Starla M. Weaver
Graduate Student
smw206@lehigh.edu
Academic History
Utah State University, Logan, UT
B.S. 2005, Psychology, Organizational Communication
Dixie State College of Utah, St. George, UT
Associates of Science, 2000
Research Interests
My current research interests are centered in the cognitive processes of attentional control. In particular I am interested in the way in which environmental information and personal goals combine to shape performance. I am also interested in the extent to which we are aware of the factors shaping our behavior and how this knowledge influences functioning. I am currently working in Dr. Kate Arrington’s Attention & Cognitive Control Lab where I am using the voluntary task-switching paradigm to examine the influence of working memory load on task choice.
Publications
Myles-Worsley, M., Balies, F., Ord, L.M., Weaver, S., Dever, G. & Faraone, S.V. (2006). The Palau Early Psychosis Study: Distribution of cases by level of genetic risk. Ame J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet.
Myles-Worsley, M., Ord, L.M., Nigralmau, H., Weaver, S. Blailes, F. & Faraone, S.V. (2006). The Palau Early Psychosis Study: Neurocognitive functioning in high risk adolescents. Schizophr Res.
Conference Presentations
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, K. C. (March, 2008). How high working memory loads affect task choice: The influence of the availability heuristic in voluntary task switching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (November, 2007). The effect of working memory load on task choice in voluntary task switching. Poster presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
Myles-Worsley, M., Ord, L.M., Nigralmau, H., Balies, F, Weaver, S., Faranoe, S.V. & Dever, G. (Oct. 2005). Early Psychosis in a High Risk Population Isolate. Poster presented at the World Conference of Psychiatric Genetics XIII; Boston, MA.
Weaver, S. & Miller, M. (May 2005). Victims’ perceptions of responsibility and perpetrators’ guilty feelings: The eye of the beholders. Paper presented at Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Conference; Phoenix, AZ.
Honors
Outstanding Student Research Award, Rocky Mountain Psych. Assoc., 2005
“A”-Pin Award, Utah State University, 2006
Professional Memberships
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology
Lambda Pi Eta, The National Communication Honor Society
