Department of Psychology

Kandi J. Turley-Ames, Ph.D.

Department Chair and Professor, Experimental Psychology


Education

B.S. (1990) and M.S. (1993), Idaho State University; Ph.D. (1996), Washington State University.


Research Interests

Research interests include counterfactual thinking, individual differences in working memory, qualitative differences in reading, and strategy implementation in cognitive and perceptual tasks. 


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Selected Publications


Ricks, T., Turley-Ames, K.J., & Wiley, J. (2007).  Effects of working memory capacity on mental set due to domain knowledge.  Memory and Cognition 35, 1456-1462.

Guajardo, N.R., & Turley-Ames, K.J.   (2004).  Preschoolers' generation of different types of counterfactual statements and theory of mind understanding.  Cognitive Development, 19, 53-80.

Turley-Ames, K.J. , & Whitfield, M.M.  (2003).  Strategy training and working memory task performance.  Journal of Memory and Language, 49, 446-468.

Sanna, L.J., Meier, S., Parks, C.D., Kassin, B.R., Lechter, J.L., Turley-Ames, K.J., & Miyake, T.M.  (2003).  A game within inches: Spontaneous use of counterfactuals by broadcasters.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 455-475.