDF]

†Arrowood, R. B., Cox, C. R., Shelton, J. T., Hood Jr., R. W., Kersten, M., & Routledge, C. (2017). Ebola Salience, Death-thought Accessibility, and Worldview Defense: A Terror Management Theory Perspective. Death Studies. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1322644 [PDF]

†Christopher, E. A. & Shelton, J. T. (2017). Individual differences in working memory predict the effects of music on student performance. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 6(2), 167-173. [PDF]

Shelton, J. T., & †Christopher, E. A. (2016). A fresh pair of eyes on prospective memory monitoring. Memory & Cognition, 44(6), 837-845. PMID:26968711 [PDF]

Hill, B. D., Foster, J., Channing, S., Elliott, E. M., & Shelton, J. T. (2016). The interaction of ability and motivation: Average working memory is required for Need for Cognition to positively benefit intelligence and the effect increases with ability. Personality and Individual Differences, 98, 225-228.

Shelton, J. T., †Lee, J. H., Scullin, M. K., Rose, N., Rendell, P., & McDaniel, M. A. (2016). Improving Prospective Memory in Healthy Older Adults and Individuals with Very Mild Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(6), 1307-1312. PMID: 27321610 [PDF]

†Lee, J. H., Shelton, J. T., Scullin, M. K., & McDaniel, M. A. (2015). An implementation intention strategy can improve prospective memory in older adults with very mild Alzheimer’s disease. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55(2), 154-166. PMID: 25994043 [PDF]

Elliott, E. M., Morey, C. C., Morey, R. D., Eaves, S. D., Shelton, J. T., & †Lutfi-Proctor, D. A. (2014). The role of modality: auditory and visual distractors in Stroop interference. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26(1), 15-26. [PDF]

Shelton, J. T., Cahill, M. J., *Mullet, H. G., Scullin, M. K., Einstein, G. O., & McDaniel, M. A. (2013). Resource depletion does not influence prospective memory in college students. Consciousness and Cognition. 22(4), 1223-1230. PMID:24021851 [PDF]

Scullin, M. K., McDaniel, M. A., & Shelton, J. T. (2013). The dynamic multiprocess framework: Evidence from prospective memory with contextual variability. Cognitive Psychology, 67(1), 55-71. PMID:23916951 [PDF]

†Scullin, M. K., Gordon, B. A., Shelton, J. T., †Lee, J. H., Head, D., & McDaniel, M. A. (2013). Evidence for a detrimental relationship between hypertension history, prospective memory, and prefrontal cortex white matter in cognitively normal older adults. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 13(2), 405-416. PMID:23389652 [PDF]

†Lilienthal, L., Tamez, E., Shelton, J. T., Myerson, J., & Hale, S. (2013). Dual n-back training increases the capacity of the focus of attention. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 20(1), 135-141. PMID:23184506 [PDF]

Hill, B. D., Foster, J. D., Elliott, E. M., Shelton, J. T., McCain, J., & Gouvier, W. D. (2013). Need for cognition is related to higher general intelligence, fluid intelligence, and crystallized intelligence, but not working memory. Journal of Research in Personality, 47(1), 22-25. [PDF]

Pella, R. D., Hill, B. D., Shelton, J. T., Elliott, E., & Gouvier, W. D. (2012). Evaluation of embedded malingering indexes in a non-litigating clinical sample using control, clinical, and derived groups. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 27(1), 45-57. PMID:22075576 [PDF]

†Remick, O., Ross, D., Metzger, R., Benton, T., Shelton, J. (2012). Using a modified lag task to measure adult age differences in working memory. Psychological Reports, 110(3), 709-718. [PDF]

Morey, C. C., Elliott, E. M., Eaves, S. D., & Shelton, J. T. & Mall, J. T. (2012). Goal-neglect links Stroop interference with working memory capacity. Acta Psychologica, 141(2), 250-260. PMID:22749714 [PDF]

Shelton, J. T., McDaniel, M. A., †Scullin, M. K., †Cahill, M. J., *Singer, J. S., & Einstein, G. O. (2011). Cognitive exertion and subsequent intention execution in older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 66, 43-50. PMID: 21036896 [PDF]

McDaniel, M. A., Shelton, J. T., Breneiser, J. E., †Moynan, S., & Balota, D. A. (2011). Focal and nonfocal prospective memory performance in very mild dementia: A signature decline. Neuropsychology, 25(3), 387-396. PMID:21443344 [PDF]

Gordon, B. A., Shelton, J. T., Bugg, J. M., McDaniel, M. A., & Head, D. (2011). Structural correlates or prospective memory. Neuropsychologia, 49(14), 3795-3800. PMID:21982698 [PDF]

Hill, B. D., Elliott, E. M., Shelton, J. T., Pella, R. D., O'Jile, J. R., & Gouvier, W. D. (2010). Can we improve the clinical assessment of working memory? An evaluation of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Third Edition using a working memory criterion construct. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32(3), 315-323. [PDF]

Shelton, J. T., Elliott, E. M., Matthews, R. A., Hill, B. D., & Gouvier, W. D. (2010). The relationships of working memory, secondary memory, and general fluid intelligence: Working memory is special. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36(3), 813-820. PMID:20438278 [PDF]

†Scullin, M. K., McDaniel, M. A., Shelton, J. T., & †Lee, J. H. (2010). Focal/nonfocal cue effects in prospective memory: monitoring difficulty or different retrieval processes? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36(3), 736-749. PMID:20438269 [PDF]

Shelton, J. T., Elliott, E. M., Hill, B. D., *Calamia, M. R. & Gouvier, W. D. (2009). A comparison of different assessments of working memory and their prediction of fluid intelligence. Intelligence, 37(3), 283-293. PMID:20161647 [PDF]

Shelton, J. T., Elliott, E. M., Eaves, S. D., & Exner, A. L. (2009). The distracting effects of a ringing cell phone: An investigation of the laboratory and the classroom setting. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(4), 513-521. PMID:21234286 [PDF]

Metzger, R. L., Warren, A. R., Shelton, J. T., Price, J., †Reed, A.W., & Williams, D. (2008). Do children “DRM” like adults? False memory production in children. Developmental Psychology, 44(1), 169-181. PMID:18194015 [PDF]

Elliott, E. M., & Shelton, J. T. (2008). Yes, Virginia, there is a place for inhibition in cognition. [Review of the book Inhibition in Cognition]. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22, 285-287.

Shelton, J. T., Elliott, E. M., & Cowan, N. (2008). Attention and working memory: Tools for understanding consciousness. Psyche: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness, 14, 1-6.

Shelton, J. T., Metzger, R. L., & Elliott, E. M. (2007). A group-administered lag task as a measure of working memory. Behavior Research Methods, 39(3), 482-493. PMID:17958159 [PDF]

Manuscripts Under Review or In Preparation

(* indicates undergraduate co-author, † indicates graduate co-author)

Shelton, J. T., †Hacker, J. Y., †Bianchi, C., & *Boring, E. (in preparation). Don’t forget to be altruistic! Motivational influences on college students’ prospective memory.

Brown, N., Shelton, J. T., *Mason, A., & *Gelineau, (in preparation). I forgot to buy the bread, but I bought bagels! The consequences of phone conversations on consumer decision-making.

Shelton, J. T., †Christopher, E. A., †Bauer, M., & Elliott, E. M. (in preparation). Predicting fluid intelligence from working memory and secondary memory: Working memory is still special.

†Arrowood, R. B., Cox, C. R., Shelton, J. T., Hood Jr., R. W., †Coleman III, T., *Swanson, S. B., Weber, J., Kersten, M., & Routledge, C. (in preparation). The interaction between real-world death manipulations and negative affect on mortality awareness and worldview defense.

Invited Book Chapters

†Haines, S.J., Shelton, J.T., Henry, J.D., Terrett, G., †Vorwerk, T., Rendell, P.G. (2019). Prospective Memory and Cognitive Aging. The Oxford Encyclopedia on Aging, Oxford University Press.