Dr. Katherine Moen

Associate Professor

(308) 865-8236

OPH 304F

Department of Psychology

Research focus areas: Cognitive psychology, specifically memory, attention, and visual imagery. I'm specifically interested in how various real-world factors impact these processes. Most of my research utilizes eye-tracking.

Areas of Expertise

Psychology

Courses Regularly Taught

General Psychology
Research Methods I
Research Methods II
Sensation and Perception
Memory and Cognition

Research Interests

Can we forget information on purpose?
What helps us pay attention and remember?
How does your imagination impact what you remember?

Honors and Awards

UNK CAS Faculty Mentoring of Student Research Award, 2024

Saltzmann, S., Eich, B. J., Moen, K. C., & Beck, M. R. (2024). Hybrid visual search: Effects on target memory search and distractor memory. Memory and Cognition.https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01556-1

Moen, K. C. (2021). The Impact of Multi-media Presentation Format: Student Perceptions and Learning Outcomes. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 7(4), 278–287. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000265

Moen, K. C., Beck, M. R., Saltzmann, S. M., Cowan, T. M., Burleigh, L. M., Butler, L. G., Ramanujam, J., Cohen, A. S., & Greening, S. G. (2020). Strengthening spatial reasoning: Elucidating the attentional and neural mechanisms associated with mental rotation skill development, Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5(20). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-020-00211-y

Moen, K. C., Pinto, J. D. G., Papesh, M. H., & Beck, M. R. (2019). Not all information in visual working memory is forgotten equally. Consciousness & Cognition, 74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.102782

Moen, K. C., Lloyd, M. E., Miller, J. (2017). Selective attention meets spontaneous recognition memory: Evidence for effects at retrieval. Consciousness & Cognition, 49, 181-189. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2017.02.003

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