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Karin Humphreys is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University. Her research focuses on cognitive mechanisms underlying language production, tip-of-the-tongue states, speech errors, and the impact of medical terminology on public health understanding.
- Primary research areas: Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, and Psycholinguistics
- Key contributions: Implicit learning in language errors, aging-related memory studies, and autism communication research
Research Trends: Recent work (2022-2015) examines attentional mechanisms (desirable difficulty effects), speech rhythm in impaired speakers, self-triage decision-making, and cognitive control in video game players. Publications span journals like Cognition, Frontiers in Psychology, and PLoS ONE.
Teaching Contributions: Has instructed courses in psychometrics, human cognition, quantitative methods, and advanced psychology topics (2001-2025). Notable courses include PSYCH 3MT3 (Psychometrics) and PNB 2XA3 (Human Perception & Cognition).
