Loaiza, Vanessa, Dr

Dr Vanessa Loaiza

School of Psychology

Senior Lecturer

v.loaiza@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6556

Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)

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Dr Vanessa Loaiza
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
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Profile

I am a cognitive developmental psychologist. My research broadly concerns human memory across the adult lifespan. I am particularly interested in how we keep information in mind from moment to moment (working memory) and how that information is retrieved long after it has left our immediate awareness (long-term memory).

I use a range of behavioural paradigms and statistical/computational modelling methods to investigate questions concerning how factors like attention and prior knowledge influence working memory, how working memory processes impact retrieval from long-term memory, and how these processes vary in healthy older age.

I also am interested in individual differences in working memory, long-term memory, and higher-order cognition more broadly (such as intelligence and executive functions) and how we update information in memory, especially in a world full of misinformation. I am also passionate about open science and enjoy using Bayesian inference to address my research questions.

Qualifications

2007 - BA, Psychology - Loyola Marymount University, USA
2010 - MS, Cognitive Psychology - Colorado State University, USA
2012 - PhD, Cognitive Psychology - Colorado State University, USA

Research interests

Working Memory
Long-Term Memory
Cognitive Ageing
Memory updating
Meta-cognition
Cognitive modelling

I will be accepting applications for a PhD position starting October 2024.

Publications

Journal articles

Cheung HW, Geeraert N & Loaiza VM (2024) . Journal of Cognition, 7(1), 62.
Loaiza VM (2024) . Current Opinion in Psychology, 56, 101784-101784.
Mao Chao C, Xu C, Loaiza V & Rose NS (2023) . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17470218231217723.
Loaiza VM, Cheung HW & Goldenhaus-Manning DT (2023) . Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1-12.
Kemp PL, Loaiza VM & Wahlheim CN (2023) . Psychology and Aging, 38(7), 656-669.
Holford D, Tognon G, Gladwell V, Murray K, Nicoll M, Knox A, McCloy R & Loaiza V (2023) . Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 28(4), 224-238.
Roehr-Brackin K, Loaiza V & Pavlekovic R (2023) . Journal of the European Second Language Association, 7(1), 1-15.
Goldenhaus-Manning DT, Cooper NR & Loaiza VM (2023) . Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 1-12.
Loaiza VM, Oftinger A-L & Camos V (2023) . Journal of Cognition, 6(1), 4.
Zuber S, Joly-Burra E, Mahy CEV, Loaiza V & Kliegel M (2023) . Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, 105602-105602.
Kemp PL, Loaiza VM & Wahlheim CN (2022) . Scientific Reports, 12(1), 21829.
Loaiza VM & Souza AS (2022) . PLOS ONE, 17(7), e0271116-e0271116.
Loaiza VM & Lavilla ET (2021) . Journal of Memory and Language, 117, 104205-104205.
Loaiza VM, Doherty C & Howlett P (2021) . Memory & Cognition, 49(1), 112-126.
Jarjat G, Ward G, Hot P, Portrat S & Loaiza VM (2021) . The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(4), 722-731.
Loaiza VM & Srokova S (2020) . The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75(9), 1841-1849.
Bartsch LM, Loaiza VM, Jäncke L, Oberauer K & Lewis-Peacock JA (2019) . NeuroImage, 199, 585-597.
Loaiza VM & Souza AS (2019) . Psychology and Aging, 34(2), 282-293.
Loaiza VM & Halse SC (2019) . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45(8), 1455-1472.
Loaiza VM & Souza AS (2018) . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1424(1), 175-189.
Camos V, Johnson M, Loaiza V, Portrat S, Souza A & Vergauwe E (2018) . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1424(1), 19-32.
Loaiza VM & Borovanska BM (2018) . Consciousness and Cognition, 57, 20-32.
Camos V, Lagner P & Loaiza VM (2017) . Memory, 25(8), 953-968.
(2016) . Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 28(6), 770-771.
Loaiza VM, Rhodes MG, Camos V & McCabe DP (2015) . Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 27(7), 844-854.
Loaiza VM, Duperreault KA, Rhodes MG & McCabe DP (2015) . Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22(1), 274-280.
Loaiza VM, Rhodes MG & Anglin J (2015) . The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 70(5), 729-736.
Lucidi A, Loaiza V, Camos V & Barrouillet P (2014) . The Journal of General Psychology, 141(2), 98-112.
Loaiza VM & McCabe DP (2013) . Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 20(4), 471-493.
Castel AD, Rhodes MG, McCabe DP, Soderstrom NC & Loaiza VM (2012) . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(12), 2281-2287.
Loaiza VM & McCabe DP (2012) . Memory & Cognition, 40(2), 191-203.
Kemp PL, Loaiza VM, Kelley CM & Wahlheim CN () . Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 9(1).
Myers S, Rhodes M & Loaiza V () JOLs Impact Item Memory but not Source Memory: Insights into JOL Reactivity using a Multinomial Model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition.
Loaiza VM & Souza AS () . Memory & Cognition.
Zuber S, Ihle A, Loaiza VM, Schnitzspahn KM, Stahl C, Phillips LH, Kaller CP & Kliegel M () . Psychology & Neuroscience, 12(2), 191-208.
Bartsch LM, Loaiza VM & Oberauer K () . Psychology and Aging, 34(2), 268-281.
Loaiza VM & Camos V () . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 44(6), 863-881.
Loaiza VM & Camos V () . Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 12(1), 2-9.
Loaiza VM, McCabe DP, Youngblood JL, Rose NS & Myerson J () . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(5), 1258-1263.

Grants: "Unraveling underlying working memory elements to address age-related decline" - PI, Experimental Psychology Society, £9782

Teaching activities

PSY2004 Developmental Psychology II
PSY331 Extended Essay in Psychology
PSY346 Research Project in Psychology
PSY6308 Computational Neuroscience II

Professional activities and memberships: I am an associate editor at Memory and a consulting editor at Journal of Cognition, Journal of Memory and Language, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. I am an executive committee member of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP) and a fellow of the Psychonomic Society. I am also a member of the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) and Women in Cognitive Science (WiCS). Within the psychology department, I am director of PGT recruitment.

PhD Opportunities

I am happy to receive applications for PhD study in my area of research.

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