Research Interests
Professor Stine-Morrow's research is focused on the conditions and strategies that augment cognitive health and make us effective learners into later adulthood. Research topics include (a) investigations of how age-related change in cognition impacts language and text comprehension and how shifts in strategy with age can contribute to maintaining text memory, (b) the mechanisms underlying individual variation in literacy skill among adults, and (c) interventions that promote cognitive resilience into late life.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emerita, Educational Psychology
Research Professor, Educational Psychology
Professor Emerita, Neuroscience Program
Professor Emerita, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Recent Publications
Troyer, M., Stine-Morrow, E. A. L., & Federmeier, K. D. (2025). Diffindo! Precise language comprehension in older adulthood revealed by event-related brain potential studies of domain knowledge. Cognition, 263, Article 106210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106210
Abrams, L., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. L. (2024). Adult Age Differences in Language, Communication, and Learning From Text. Psychology and aging, 39(3), 209-214. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000819
Stine-Morrow, E. A. L., West, R., Cheng, S. T., Abrams, L., Gerstorf, D., Hooker, K., Kunzmann, U., & Lustig, C. (2024). Advancing Theory-Driven Research in the Psychological Science of Adult Development and Aging. Psychology and aging, 39(8), 829-832. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000865
Stine-Morrow, E. A. L., Manavbasi, I. E., Ng, S., McCall, G. S., Barbey, A. K., & Morrow, D. G. (2024). Looking for transfer in all the wrong places: How intellectual abilities can be enhanced through diverse experience among older adults. Intelligence, 104, Article 101829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2024.101829
Hill, P. L., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. L. (2022). Introduction to the Special Issue on Transparency, Replicability, and Discovery in the Psychological Science of Adult Development and Aging. Psychology and aging, 37(1), 6-9. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000673