Leslie Rollins

Neuroscience Program - Department of Psychology

Associate Professor

Forbes Hall 1051
(757) 594-8299
leslie.rollins@cnu.edu

Education

Ph D in Developmental Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park
MS in Developmental Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park
BA in Psychology and Philosophy, Randolph-Macon College

Teaching

Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Neuroscience, Research Methods

Research

Neural bases of memory development throughout childhood using behavioral, eye-tracking, and event-related potential methodologies.

Selected Accomplishments

Effect of animacy on recognition memory in children and adults.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2023). Prolonged development of forced-choice recognition when targets are paired with non-corresponding lures. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Volume, 236. Pages, 105742.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2021). Adapting event-related potential research paradigms for children: Considerations from research on the development of recognition memory. Developmental Psychobiology.
Journal Article, Professional Journal
(2021). Rehearsal and event age predict the fading affect bias across young adults and elderly in self-defining and everyday autobiographical memories. Experimental Aging Research. Volume, 47. Issue, 3. Pages, 232-261.
Journal Article, Professional Journal
(2020). Social categorization modulates own-age bias in face recognition and ERP correlates of face processing. Neuropsychologia. Volume, 141. Pages, 107417.
Journal Article, Professional Journal
(2019). Facial features and recognition memory: Eye-movement study on the encoding and retrieval of unfamiliar faces in children and adults. Infant and Child Development. Volume, e2148. Issue, e2148. Pages, 9.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2019). Encoding variability accounts for false recognition of noncorresponding lures on the forced-choice Mnemonic Similarity Task. Learning and Memory. Volume, 26. Issue, 8. Pages, 280-283.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2018). Development of mnemonic discrimination during childhood. Learning and Memory. Volume, 25. Issue, 6. Pages, 294-297.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2018). Affective change greater for unpleasant than pleasant events in autobiographical memory of children and adults: A retrospective study. Cognitive Development. Volume, 47. Pages, 46-52.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2017). Age-related differences in subjective recollection: ERP studies of encoding and retrieval. Developmental Science. Volume, 21. Issue, 3. Pages, e12583.

Leslie Rollins, Nicole Guajardo, Angela Spranger, "ADVANCE Catalyst: Self-assessment to Establish Equity Among STEM Faculty at a Public Liberal Arts Institution," Sponsored by National Science Foundation