Profile
Stephen MadiganAssociate Professor of Psychology Contact Information Office: SGM 721 Phone: (213) 740-2268 E-mail: smadigan@usc.edu LINKS Curriculum Vitae Faculty Profile on Departmental Website |
Education
- B.A. , University of Western Ontario
- M.A. , University of Western Ontario
- Ph.D. Psychology, University of Toronto, 11/1968
Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Tenure Track Appointments
- Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 09/01/1976-
- Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 1971-1972
Visiting and Temporary Appointments
- Vistiting Associate Professor, Department of Psychology University of Toronto, 1977-1978
Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Human learning and memory; intelligence and problem solving; research design.
Research Keywords
Memory
Intelligence
Problem Solving
Funded Research
Contracts and Grants Awarded
- Interactive computing for statistics instruction (NSF), Norman Cliff, Stephen Madigan, $12,000, 1979-1980
- Studies of short-term memory (National Science Foundation), Stephen Madigan, $10,500, 1971-1972
USC Funding
- Faculty Development Award. Course development: Intelligence and Problem Solving: Development of a new undergraduate course on intelligence, problem solving, and creativity. , $2,500, 2004-2005
- USC ADRC pilot study grant. Sensory memory and its attentional gating to short-term memory control in normal and Alzheimer's patients: Comparison of visual short-term memory funtions in normal controls and patients with CDR-based memory impairment. With Zhoing-Lin Lu, PI, $30,000, 2000-2001
Conferences and Other Presentations
Conference Presentations
- "Retrieval latency predicts retention in cued recall", WPA-RMPA Albuquerque NM, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Paper, Spring 1998
Other Presentations
- "Children's hypermnesia in free recall. ", 3rd International Conference on Memory, Spring 2001
Publications
Book
- Thompson, R. F., Madigan, S. A. (2005). Memory: The Key to Consciousness. Princeton New Jersy: Joseph Henry Press.
Journal Article
- Madigan, S. A., Neuse, J. (2005). Word Length and False Recognition: Reanalysis of Roediget et al. and some new data. Psychonomic Bulletin& Review. Vol. 11, pp. 567-573.
- Lu, Z., Neuse, J. L., Madigan, S., Dosher, B. A. (2005). Decay of iconic memory in observers with mild cognitive impairment. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. pp. p. 1797-1802.
New Courses Developed
- Psy 434 Intelligence, Problem Solving and Creativity, Psychology, A 400-level course dealing with individual difference and experimental approaches to intelligence, reasoning and problem solving, and creativity., 2007-2008
Service to the University
Administrative Appointments
- Departmental area head: Brain & Cognitive Science, 2009-2010
- Vice Chair UPC IRB, 2005-2006
- Acting Chair, UPC IRB, Spring 2006
Service to the Profession
Professional Offices
- member, The Psychonomic Society, 2008-2009
Professional Memberships
- AAAS member, 2008-2009
Reviewer for Publication
- Brain and Cognition, Elsevier, manuscript review, 2008-2009
- Jornal of Experimental Psychology, APA, manuscpript review, 2008-2009
- Brain & Cognition, Elsevier, Manuscript review and recommendation, 2007-2008


