Research & Grants

Publications * = undergraduate co-author

Steinkrauss, A. C., Carpenter, C. M., *Tarkenton M. K., Overman, A.A. & Dennis, N.A. (2023). Neural distinctiveness and discriminability in core network representations support associative unitization. Aging Brain, 4, 100097.

Ploran, E.J., Overman, A.A., Lee, J.T., Masnick, A.M., Weingartner, K.M., & Finuf, K.D. (2023). Learning to Learn: A pilot study on explicit strategy instruction to incoming college students. Acta Psychologica, 232, 103815.

Ricupero, S., Carpenter, C., Steinkrauss, A.C., Gerver, C.R., Chamberlain, J.D., *Monkman, R.G., Overman, A.A., & Dennis, N.A. (2023). Neural distinctiveness and reinstatement of hippocampal representations supports unitization for associations. Brain Research, 1798, 148143.

Carpenter, C.M., Webb, C. E., Overman, A. A., & Dennis, N. A. (2023). Within-category similarity negatively affects associative memory performance in both younger and older adults. Memory, 31(1), 77-91.

Dennis, N.A., Overman, A.A., Carpenter, C.M., & Gerver, C.R. (2022). Understanding associative false memories in aging using multivariate analyses. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 29(3), 500-525.

Overman, A.A., Stephens, J.D.W., & *Bernhardt, M.F. (2021). Enhanced memory for context associated with corrective feedback: Evidence for episodic processes in errorful learning. Memory, 29(8), 1017-1042.

Gerver, C.R., Overman, A.A., *Babu, H.R., *Hultman, C.E., & Dennis, N.A. (2020). Examining the neural basis of congruent and incongruent configural contexts during associate retrieval. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01593

Overman, A.A., Xu, Q., & Little, D. (2020). What do students actually pay attention to and remember from a syllabus?: An eye tracking study of visually-rich and text-based syllabi. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. doi: 10.1037/stl0000157

Dennis, N.A., Overman, A.A., Gerver, C.R., *McGraw, K.E., *Rowley, M.A., & *Salerno, J.M. (2019). Different types of associative encoding evoke differential processing in both younger and older adults: Evidence from univariate and multivariate analyses. Neuropsychologia. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107240

Overman, A.A. (2019). Strategies for group-level mentoring of undergraduates: Creating a laboratory environment that supports publications and funding. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 323. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00323

Overman, A.A., Dennis, N.A., *Steinsiek, A.B., & *Cesar, L. (2019). Same face, same place, different memory: Manner of presentation modulates the associative deficit in older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2017.1397097

Little, D., & Overman, A.A. (2019). Interdisciplinary transparency work. In J. Rhem, M-A. Winkelmes, S. Tapp, A. Boyle (Eds.), Transparent Design in Higher Education Teaching and Leadership. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishers.

Overman, A.A., Huhn III, J.M., Dennis, N.A., *Salerno, J.M., & *Giglio, A.P. (2018). Psychology and Aging, 33(1), 82-92. (special issue on associative memory) doi: 10.1037/pag0000215

Stephens, J.D.W. & Overman, A.A. (2018). Modeling age differences in effects of pair repetition and proactive interference using a single parameter. Psychology and Aging, 33(1), 182-194. (special issue on associative memory) doi: 10.1037/pag0000195

*Robinson, S.A., Overman, A.A., & Stephens, J.D.W. (2017). Strategy abandonment effects in cued recall. American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 14(2), 117-123.

Overman, A.A., *Richard, A.G., & Stephens, J.D.W. (2016). A positive generation effect on memory for auditory context. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24(3), 944-949. doi: 10.3758/s13423-016-1169-4

Grants Awarded

2022, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Science Education Inclusive Excellence (IE3) Grant. Core Leadership Team Member, $377,800

2021, National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, "Understanding the Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Benefits of Unitization on Associative Memory in Young and Older Adults," Co-Investigator, $508,243

2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, "Investigating Age-Related Differences in Cognitive and Neural Representations in Associative Memory," Principal Investigator, $413,993

2020, National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, "Tracking User Behavior, Cognitive Burdens, and the Impact of Behavioral Nudging on Security Updates by Young and Older Adults," Principal Investigator, $100,000

2019, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Forums grant, Project Director, $20,000

2017, Colonial Academic Alliance (CAA) Innovation/Collaboration grant, "Learning to Learn: A Student Operator's Manual for the Brain," Co-Investigator, $34,000

2016, National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, "Elucidating Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms to Enhance Associative Memory in Younger and Older Adults," Principal Investigator, $343,866