Ongoing Research

The information below details select projects and publications from the lab. Enjoy!

Grant Funding

National Institute on Aging (R03): Prospective memory in everyday life: Lapses and decline in relation to inflammatory and neurodegenerative biomarkers in older adults

This project is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and leverages data from the longitudinal Einstein Aging Study (EAS) to examine associations between gender, inflammatory and neurodegenerative biomarkers, and subjective prospective memory lapses as potential risk factors for cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.

Wyoming INBRE Program, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

This funding supports a graduate student to assist with ongoing biobehavioral research related to prospective memory lapses, inflammation, neurodegeneration, and cognitive decline.

Select publications

Harrington, E. E. & Bock, J. E. (accepted). Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in U.S. Honor Cultures. Social Sciences & Medicine – Population Health.

Van Bogart, K., Harrington, E. E., Witzel, D. D., Kang, J. eun, Sliwinski, M. J., Engeland, C. G., & Graham-Engeland, J. E. (2024). Momentary loneliness and intrusive thoughts among older adults: The interactive roles of mild cognitive impairment and marital status. Aging & Mental Health, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2368643

Harrington, E. E., Turner, R. L., & Reese-Melancon, C. (2024). Self-reported strategy use and prospective memory: The roles of cue focality and task importance. Memory & Cognition. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01600-0

Harrington, E. E., Gamaldo, A. A., Felt, J. M., Witzel, D. D., Sliwinski, M. J., Murdock, K. W., Engeland, C. G., & Graham-Engeland, J. E. (2024). Racial differences in links between perceived discrimination, depressive symptoms, and ambulatory working memory. Aging & Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2351923

Witzel, D. D., Van Bogart, K., Harrington, E. E., Turner, S. G., & Almeida, D. (2024). Loneliness dynamics and physical health symptomology among midlife adults in daily life. Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001377

Harrington, E. E., Graham-Engeland, J. E., Sliwinski, M. J., Van Bogart, K., Mogle, J. A., Katz, M. J., Lipton, R. B., & Engeland, C. G. (2023). Older adults’ self-reported prospective memory lapses in everyday life: Connections to inflammation and gender. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 174, 111489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111489

Turner, R. L., Reese-Melancon, C., Harrington, E. E., & Andreo, M. (2023). Caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic: Factors associated with caregiver preparedness. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42(10), 2089-2099. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231182242

Harrington. E. E., Reese-Melancon, C., & Bock, J. E. (2023). Sometimes they show, sometimes they don’t: Appointment attendance as a naturalistic prospective memory task. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37, 590-599. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4066

Harrington, E. E., & Reese-Melancon, C. (2022). Who is Responsible for Remembering? Everyday Prospective Memory Demands in Parenthood. Sex Roles, 86, 189-207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-021-01264-z

Harrington, E. E., Bishop, A. J., Do, H. M., & Sheng, W. (2021). Perceptions of socially assistive robots: A pilot study exploring older adults’ concerns. Current Psychology, 42, 2145–2156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01627-5

Reese-Melancon, C., Cherry, K., & Harrington, E. E. (2021). The Knowledge and Memory Aging Questionnaire: Factor structure and correlates in a lifespan sample. In Assessments, Treatments, and Modeling in Aging and Neurological Disease (pp. 329-339). Academic Press.

Do, H. M., Sheng, W., Harrington, E. E., & Bishop, A. (2020). Clinical screening interview using a social robot for geriatric care. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2020.2999203

Reese-Melancon, C., Harrington, E. E., & Kytola, K. (2019). How did I remember to do that? Self-reported strategy use for laboratory prospective memory tasks. Memory, 27, 1224-1235. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2019.1645180