Mara Mather

Mara Mather is a cognitive psychologist and gerontologist who studies memory, emotion, decision making and aging at the USC Davis School of Gerontology.^[1] In 2005, she received the Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging.^[2] In 2007, she received the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award form the Gerontological Society of America.^[3] Mather's recent research projects have included work on how older adults interpret positive stimuli^[4] as well as how stress influences older adults' decision making processes.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Mara Mather, Ph.D.". University of Southern California. http://www.usc.edu/dept/gero/faculty/Mather/. 
2. ^ "Leaders in the field". Monitor on Psychology 36 (10): 76. 2005. http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov05/leaders.html. 
3. ^ "The Gerontological Society of America Confers 2007 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award to USC's Mather". The Gerontological Society of America. 2007-11-13. http://www.geron.org/About%20Us/Press%20Room/Archived%20Press%20Releases/53-2007%20Press%20Releases/308-press-release-the-gerontological-society-of-america-confers-2007-richard-kalish-innovative-publication-award-to-uscs-mather. 
4. ^ "Research lifts veil on 'the good old days'". ABC News Online. 2006-07-19. http://www.abc.net.au/news/health/sophie_scott/newsitems/s1691209.htm. 
5. ^ Haas, J.G. (2008-12-01). "Stress makes older people more conservative". Orange County Register. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/older-decision-stress-2244025-adults-making. 

External links

• University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology

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