Dr. Katherine Arbuthnott, Assistant Dean, Professor of Psychology

Dr. Katherine Arbuthnott

Professor of Psychology, Assistant Dean
MEd, PhD (Saskatchewan)

Phone: 359-1220
E-mail: Katherine.Arbuthnott@uregina.ca

Research Interests

Executive control and working memory processes; Inhibitory processes in attention, memory, and behavioural control; Memory accuracy, especially related to guided imagery; Mathematical cognition; Applications of basic cognitive research for psychotherapy practice.

Representative Publications

The Mind in Therapy: Cognitive Science for Practice. Arbuthnott, K.D., Arbuthnott, D.W. & Thompson, V.A. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.

"The influence of cue type on backward inhibition." Arbuthnott, K.D. (2005). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 31, 1030-1042.

"The effect of repeated imagery on memory." Arbuthnott, K.D. (2005). Applied Cognitive Psychology. 19, 843-866.

"The locus of self-inhibition in sequential retrieval." Arbuthnott, K.D., & Campbell, J.I.D. (2003). European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 15, 177-194.

"Phenomenal characteristics of guided imagery and autobiographical memories: Effects of conversational encoding and delay." Arbuthnott, K.D., & Kealy, K.L.K. (2003). Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 801-818

"The influence of cue-task association and location on switch cost and alternating-switch cost." Arbuthnott, K.D., & Woodward, T.S. (2002). Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56, 18-29.

"Phenomenal characteristics of guided imagery, natural imagery, and autobiographical memories." Arbuthnott, K.D., Geelen, C.B., & Kealy, K.L.K. (2002). Memory & Cognition, 30, 519-528.

Current Scholarly Projects

Mechanisms of executive control: Task-set inhibition and intention superiority (NSERC-funded)

Guided imagery and memory characteristics: Factors that increase attribution errors (SSHRC-funded)

Investigating memory and attention processes involved in mental arithmetic