R. Brooke Bays, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae (Abbreviated) Skidmore College Psychology Department 815 North Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 [email protected] 518-­‐580-­‐5315 (office) 518-­‐580-­‐5319 (fax) TEACHING POSITIONS_________________________________________________________________________________ 2014 -­‐ Assistant Professor, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 2013 – 2014 Visiting Assistant Professor, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY RESEARCH POSITIONS________________________________________________________________________________ 2011 – 2013 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY National Science Foundation Research Grant (NSF/RUI BCS: 1023980)
PI: Dr. Mary Ann Foley 2007 – 2011 Predoctoral Fellowship, Georgia State University (GSU), Atlanta, GA Arts Education Model Development and Dissemination [AEMDD] Grant PI: Dr. Ann Cale Kruger EDUCATION_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2011 Ph.D., Educational Psychology, emphasis on Learning and Memory Quantitative Statistics Certification, GSU, Atlanta, GA Dissertation: Investigating a Model of False Memory Construction: Is Seeing Believing? Advisor: Dr. Karen Zabrucky 2007 M.S., Educational Psychology , GSU, Atlanta, GA Thesis: False Memory Creation for Implausible Autobiographical Events: The Role of Repetition of Imaginings Yielding Increased Detail Advisor: Dr. Karen Zabrucky 2003 B.S., Psychology and B.A., Sociology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA RESEARCH PROGRAM________________________________________________________________________________ I investigate the effects of imagination (largely visual but also auditory) on the veracity of memory reports for past autobiographical events as well as the contents of future episodic thoughts. I employ behavioral methodologies in a lab setting to collect participant data. Updated May 2016 1 TEACHING E XPERIENCE A T S KIDMORE C OLLEGE ____________________________________________ PS 2 02 R esearch M ethods i n P sychological S cience I PS 2 18 C ognitive P sychology PS 2 51 F orensic P sychology PS 2 75/276 E xploratory R esearch i n P sychology PS 3 06 E xperimental P sychology PS 3 12 R eal W orld R emembering PS 3 30 R esearch M ethods i n M emory PS 3 71 I ndependent S tudy i n P sychology PS 3 73 R esearch I ndependent S tudy i n P sychology PS 3 75/376 S enior R esearch P roject I a nd I I HF371 H onors F orum I ndependent S tudy RESEARCH E XPERTISE A ND I NTERESTS__________________________________________________________ False A utobiographical M emories Associative F alse M emories Imagination I nflation Collaborative M emory/Learning Future E pisodic T hinking Comprehension C alibration SELECT P UBLICATIONS (*indicates student co-­‐authors)_____________________________________________ *Oliver, M., Bays, R. B., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2016). False memories and the DRM paradigm: Effects of imagery, list and test type. The Journal of General Psychology, 143(1), 33-­‐48. doi: 10.1080/00221309.2015.1110558 Bays, R . B . & F oley, M . A . ( 2015). Autobiographical elaboration and the DRM illusion: Investigating the content and process of lure activations. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29, 742-­‐
752. doi: 10.1002/acp.3158 *Kirova, A. M., Bays, R. B., & Lagalwar, S. (2015). Working memory and executive function decline across normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. BioMed Research International, Special Issue: Successful Cognitive Aging: Between Functional Decline and Failure of Compensatory Mechanisms, 2015. doi: 10.1155/2015/748212 Bays, R . B ., Z abrucky, K . M ., & F oley, M . A . ( 2015). Imagery induction processes differentially impact imagination inflation. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 35(1), 5-­‐25. doi: 10.1177/0276236615574487 Zabrucky, K . M . & B ays, R . B . ( 2015). I mproving s tudents’ r etention o f m aterial through the testing effect. College Teaching, 63(2), 91. doi: 10.1080/87567555.2015.1005043 Updated May 2016 2 Foley, M. A., Bays, R. B., Foy, J., & *Woodfield, M. (2015). Source misattributions and false recognition errors: Examining the role of perceptual resemblance and imagery generation processes. Memory, 23(5), 714-­‐735. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2014.925565 Foley, M . A ., *Fried, A ., *Cowan, E ., & B ays, R . B . ( 2014). C ollaborative e ncoding a nd memory a ccuracy: E xamining t he e ffects o f r elational f eatures o f c o-­‐construction processes. J ournal o f E xperimental P sychology: L earning, M emory a nd C ognition, 4 0(1), 25-­‐40. d oi: 1 0.1037/a0034303 Bays, R . B ., F oley, M . A ., & Z abrucky, K . M . ( 2013). T iming d oes m atter: E xamining imagery’s i mpact o n t he t emporal o rigins o f f alse b eliefs. Acta P sychologica, 1 42(1), 30–37. d oi: 1 0.1016/j.actpsy.2012.10.004 Bays, R . B ., Z abrucky, K . M ., & G agne, P . ( 2012). When plausibility manipulations work: An examination of their role in the development of false beliefs and memories. Memory, 20(6), 638-­‐644. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2012.692797 Zabrucky, K . M . & B ays, R . B . ( 2011). H elping s tudents k now w hat t hey k now a nd d o n ot know. C ollege T eaching, 5 9, 1 23. d oi: 1 0.1080/87567555.2010.511314 SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (*indicates student presenters)___________________________ *Lauricella, T. & Bays, R. B. (2016, March). The effect of time frame on imagination inflation effects: An attitudinal and behavioral perspective. Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. *Greenberg, K., *Wellen, B. & Bays, R. B. (2016, March). Photographs and the details of future thoughts. Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. *Johnson, E., *Alpert, R., *Weigel, M., & Bays, R. B. (2015, May). DRM items in autobiographical memory. Association of Psychological Science, New York, NY. *Wilberg, E., *Behari, K., *Johnson, E., *Oliver, M., Bays, R. B., & Foley, M. A. (2014, March). The impact of imagery on DRM errors. Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. *Wellen, B. & Bays, R. B. (2014, March). The effect of photographs on future thoughts. Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. *Wicks, Jennifer & Bays, R. B. (2014, March). Face to face in the age of technology? Life Events Surveys Online. Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. Bays, R. B., *Sadler, O., *Oliver, M., Zabrucky, K. M., & Foley, M. A. (2014, March). A content analysis of imagination. Southeastern Psychological Association, Nashville, TN. Bays, R. B. (2013, November). Effects of collaborative encoding and delayed testing on false recognition. Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada. Updated May 2016 3 SELECT STUDENT RESEARCH MENTORSHIP____________________________________________________________ Senior Thesis Honor’s Project Supervisor, Skidmore College 2015 -­‐ 2016 Thesis in progress: Turning Plies into Gargoyles: Mental Rehearsal Strategy and Choreography Retention [S. Green] 2014 -­‐ 2015 Thesis: Imagination of Future Events Impacts Unhealthy Behaviors [T. Lauricella; Data presented at a regional conference] 2013 -­‐ 2014 Thesis: Looking Forward: The Effects of Photographs on Future Thinking [B. Wellen; Data presented at a regional conference] Independent Study Supervisor, Skidmore College 2015 Project: Taking Away True Memories [R. Alpert] Research Independent Study Supervisor, Skidmore College 2016 Project: Cohesiveness and False Recognition Errors [A. Cohen] 2014 Project: Music and Autobiographical Memory [L. Tagliarino] 2014 Project: Decreased Memory Vividness Following Rehearsal as a Function of Emotional Reactivity [K. Behari] Memberships in Professional Organizations_______________________________________________________ Association for Psychological Science (APS) Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) International Association for Metacognition Psychonomic Society, Associate Member Women in Cognitive Science (WICS) Society for Teaching Psychology (STP) Updated May 2016 4