Lab Director
Caitlin Mahy, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] 905 688 5550 ext. 6151 CV Department webpage Google Scholar Profile |
Dr. Mahy is a Professor at Brock University. She received her Hon BSc in Psychology from the University of Toronto, PhD from the University of Oregon, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Geneva.
Dr. Mahy is the director of the Developing Memory and Cognition Lab. Her research is funded by NSERC, SSHRC, and an Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Government. |
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yesim Yavaslar Dogru, Ph.D.
Yesim earned her Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom where she worked with Dr. Dan Carroll and Dr. Emma Blakey exploring the development of executive function in young children. Yesim is interested in the development of executive function, prospective memory, and procrastination. In the DMC Lab, Yesim will be leading a longitudinal study examining the development of prospective memory and procrastination in the early childhood years.
Yesim Yavaslar Dogru, Ph.D.
Yesim earned her Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom where she worked with Dr. Dan Carroll and Dr. Emma Blakey exploring the development of executive function in young children. Yesim is interested in the development of executive function, prospective memory, and procrastination. In the DMC Lab, Yesim will be leading a longitudinal study examining the development of prospective memory and procrastination in the early childhood years.
PhD Student
Ege Kamber, M.A.
Ege is a PhD student in the DMC Lab. Ege got his undergraduate and Masters degree from Bogazici University in Turkey. Ege is interested in the development of future-oriented skills especially saving behavior. In his masters thesis, Ege examined the social and cognitive correlates of saving behaviour in early childhood and adulthood.
Ege Kamber, M.A.
Ege is a PhD student in the DMC Lab. Ege got his undergraduate and Masters degree from Bogazici University in Turkey. Ege is interested in the development of future-oriented skills especially saving behavior. In his masters thesis, Ege examined the social and cognitive correlates of saving behaviour in early childhood and adulthood.
Masters Student
Madi Maguire
Madi is a MA student in the DMC Lab. Madi is involved with several projects on children's prospective memory, procrastination, and saving behaviour. Her MA thesis project focuses on the relation between procrastination, attentional difficulties, and perfectionism in preschool aged children.
Madi Maguire
Madi is a MA student in the DMC Lab. Madi is involved with several projects on children's prospective memory, procrastination, and saving behaviour. Her MA thesis project focuses on the relation between procrastination, attentional difficulties, and perfectionism in preschool aged children.
Masters Student
Edyta Houshang Tehrani
Edyta is a MA student in the DMC Lab. Edyta is interested in children's procrastination and the impact of affective forecasting on their decision making as well as how giftedness might influence children's procrastination behaviour. Edyta's MA project focuses on the effect of emotion simulation on procrastination in young children and how procrastination affects children's mood.
Edyta Houshang Tehrani
Edyta is a MA student in the DMC Lab. Edyta is interested in children's procrastination and the impact of affective forecasting on their decision making as well as how giftedness might influence children's procrastination behaviour. Edyta's MA project focuses on the effect of emotion simulation on procrastination in young children and how procrastination affects children's mood.
Masters Student
Mirella Rocca
Mirella is interested in children's episodic future thinking. She is currently working on a project that examines the many ways in which children save.
Mirella Rocca
Mirella is interested in children's episodic future thinking. She is currently working on a project that examines the many ways in which children save.
Masters Student
Rebecca McCabe
Rebecca is interested in the impact of impulsivity on young children's procrastination behaviour.
Rebecca McCabe
Rebecca is interested in the impact of impulsivity on young children's procrastination behaviour.
Masters Student
Haley McStravick
Haley is interested in social evaluations of children's procrastination behaviour.
Haley McStravick
Haley is interested in social evaluations of children's procrastination behaviour.
Lab Manager
Maria Conversano
Maria completed her undergraduate Honours thesis, two co-op terms, and a high school internship in our lab. Maria is involved in recruitment and project management for several studies and keeps our lab running smoothly.
Maria Conversano
Maria completed her undergraduate Honours thesis, two co-op terms, and a high school internship in our lab. Maria is involved in recruitment and project management for several studies and keeps our lab running smoothly.
Honours Thesis Student 2024-2024
Kaitlyn Potashnyk
Kaitlyn is a Honours thesis student and research assistant in the DMC Lab. Kaitlyn's Honours thesis focuses on developing behavioural measures of young children's procrastination.
Kaitlyn Potashnyk
Kaitlyn is a Honours thesis student and research assistant in the DMC Lab. Kaitlyn's Honours thesis focuses on developing behavioural measures of young children's procrastination.
Research Assistant and Match of Minds Awardee 2024
Sam Kszan
Sam is assisting with a project examining the development of episodic thought in middle childhood. During the summer of 2024, Sam will be collecting data on a project that examines how children construct narratives of future events.
Sam Kszan
Sam is assisting with a project examining the development of episodic thought in middle childhood. During the summer of 2024, Sam will be collecting data on a project that examines how children construct narratives of future events.
Research Assistant
Madison Stewart
Madison is a research assistant in the DMC Lab and is currently assisting with a study that examines the different ways that preschool children save.
Madison Stewart
Madison is a research assistant in the DMC Lab and is currently assisting with a study that examines the different ways that preschool children save.
Research Assistant
Ava Cattran
Ava is a research assistant in the DMC Lab and is currently assisting with a study that examines the impact of perspective taking on young children's procrastination.
Ava Cattran
Ava is a research assistant in the DMC Lab and is currently assisting with a study that examines the impact of perspective taking on young children's procrastination.
Lab Alumni
Former Graduate Students
Tessa Mazachowsky (PhD 2022; Novel ways to measure future-oriented cognition: Using parent-report measures and open-ended responses to explore young children’s future thinking development) is currently working as a Research Officer, Institutional and Strategic Programs at the Office of Research Services at Brock University.
Taissa Fuke (MA 2022; Executive and Retrospective Memory Processes in Preschoolers’ Prospective Memory Development) is currently working as a Research Analyst at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Clinical Associate at PsychoEd Clinic, Toronto.
Samantha Moeller (MA 2021; Adults' perceptions of forgetful children: The impact of child age, domain, and memory type) is currently a Research Ethics Coordinator at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Lydia Lavis (MA 2020; The relation between young children's memory and metacognition) is currently a Project Coordinator at Blue North Strategies based in Toronto, ON.
Former Honours Thesis Students
Maria Conversano (2023-2024) is currently the DMC Lab Manager.
Mirella Rocca (2023-2024) is currently a MA student in Psychology at Brock University.
Madi Maguire (2021-2022) is currently a MA student in Psychology at Brock University.
Mariah Parente (2021-2022) is working on her Bachelor of Education at Western University.
Taylor McRae (2021-2022) is working as a Mental Health Worker at the Canadian Mental Health Association, Niagara Branch.
Estera Houshang Tehrani (2020-2021) is a PhD student in Social Psychology at Brock University working with Dr. Will Hall.
Melissa Alunni (2020-2021) is working on her Masters of Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University.
Chelsey Masson (2018-2019) is current a PhD student in School Psychology at Western University.
Emma Stallwood (2018-2019) is currently a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at McMaster University.
Lindsey Gerrard (2015-2016) attended OISE for a Masters degree in School and Clinical Child Psychology and currently working as a Psychoeducational Consultant at the Peel District School Board.
Sarah Mitchinson (2015-2016) completed her Masters degree in Developmental Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her thesis was entitled Moral Development in the Online Context. She is currently a Information Management Specialist at Waterloo Regional Police Service.
Katelyn Brausewetter (2014-2015) attended Brock University for Teacher Education.
Former Lab Managers
Sydney McKinney (2023-2024).
Rachel Boase (2022-2023).
Uroog Mohammed (2020-2022) is working in the insurance industry.
Alex Roycroft (2019-2020) is a registered psychotherapist with a Masters of Education from OISE at the University of Toronto.
Katarina McKenzie (2018-2019) is attending Western University for a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology.
Amanda Krause (2017-2018) is attending the University of Ottawa for a PhD in Clinical Psychology.
Lindsey Gerrard (2016) attended OISE and holds a Masters degree in School and Clinical Child Psychology.
Katelyn Brausewetter (2015-2016) attended Brock University for Teacher Education.
Tessa Mazachowsky (PhD 2022; Novel ways to measure future-oriented cognition: Using parent-report measures and open-ended responses to explore young children’s future thinking development) is currently working as a Research Officer, Institutional and Strategic Programs at the Office of Research Services at Brock University.
Taissa Fuke (MA 2022; Executive and Retrospective Memory Processes in Preschoolers’ Prospective Memory Development) is currently working as a Research Analyst at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Clinical Associate at PsychoEd Clinic, Toronto.
Samantha Moeller (MA 2021; Adults' perceptions of forgetful children: The impact of child age, domain, and memory type) is currently a Research Ethics Coordinator at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Lydia Lavis (MA 2020; The relation between young children's memory and metacognition) is currently a Project Coordinator at Blue North Strategies based in Toronto, ON.
Former Honours Thesis Students
Maria Conversano (2023-2024) is currently the DMC Lab Manager.
Mirella Rocca (2023-2024) is currently a MA student in Psychology at Brock University.
Madi Maguire (2021-2022) is currently a MA student in Psychology at Brock University.
Mariah Parente (2021-2022) is working on her Bachelor of Education at Western University.
Taylor McRae (2021-2022) is working as a Mental Health Worker at the Canadian Mental Health Association, Niagara Branch.
Estera Houshang Tehrani (2020-2021) is a PhD student in Social Psychology at Brock University working with Dr. Will Hall.
Melissa Alunni (2020-2021) is working on her Masters of Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University.
Chelsey Masson (2018-2019) is current a PhD student in School Psychology at Western University.
Emma Stallwood (2018-2019) is currently a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at McMaster University.
Lindsey Gerrard (2015-2016) attended OISE for a Masters degree in School and Clinical Child Psychology and currently working as a Psychoeducational Consultant at the Peel District School Board.
Sarah Mitchinson (2015-2016) completed her Masters degree in Developmental Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her thesis was entitled Moral Development in the Online Context. She is currently a Information Management Specialist at Waterloo Regional Police Service.
Katelyn Brausewetter (2014-2015) attended Brock University for Teacher Education.
Former Lab Managers
Sydney McKinney (2023-2024).
Rachel Boase (2022-2023).
Uroog Mohammed (2020-2022) is working in the insurance industry.
Alex Roycroft (2019-2020) is a registered psychotherapist with a Masters of Education from OISE at the University of Toronto.
Katarina McKenzie (2018-2019) is attending Western University for a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology.
Amanda Krause (2017-2018) is attending the University of Ottawa for a PhD in Clinical Psychology.
Lindsey Gerrard (2016) attended OISE and holds a Masters degree in School and Clinical Child Psychology.
Katelyn Brausewetter (2015-2016) attended Brock University for Teacher Education.