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About Patricia M. Simone

My primary focus of research is cognitive aging. I study factors that influence long term memory in older adults and children. Environmental factors include continuing education, spaced retrieval and other moderators of change. I am also interested in the development of selective attention abilities of children, young adults, and older adults, including the role of distractor processing in selective attention, and behavioral and neural mechanisms of cognitive inhibition.

Positions

1999 - Present Associate Professor, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Psychology
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1995 - Present Director of the undergraduate gerontology program, Santa Clara University
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Present Department Chair, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Psychology
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2015 Interim Director, Public Health Science program, Santa Clara University
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1993 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Psychology
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Curriculum Vitae

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Honors and Awards

  • 2014 Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association “Excellence in Teaching Award”
  • 2014 Brutocao Award for Teaching Excellence, Santa Clara University
  • 2009 Bernard Hubbard, SJ Creative Collaboration Award to Psychology faculty
  • 2008 President’s Special Recognition Award, Santa Clara University

Courses

  • PHSC 21: Health and Aging
  • PSYC 197: Laboratory Research
  • PSYC 164: Psychology of Autism
  • PSYC 1: General Psychology I
  • PSYC 166: Human Neuropsychology
  • PSYC 167: Psychopharmacology
  • PSYC 168: Advanced Topics in Neuroscience
  • PSYC 196: Psychology of Aging

Education

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1993 Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, University of California, San Diego
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1989 M.A. in Psychology, University of California, San Diego
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1988 B.A. in Psychology, University of California, San Diego
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Contact Information

Department of Psychology
Santa Clara University
Office Tel.: (408) 554-4577

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