Anjali Thapar

Associate Professor of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Send email to athapar@brynmawr.edu or call me at (610) 526-5008. I am located in Bettws-y-Coed, Room 306.

Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-11:30, Wednesday 1:00-2:30, or by appointment.

Research Interests:  Quantitative modeling of the effects of aging on information processing systems, Gender Differences in Cognitive Abilities, Human Memory, and Stereotype Priming.

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Representative Publications

 

Thapar, A., & Westerman, D., (in press). Aging and fluency based illusions in recognition memory. Psychology and Aging.

Thapar, A., & Rouder, J. N. (2009). Aging and recognition memory for emotional words: A bias account. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 699-704.

Thapar, A., & Sniezek, S. M.* (2008). Aging and the revelation effect. Psychology and Aging, 23, 473-477.

Ratcliff, R., Thapar, A., & McKoon, G. (2007). Application of the diffusion model to two choice tasks for 75-90 year old adults. Psychology and Aging, 22, 56-66.

Ratcliff, R., Thapar, A., & McKoon, G. (2006). Aging and Individual Differences in Rapid Two-choice Decisions. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 13, 626-635.

Ratcliff, R., Thapar, A., & McKoon, G. (2006). Aging, practice, and perceptual tasks: A diffusion model analysis. Psychology and Aging, 21, 353-371.

Thapar, A., Ratcliff, R., & McKoon, G. (2003). A diffusion model analysis of the effects of aging on letter discrimination. Psychology and Aging, 18, 415-429.

Thapar, A. & McDermott, K.B. (2001). False recall and false recognition induced by presentation of associated words: Effects of retention interval and level of processing. Memory and Cognition, 29, 424-432.

Thapar, A. & Rouder, J. N. (2001). Bias in conceptual priming. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 8, 791-797.

*Bryn Mawr Student

See CV for complete listing of publications.

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