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Justin Knight

Hometown: Lancaster, SC 

Undergraduate: B.S., Psychology, North Greenville University 

Graduate Program: M.S. Psychology (2010)

                                   Ph.D. Psychology (2012)

                                   UGA Dept. of Psychology - Cognitive/Experimental Program

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Justin was awarded a UGA Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award and just recently completed his Ph.D. in Psychology in 2012. He accepted a postdoctoral fellow position at the University of California, Davis where he will continue investigating the cognitive neuroscience of human memory using behavioral, EEG, and fMRI methods.

Publications:

Brewer, G. A., Ball, B. H., Knight, J. B., Dewitt, M. R., and Marsh, R. L. (2011). Divided attention interferes with fulfilling activity-based intentions.Acta Psychologica.

Brewer, G. A., Knight, J. B., Thadeus Meeks, J., and Marsh, R. L. (2011). On the role of imagery in event-based prospective memory. Consciousness and Cognition, 20, 901-907.

Brewer, G. A., Knight, J. B., Marsh, R. L., and Unsworth, N. (2010). Individual differences in event-based prospective memory: Evidence for multiple processes supporting cue detection. Memory and Cognition, 38, 304-311.

Dewitt, M. R., Hicks, J. L., Ball, B. H., and Knight, J. B. (2012). Encountering items previously paired with prospective memory target events can serve to reactivate intentions. Journal of Cognitive Psychology,24, 981-990.

DeWitt, M. R., Knight, J. B., Hicks, J. L., and Ball, B. H. (2012). The effects of prior knowledge on the encoding of episodic contextual details.Psychonomic bulletin & review, 1-7.

Knight, J. B. (2010). Fulfillment of Event-based Intentions Can be Multiply Determined, University of Georgia.

Knight, J. B., Ethridge, L. E., Marsh, R. L., and Clementz, B. A. (2010). Neural correlates of attentional and mnemonic processing in event-based prospective memory. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4.

Knight, J. B., Hunter Ball, B., Brewer, G. A., DeWitt, M. R., and Marsh, R. L. (2012). Testing unsuccessfully: A specification of the underlying mechanisms supporting its influence on retention. Journal of Memory and Language.

Knight, J. B., Marsh, R. L., Brewer, G. A., and Clementz, B. A. (2012). Preparatory distributed cortical synchronization determines execution of some, but not all, future intentions. Psychophysiology.

Knight, J. B., Meeks, J. T., Marsh, R. L., Cook, G. I., Brewer, G. A., and Hicks, J. L. (2011). An observation on the spontaneous noticing of prospective memory event-based cues. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37, 298.

Abstracts:

Knight, J. B., Clementz, B. A., & Marsh, R. L. (July, 2010). Oscillatory dynamics provide insight into the role of attention in prospective memory. Poster to be presented at the International Conference of Prospective Memory, Vancouver, Canada.

Knight, J. B., Brewer, G. A., Clementz, B. A., & Marsh, R. L. (April, 2010). On The Role Of Attentional Processes In Event-Based Prospective Memory. Poster to be presented at the annual meetings of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Montréal, Canada. 

Knight, J. B., Ethridge, L. E., Clementz, B. A. & Marsh, R. L. (April, 2009). Neural Substrates of Prospective Memory. Poster presented at annual meetings of the GA/SC Neuroscience Conference, Athens, GA.

Knight, J. B., Brewer, G. A., Clark-Foos, A., Meeks, J. T., & Marsh, R. L. (February, 2009). Lure Interference in Event-Based Prospective Memory. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Knight, J. B. (March, 2009). Prospective Memory and Executive Functioning: Focality of the Intention Matters. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Psi Chi Conference, Athens, GA.

Brewer, G. A., Knight, J. B., Spillers, G. J., Unsworth, N., & Marsh, R. L. (November, 2010) Attention control in event-based prospective memory. Abstract submitted for presentation at the annual meetings of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, M.A.

Meeks, J. T., Brewer, G. A., Knight, J. B., Marsh, R. L., & Clark-Foos, A. G. (November, 2010) On the role of imagery in event-based prospective memory. Abstract submitted for presentation at the annual meetings of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, M.A.

Clark-Foos, A., Meeks, J. T., Knight, J. B., Brewer, G. A., & Marsh, R. L. (February, 2009). Semantic Sense Affects Source Monitoring. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Brewer, G. A., Clark-Foos, A., Meeks, J. T., Knight, J. B., & Marsh, R. L. (February, 2009). The Role of Declarative Knowledge in Encoding Prospective Memories. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Meeks, J. T., Clark-Foos, A., Brewer, G. A., Knight, J. B., & Marsh, R. L. (February, 2009). Stimulus Effects on Rejection Processes in a Recognition Memory Test. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Honors:

2009-2010 - Paul D. Coverdell Neuroimaging Program Franklin Foundation Scholar

2009 Franklin Foundation Travel Award

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