Faculty

Education

• B.A. , University of Western Ontario
• M.A. , University of Western Ontario
• Ph.D. Psychology, University of Toronto, 11/1968




Postdoctoral Training

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology University of Toronto, 09/01/1968-05/31/1969  



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

Research Specialties

Memory Human Learning Intelligence Research Design

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. Pitcure recognition and general cognitive ability: This research examines the relationship between visual recognition memory for material presented at a very fast rate, and measures of mental ability (reasoning and vocabulary). , $2,500, 2011-2012   
• 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.



Guest Lectures in Courses

• Psy 305: Learning and Memory Guest lecture presentation on human memory, 11/29/2011  

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   

Committees

• Chair, Headed the process of nomination of Prof. Richard F. Thompson for the American Psychological Association Gold Medal for Scientific Contributions, 2010. Professor Thompson was the winner of the award., 2010-2011   
• Chair, Headed the process of nomination of Prof. Richard F. Thompson for the American Psychological Association Gold Medal for Scientific Contributions, 2010. Professor Thompson was the winner of the award., 2010-2011   
• Member, Psychology Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Fall 2010   



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   



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