Visiting Assistant Professor

Dr. Nelson is a cognitive psychologist whose particular research interests are in language and its relation to memory and emotion.  Some of her current research focuses on the analysis of linguistic variation to assess mental states and memory loss due to neurodementia.

Contact Dr. Nelson if you would like more information about the courses she teaches or how to get involved in research on cognition, language and memory.

Courses

• Introduction to Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Psycholinguistics

Publications

• Nelson, K. L., and Horowitz, L. M. (2001). Narrative structure in recounted sad memories. Discourse Processes, 31, 307-324.
• Shaw, R., Harvey, J. E., Nelson, K. L., Gunary, R., Kruk, H., and Steiner, H. (2001). Linguistic analysis to assess medically related posttraumatic stress symptoms. Psychosomatics, 42, 35-40.
• Horowitz, L. M., Nelson, K. L., and Person, E. (1997). Using empirical research findings to develop a behavioral measure of depression: a proposed direction for future research.  In Horowitz, L. M., Lambert, M. J., and Strupp, H. H. (Eds.), Measuring Patient Changes in Mood, Anxiety, and Personality Disorders: Toward a Core Battery.
• Horowitz, L. M., Krasnoperova, E., Person, Tatar, D., Hansen, M. B., Galvin, K. L., and Nelson, K. L. (1997). The way to console may depend upon the goal: experimental studies of social support. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
• Settlage, C., Silver, D., Afterman, J., Hart, K., Bemesderfer, S., Seligman, S., and Nelson, K. (1993). Developmental process: mother-child and father-child interaction during the second year of life. In Cowan, P. and Field, D., et al. (Eds.), Family, Self and Society: Toward a New Agenda for Family Research. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 363-384.
• Nelson, K. L. (1986). Labor demand, labor supply and the suburbanization of low-wage office work.  In Scott, A. and Storper, M. (Eds.) Production, Work, Territory. London: Allen & Unwin.
• Mangum, G., Mayall, D., and Nelson, K. (1985).  The temporary help industry: a response to the dual internal labor market. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 38, 599-611.