Karen Z.H. Li, Ph.D.
Associate professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Associate director, Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH), Concordia University, Associate member, CRIR
Phone: 514 848-2424 # 7542
Fax: 514 848 2815
Email: [email protected]
Education
- B.A., Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, 1989
- M.Sc., Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, 1991
- Ph.D., Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, 1996
- Postdoctorate, Duke University, Durham NC, USA, 1997
- Postdoctorate, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Allemagne, 2000
Research interests
Healthy aging; attention; executive functions; dual-task performance; gait and posture; physical and cognitive training; hearing
Collaboration with Jean-Pierre Gagné, Anouk Lamontagne, Alain Leroux, Patricia A. McKinley and Nancy St-Onge
Recent publications
Li, K.Z.H., Roudaia, E., Lussier, M., Bherer, L., Leroux, A. & McKinley, P.A. (2010). Benefits of cognitive dual-task training on balance performance in healthy older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.
Fraser, S.A., Li, K.Z.H. & Penhune, V.B. (2010). Dual-task performance reveals increased involvement of executive control in fine motor sequencing in healthy aging. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
Li, K.Z.H., Blair, M.A. & Chow, V.S.M. (2010). Sequential performance in young and older adults: Evidence of chunking and inhibition. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 17(3), 270-295.
Abbud, G., Li, K.Z.H. & DeMont, R.G. (2009). Attentional requirements of walking according to the gait phase and onset of auditory stimuli. Gait and Posture, 30, 227-232.
Trewartha, K.M., Endo, A., Li, K.Z.H. & Penhune, V.B. (2009). Effect of decreased conflict monitoring ability with age on movement reprogramming and execution. Psychology and Aging, 24(2), 450-461.
Li, K.Z.H. & Dupuis, K. (2008). Attentional switching in the Sequential Flanker Task: Age, location and time course effects. Acta Psychologica, 127, 416-427.
Fraser, S.A., Li, K.Z.H., DeMont, R.G. & Penhune, V.B. (2007). The effects of balance status and age on muscle activation during walking under divided attention. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 62B(3), 171-178.
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