Natalie Phillips
Professor
School of Psychology
Concordia University
Psychology Building, Concordia, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West
tel: 514-848-2424 ext. 2218
e-mail: natalie.phillips(at)concordia.ca
Membership Status
Principal Member
Research Themes
Neural Bases of Language
Visual Language Processing
Areas of Expertise
My general area of research is adult human neuropsychology and the neuropsychology of aging, with an emphasis on integrating cognitive, neuropsychological, and electrophysiological (event-related brain potentials or ERPs) measures of brain function.
Current Research Interests
- behavioural performance and brain activation during task switching in younger and older adults and in patients at risk for dementia
- the influence of working memory, inhibitory control, and perceptual variables on language processing in younger and older adults
- semantic memory (i.e., information/knowledge about words, objects, etc.) in patients with Alzheimer's disease and healthy older adults
Selected Publications
- Phillips, N.A., LeBlanc, M., & Chertkow, H. (1999). Event-related brain potential correlates of short term memory in healthy elderly, patients with aging associated cognitive decline, and Alzheimer's disease. Brain and Cognition, 39, 48-51.
- Cameli, L., & Phillips, N.A. (1999). Age-related differences in semantic priming: Evidence from event-related brain potentials. Brain and Cognition, 41, 179-183.
- Connolly, J.F., & Phillips, N.A. (1994). Event-related potential components reflect phonological and semantic processing of the terminal word of spoken sentences. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 6, 256-266.
