Courses
Experimental Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Development

Research Interests
Professor Hale conducts research that focuses on developmental changes in speed of information processing across the life span and on the role of age-related differences on other aspects of cognition. In particular, she has developed one line of research that examines the role of developmental changes in processing speed on the development of working memory and higher level reasoning abilities. Other research projects include establishing behavioral evidence for brain-based ability differences in the processing of spatial and object information.

Selected Publications: 

Myerson, J., Hale, S., Zheng, Y., Jenkins, L., and Widaman, K.F. (2003).  The Difference Engine: A Model of individual and group differences in processing speed.  Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 10, 262-288.

Myerson, J., Emery, L., White, D.A., and Hale, S. (2003).  Effects of age, domain, and processing demands on memory span: Evidence for differential decline.  Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 10, 20-27.

Myerson, J., Adams, D.R., Hale, S., and Jenkins, L. (2003).  Analysis of group differences in processing speed: Brinley plots, Q-Q plots, and other conspiracies.  Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 10, 224-237.

Chen, J., Hale, S., and Myerson, J. (2003). Effects of domain, retention interval, and information load on young and older adults' visuospatial working memory.  Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 10, 122-133.

Chen, J., Myerson, J., & Hale, S. (2000). Age and individual differences in information-processing speed: Testing the magnification hypothesis.  Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 7, 113-120.