SIDIC 2026 PROGRAM
LOCATION:
Temecula Ballroom, North Tower, First Level
SPEAKERS, PLEASE NOTE:
All talks (excluding the Keynote) should be 15 minutes long followed by 5 minutes of Q&A
8:30 - 8:50 AM
COFFEE + SIDIC ID PICK-UP
8:50 - 9:00 AM
OPENING STATEMENTS BY GENE BREWER
9:00 - 10:40 AM
TALK SESSION 1 (MODERATOR: JOHN PROTZKO)
9:00 - 9:20
1: WHAT ARE GROUP DIFFERENCES -- JUST LARGE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, OR SOMETHING ELSE? ANSWERS FROM STUDIES OF WORKING MEMORY AND ATTENTION
Nelson Cowan
9:20 - 9:40
2: VALIDITY IS A THEORETICAL PROBLEM: LINKING COGNITIVE PROCESSES TO PERFORMANCE INDICATORS INSTEAD OF CORRELATING TASKS TO TASKS
Gidon Frischkorn, Ricardo Rebmann, Klaus Oberauer
9:40 - 10:00
3: PUPIL RESPONSE AS A MEASURE OF COGNITIVE EFFORT IN ANTICIPATION OF MOTIVATED AND UNMOTIVATED DECEPTIVE RESPONDING
Evan Brennan, Keith Hutchison
10:00 - 10:20
4: STRESS RELATED CHANGES IN EXECUTIVE ATTENTION, CORTISOL, AND INFLAMMATION: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF TASK UNRELATED THOUGHTS
Jonathan B. Banks, Lillian Lowry, Kelsey Altschul, Matthew S. Welhaf, Jaime L. Tartar
10:20 - 10:40
5: MIND WANDERING PARTIALLY MEDIATES THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WORKING MEMORY AND EPISODIC MEMORY
Gene Brewer, Dillon Murphy
10:40 - 11:00 AM
BREAK + POSTER SET-UP
11:00 - 12:00 PM
12:00 - 1:00 PM
LUNCH
1:00 - 2:00 PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: DR. YUKO MUNAKATA
(INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW CONWAY)
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON SELF CONTROL
Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis
2:00 - 2:10 PM
BREAK
2:10 - 3:50 PM
TALK SESSION 2 (MODERATOR: ANNA-LENA SCHUBERT)
2:10 - 2:30
6: COMBINING DIFFERENTIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES CAN EXPLAIN COGNITIVE HETEROGENEITY AND PROMOTE EQUITY
LaTasha R. Holden
2:30 - 2:50
7: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN EATING PREFERENCE SELECTIVELY SUPPRESS RECOLLECTIVE MEMORY FOR FOOD STIMULI
Chong Zhao, Jennifer Wildes, Akram Bakkour
2:50 - 3:10
8: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN USE OF GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS: AGE, SEX, AND MODE OF TRAVEL
Alexis Topete, Chuanxiuyue He, Chelsie McWhorter, John Protzko, Jonathan Schooler, Daniel Montello, Mary Hegarty
3:10 - 3:30
9: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND PERSONALITY
Vincent A. Medina, Khiem T. Truong, Emily M. Elliott
3:30 - 3:50
10: RATIONALITY IS (LITTLE MORE THAN) INTELLIGENCE (FLUID AND CRYSTALLIZED)
Andrew R. A. Conway, Lise Abrams, Manali Pathare, Sara A. Goring, Christopher J. Schmank, Nathaniel J. Davis