2003 - present Appalachian State University Assistant Professor of ...

POSITIONS
DAYNA R. TOURON, PH.D.
287 OLD HARTLEY ROAD
BANNER ELK, NC 28604
828-963-4906
TOUROND@APPSTATE.EDU
WWW.APPSTATE.EDU/~TOUROND
CURRICULUM VITA
2003 - present Appalachian State University
Assistant Professor of Psychology
2001-2003 Georgia Institute of Technology
NIH Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
NIA Institutional Training Grant in Cognitive Aging, T32AG000175
1999-2000 State University of New York at Utica/Rome
Adjunct Instructor
EDUCATION
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1997-2001 Syracuse University
Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology
Dissertation Title: Does what we know affect how we learn? Adult age
differences in the effects of item and task knowledge on automaticity
development
1996-1997 Syracuse University
M.S. in Experimental Psychology
Thesis Title: Verification and production measures of instance-based
learning: Adult age differences
1992-1996 Maryville College
B.A. in Psychology

PUBLICATIONS (* designates student author)
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Hertzog, C., Touron, D. R., & *Hines, J. (in press). Does a time monitoring deficit influence
older adults' delayed retrieval shift during skill acquisition? Psychology and Aging, xx, xxx-xxx.
Touron, D. R., *Swaim, E., & Hertzog, C. (2007). Title withheld for class assignment. Journal of
Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 62, xxx-xxx.
Touron, D. R. (2006). Are item-level strategy shifts abrupt and collective? Age differences in
cognitive skill acquisition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 781-786.
Touron, D. R., Hoyer, W. J., & Cerella, J. (2004). Age-related differences in the component
processes of cognitive skill learning. Psychology and Aging, 19, 565-580.
Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2004). Distinguishing age differences in knowledge, strategy use,
and confidence during strategic skill acquisition. Psychology and Aging, 19, 452-466.
Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2004). Strategy shift affordance and strategy choice in young and
older adults. Memory & Cognition, 32, 298-310.
Hoyer, W. J., and Touron, D. R. (2002). Learning in adulthood. Chapter in J. Demick & C.
Andreoletti (Eds.), Handbook of adult development. New York: Kluwer Academic
Publishers.
Touron, D. R. (2002). Does what we know affect how we learn? Adult age differences in the effects
of item knowledge and rule knowledge on skill development. Dissertation Abstracts
International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, 62(9-B), 4250.
Touron, D. R., Hoyer, W. J., & Cerella, J. (2001). Cognitive skill acquisition and transfer in
younger and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 16, 555-563.
Verhaeghen, P. Palfai, T., Cerella, J., Buchler, N., Johnson, M., D’Eredita, M., Touron-Green,
D., Hoyer, W. J., & Makekau, M. (2001). Age-related dissociations in time-accuracy
functions for recognition memory: Utilizing semantic support versus building new
representations. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 7, 260-272.
IN PROGRESS (* designates student author)
*Hines, J., Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (under review). The utility of response time monitoring
for future study time allocation.
Touron, D. R., Hertzog, C., & *Speagle, J. Z. Online and global subjective learning curves: Effects
of test type and transfer.
Touron, D. R., & Oransky, N. Does metacognitive monitoring influence age differences in working
memory performance?

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Mitzner, T. L., Touron, D. R., Rogers, W. A., & Hertzog, C. Age and strategy in visual search: An
eye-movement analysis.
*Meier, M. E., Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. Moderation of age-related differences in response
criteria through latency deadlines.
Hertzog, C. & Touron, D. R. Individual differences in strategic skill acquisition.
Touron, D. R., *Carhart, A., & *Pittman, A. Expertise and training as mediators of metamemory
accuracy.
Touron, D. R. Benefits of instructions and incentives for older adults’ retrieval reluctance in a
novel computation task.
Rawson, K. A. &. Touron, D. R. Adult age differences in the automatization of text processing.
Cerella, J. & Touron, D. R. Testing a contingent-process signal detection model of recognition
memory.
PRESENTATIONS (* designates student author)
Touron, D. R. & Oransky. N. (2007, February). Does metacognitive monitoring influence age
differences in working memory performance? Paper presented at the 2007 Southeastern
Psychological Conference. New Orleans, LA.
*Carhart, A. M., *Pittman, A. E., & Touron, D. R. (2007, February). Mediation of metamemory
accuracy through expertise and training. Poster presented at the 2007 Southeastern
Psychological Association Conference. New Orleans, LA.
*Hines, J. C., Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2006, November). Age differences in latency and memory
monitoring. Poster presented at the 2006 Psychonomic Society Conference. Houston, TX.
*Meier, M. E., Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2006, November). Moderation of age-related differences
in response criteria through latency deadlines. Poster presented at the 2006 Psychonomic Society
Conference. Houston, TX.
*Speagle, J. Z., Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2006, November). The effects of training, test
type, and transfer on metacognitive judgments. Poster presented at the 2006 Psychonomic
Society Conference. Houston, TX.
Mitzner, T. L., Touron, D. R., Rogers, W. A., Hertzog, C., & Spieler, D. H. (2006, August). Age-
related differences in verification behavior during visual search. Poster presented at the
2006 American Psychological Association Conference. New Orleans, LA.
Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2006, May). Age and individual differences in the mental task
model during skill acquisition. Poster presented at the 2006 Association for Psychological
Science Convention. New York, NY.

Hertzog, C., & Touron, D. R. (2006, April). Aging and individual differences in algorithm to
retrieval shift with practice. Poster presented at the 2006 Cognitive Aging Conference.
Atlanta, GA.
*Swaim, E. T., Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2006, April). Moderation of older adults’ retrieval
reluctance through instructions and incentives. Poster presented at the 2006
Cognitive Aging Conference. Atlanta, GA.
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Touron, D. R. (2006, April). Are item-level strategy shifts abrupt and general? Age differences
in cognitive skill acquisition. Poster presented at the 2006 Cognitive Aging Conference. Atlanta,
GA.
Touron, D. R. (2006, March). Metacognitive influences on age differences in item-level strategy
shift patterns. Paper presented at the Learning and Skill Acquisition: Metacognitive
Perspectives Symposium at the 2006 Southeastern Psychological Association
Conference. Atlanta, Ga. - also served as symposium chair and organizer.
*Hines, J. C., Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2006, March). Does a time monitoring deficit factor
into older adults’ delayed skill acquisition? Paper presented at the Learning and Skill
Acquisition: Metacognitive Perspectives Symposium at the 2006 Southeastern
Psychological Association Conference. Atlanta, Ga.
Hertzog, C., & Touron, D. R. (2005, November). When do judgments of learning show
overconfidence with task practice? Poster presented at the 2005 Psychonomic Society
Conference. Toronto, Ontario.
*Hines, J., Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2005, November). Does a time monitoring deficit factor
into older adults’ delayed skill acquisition? Poster presented at the 2005 Psychonomic
Society Conference. Toronto, Ontario.
Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2004, November). Is older adults' strategic skill acquisition
influenced by a deficient mental task model? Poster presented at the 2004 Psychonomic Society
Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2004, April). Age differences in knowledge, strategy use, and
confidence during skill acquisition. Poster presented at the 2004 Cognitive Aging
Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Touron, D. R., Mitzner, T. L., Rogers, W. A., & Hertzog, C. (2004, April). Age and strategy in
visual search: An eye-movement analysis. Poster presented at the 2004 Cognitive Aging
Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Touron, D. R. (2004, March). Metacognitive influences on age differences in skill acquisition.
Paper presented at the Aging and Metacognition: Processes and Outcomes Symposium
at the 2004 Southeastern Psychological Association Conference. Atlanta, Ga.
Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2003, November). Associative learning, memory confidence, and
retrieval strategy selection in older adults. Poster presented at the 2003 Psychonomic Society
Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia.

Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2003, May). Distinguishing item memory and item retrieval: Age
differences in strategic skill acquisition. Poster presented at the 2003 American
Psychological Society Conference. Atlanta, GA.
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Touron, D. R., Cerella, J., & Hoyer, W.J. (2002, April). Effects of strategy probes on skill
acquisition: Moderated by age and frequency. Poster presented at the 2002 Cognitive Aging
Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Touron, D. R., & Hertzog, C. (2002, April). Strategy shift efficiency in young and older adults.
Poster presented at the 2002 Cognitive Aging Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Touron, D. R., Hoyer, W.J., & Cerella, J. (2001, November). Item knowledge and rule
knowledge in cognitive skill acquisition: Adult age differences. Poster presented at the 2001
Psychonomic Society Conference. Orlando, FL.
Touron-Green, D. R., Hoyer, W. J., & Cerella, J. (2000, April). Does item familiarization
improve the development of automaticity? Adult age differences. Poster presented at the 2000
Cognitive Aging Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Touron-Green, D. R., Hoyer, W. J., & Cerella, J. (2000, November). Do strategy probes affect
the probability of item retrieval? Poster presented at the 2000 Psychonomic Society
Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Touron, D. R. (2000, October). The use of composite models in the comparative analysis of
skill acquisition data. Paper presented at the 38 th Annual Eric F. Gardner Conference.
Auburn, NY.
Cerella, J., Touron-Green, D., & Hoyer, W. J. (1999, November). Effects of age and of item
frequency on the memory and computational components of instance learning. Paper presented
at the 1999 Psychonomic Society Conference. Los Angeles, CA.
Hoyer, W. J., Cerella, J., D’Eredita, M. A., & Touron-Green, D. R. (1998, November). Are there
adult age differences in instance-based learning? Poster presented at the 1998 Psychonomic
Society Conference. Dallas, TX.
Touron-Green, D. R., & Hoyer, W. J. (1998, April). Verification and production measures of the
effects of age on instance-based learning. Poster presented at the 1998 Cognitive
Aging Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Verhaeghen, P. Palfai, T., Cerella, J., Buchler, N., Johnson, M., D’Eredita, M., Touron-Green,
D., Hoyer, W. J., & Makekau, M. (1998, November) Aging and levels-of-process
dissociations in recognition from episodic memory. Poster presented at the 1998 Psychonomic
Society Conference. Dallas, TX.
Correia, C., Forsyth, A., Touron-Green, D., Jerzak, P., Nichols, D., Sharma, S., & Tomcho, T.
(1997, March). Counseling group composition and counseling group effectiveness: A
meta-analytic integration. Poster presented at the 69 th Annual Meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association. Boston, MA.

GRANTS
Co-Investigator, ASU Research Council Grant, “Does metacognitive monitoring influence
age differences in working memory performance?”; $2,500 funded 2006
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Co-Investigator, National Institute on Aging Grant, “Aging and metacognition in strategic skill
acquisition”; R01 AG024485; $1,359,025 funded 2004-2009
PI, ASU Research Council Grant, “Is older adults’ strategic skill acquisition influenced by a
deficient mental task model?”; $5,000 funded 2004
PI, Post-Doctoral National Research Service Award, “Metacognition and age in strategic skill
acquisition”; F32 AG022273; funding offered but not accepted 2003
National Institute on Aging Post-Doctoral Fellowship; NIA Institutional Training Grant in
Cognitive Aging, T32 AG000175; funded 2001-2003
PI, Creative Research Grant; Syracuse University Graduate School; funded 1999
HONORS
Nominated for the ASU College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Young Faculty Award; 2005, 2006
Nominated for the ASU College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Advisor Award; 2004, 2007
Certificate in University Teaching, Syracuse University Future Professoriate Program
Eric F. Gardner Fellowship; 2000-2001
Outstanding Teaching Assistant; 1999-2000, Syracuse University
Graduate School Summer Fellowship; 1998, Syracuse University
Behavioral Science Award for Excellence in Psychology; 1996, Maryville College
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association, Member
Division 3: Experimental Psychology
Division 20: Adult Development and Aging
American Psychological Society, Member
Psychonomic Society, Member
Southeastern Psychological Association, Member
Women in Cognitive Science, Member
Southeastern Workers in Memory, Member; 2007 President
COURSES TAUGHT
Cognitive Processes
Psychology of Adulthood & Aging
Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Advanced Statistical Methods
Research Methods in Psychology
Drugs and Human Behavior
Introduction to Psychology

MENTORSHIP
Graduate
Matt Meier, Thesis chair, 2005 – present
Thesis defended March 8, 2007
Presented at the Psychonomics Society, 2006
Jarrod Hines, Thesis chair, 2004 - 2006
Entered Ph.D program at Georgia Institute of Technology, Fall 2006
Thesis defended March 22, 2006
Presented at the Psychonomics Society, 2006
Presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, 2006
Presented at the Psychonomics Society, 2005
Presented at the 8th Annual ASU Celebration of Student Research, 2005
Elizabeth Swaim, Thesis chair, 2004 - 2006
Nominated for the 2006 Cratis D. Williams Thesis Award
Entered Ph.D program at North Carolina State University, Fall 2006
Thesis defended April 11, 2006
Presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, 2006
Presented at the 8th Annual ASU Celebration of Student Research, 2005
Crystal Primeau, Thesis committee member, 2005 – 2006
Thesis defended September 1, 2007
J Rudine, Thesis committee member, 2004 – 2006
Thesis defended November 7, 2007
Jenilee Fleetwood, Thesis committee member, 2005 – 2006
Mary Francis Hill, Thesis committee member, 2004 – 2006 (did not complete)
Formal Undergraduate
Adam Carhart, Honor’s thesis chair, 2006 – 2007
Presented at the 10th Annual ASU Celebration of Student Research, Spring 2007
Presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, 2007
Anna Pittman, Research assistant supervisor, 2006 – 2007
Presented at the 10th Annual ASU Celebration of Student Research, Spring 2007
Presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, 2007
Research assistant, Spring 2007
Holly Burgess, Research assistant supervisor, Spring 2007
Theresa Rutchka, Research assistant supervisor, Spring 2007
James Zachary Speagle
Awarded the Terrant Memorial Scholarship in Psychology
Presented at the Psychonomics Society, 2006
Supervised research in Metacognition, Spring 2006
Independent study in aging and metacognition, Fall 2005
Research assistant, Spring 2005
Rebecca Hamer, Research assistant supervisor, Fall 2005
Derrick W. Lail
Presented at the ASU Celebration of Student Research, Spring 2004
Elizabeth Tunstall, Research assistant supervisor, Spring 2004
Heather Eller, Research assistant supervisor, Spring 2004
Alanna Smith, Research assistant supervisor, Fall 2003
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SERVICE
2006-2007
Departmental personnel committee
Strategic planning committee
Space committee
Methods sequence committee
Cratis D. Williams Thesis award committee
Textbook selection committee for Human Growth & Development (chair)
Textbook selection committee for Perception
Member of the Graduate Faculty & General Experimental Program
College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Committee, Social Sciences representative
College of Arts and Sciences Council
2005-2006
Departmental personnel committee
WiSE endowment committee
Cratis D. Williams Thesis award committee
Research space committee
Distance learning committee
Textbook selection committee for Psychology of Aging (chair)
Textbook selection committee for Parenting
Member of the Graduate Faculty & General Experimental Program
2004-2005
Honors committee
Research space committee
Textbook selection committee for Cognitive Processes
Member of the Graduate Faculty & General Experimental Program
Various area community service seminars for older adults
2003-2004
Honors committee
Building renovation committee
Textbook selection committee for Human Growth and Development
Member of the Graduate Faculty & General Experimental Program
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