Education
Publications
*Undergraduate mentee
Published Journal Articles
Manuscripts Under Review or in Preparation
1.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (in prep). Further evidence that the speed of working memory consolidation is a structural limit.
2.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (under review). Does working memory consolidation rely on central processing?
3.
Santacroce L. A. & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (in revision). Pop-out or emotional blink? Differentiating two phases of emotional attentional capture.
4.
*Pias Mroczek M. E., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (in prep). Better under pressure: Higher levels of stress increase temporal visual search performance, but preserve the emotional attentional blink.
5.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (under review). When can working memory consolidation be interrupted.
Awards and Funding
Presentations
*Undergraduate mentee
Oral Presentations
1.
Santacroce L. A. & Spaniol J. (2024). Reward vs. emotional capture: What do we prioritize under rapid temporal constraints, and how does this change as we age? Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
2.
Tamber-Rosenau B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Carlos B. J. (2024). Further evidence that the speed of working memory consolidation is a structural limit. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.
3.
Santacroce L. A. (2024). Emotional or “pop-out” blink. McCall MacBain 10-minute Research Talks competition and Appetizers for the Mind finalist competition (two presentations), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Watch🡽
4.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2023). The locus of Retroactive interference with working memory consolidation is central in nature. Virtual Working Memory Symposium, online.
5.
Santacroce L. A., *Swami A. L., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2022). The emotional attentional blink relies on “pop out,” but is weak compared to the goal-driven attentional blink. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
6.
Santacroce L. S. & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2022). A tale of two phases: The emotional attentional blink reflects sequential effects of visual and emotional salience. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Meeting, Boston, MA. Watch🡽
7.
Santacroce L. A., *Swami A. L., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2020). Emotional stimuli exert surprisingly weak capture of temporal attention. University of Houston College of Optometry’s Summer Seminar, online.
8.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2020). Retroactive interference on working memory consolidation is structural, not strategic. University of Houston College of Optometry’s Summer Seminar, online.
9.
Yörük H., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2020). Crowding anisotropy supports the sensory recruitment model for location-bound visual working memory representations. Virtual Working Memory Symposium, online.
10.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2020). On the relationship between proactive and retroactive interference between working memory consolidation and response selection. Virtual Working Memory Symposium, online.
11.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2019). Retroactive interference on working memory consolidation is structural, not strategic. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Meeting, Montréal, QC, Canada.
12.
Santacroce L. A., Petro N., *Walker C., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2019). Do Non-Target Emotional Stimuli Modulate the Attentional Blink? Vision Sciences Society Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Poster Presentations
1.
Santacroce L. A., *Purohit S., *Carlse K. E. A., & Spaniol J. (upcoming March 2025). Feedback sensitivity in younger and older adults: Effects of social content and valence on time estimation and event-related potentials. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
2.
*Purohit S., *Carlse K. E. A., Santacroce L. A., & Spaniol J. (2024). How do social content and feedback valence affect feedback processing in younger and older adults? Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science Meeting, Edmonton, AB. View🡽
3.
Santacroce L. A., Spaniol J., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2024). Categorical, not visual, distinctiveness yields a pop-out blink with neutral text stimuli. Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science Meeting, Edmonton, AB. View🡽
4.
*Purohit S., *Carlse K. E. A., Santacroce L. A., & Spaniol J. (2024). How do social content and feedback valence affect feedback processing in younger and older adults? TMU Psychology Undergraduate Poster Session, Toronto, ON. View🡽
5.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2023). Retroactive interference with working memory consolidation occurs at a central locus. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
6.
Santacroce L. A. & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2023). Controlling for spatial envelope does not affect emotion-induced blindness with textual stimuli. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Meeting, San Francisco, CA. View🡽
7.
Santacroce L. A. & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2023). Do fewer salient events modulate the emotional attentional blink? Vision Sciences Society Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL. View🡽
8.
*Pias Mroczek M. E., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2022). Better under pressure: Higher levels of stress increase temporal visual search performance, but preserve the emotional attentional blink. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. View🡽
9.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2022). Retroactive dual-task interference effects on memory consolidation are due to memory strength, not decision bias. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Meeting, Boston, MA.
10.
Santacroce L. A. & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2022). Stimuli associated with first-hand traumatic events do not increase the emotional attentional blink. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL. View🡽
11.
Santacroce L. A., *Swami A. L., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2021). The emotional attentional blink’s weakness cannot be explained by mixing with the standard attentional blink. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Meeting, online. View🡽
12.
Santacroce L. A., *Swami A. L., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2021). Direct Comparison Reveals that the One-Target Emotional Attentional Blink is Far Weaker than the Two-Target Attentional Blink. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, online. View🡽
13.
Carlos B. J., Santacroce L. A., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2020). Retroactive interference on working memory consolidation with exclusively visual content. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Meeting, online.
14.
Santacroce L. A., Gorniak S. L., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2020). Relationship between cognitive-cognitive and cognitive-motor dual task costs. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Meeting, online. View🡽
15.
Santacroce L. A., *Swami A. L., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2020). Emotional stimuli exert surprisingly weak capture of temporal attention. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, online. View🡽
16.
Santacroce L. A., Carlos B. J., & Tamber-Rosenau B. J. (2019). Salient inter-target distraction can attenuate the attentional blink. Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Meeting, Montréal, Québec, Canada. View🡽
17.
Santacroce L. A., Petro N., *Walker C., Tamber-Rosenau B. J., & Keil A. (2018). Do Non-Target Emotional Stimuli Modulate the Attentional Blink? Association for Research on Memory, Attention, Decision making, Intelligence, Language, Learning, and Organization, Houston, TX. View🡽
18.
Johnson S. A., Turner S. M., Fertal K. E., Santacroce L. A., Bizon J. L., Maurer A. P., & Burke S. N. (2017). Role of CA3 and dentate gyrus in the discrimination of perceptually similar objects depends on novelty of stimuli. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
19.
Santacroce L. A., Petro N., Barrow D., & Keil A. (2017). The Temporal Limits of Human Selective Attention: The Role of Modality, Emotion, and Anxiety on the Attentional Blink. Association for Research on Memory, Attention, Decision making, Intelligence, Language, Learning, and Organization, College Station, TX. View🡽
20.
Santacroce L. A., Petro N., Barrow D., & Keil A. (2017). The Temporal Limits of Human Selective Attention: The Role of Modality, Emotion, and Anxiety on the Ability to Keep Up with a Fast-Paced World. Psychology Department Undergraduate Research Forum, Gainesville, FL. View🡽
21.
Turner S. M., Santacroce L. A., Johnson S. A., Maurer A. P., & Burke S. N. (2016). A rodent model of medial temporal lobe-dependent discrimination deficits in the elderly. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
22.
Hernandez A. R., Campos K., Truckenbrod L., Santacroce L. A., Hernandez C. M., Sakarya Y., McQuail J. A., Maurer A. P., Bizon J., Carter C., & Burke S. N. (2016). The ketogenic diet as a therapeutic strategy for improving motor and cognitive functioning in a rodent model of senescence. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
23.
Gaynor L. S., Mizell J., Campos K. T., Santacroce L. A., McEwen C., Chetram D. K., Maurer A. P., Bauer R. M., & Burke S. N. (2016). Stimulus modality affects recognition behavior during spontaneous object recognition and crossmodal object recognition tasks. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
24.
Turner S. M., Santacroce L. A., Johnson S. A., Maurer A. P., & Burke S. N. (2016). A rodent model of medial temporal lobe-dependent discrimination deficits in the elderly. Psychology Department Undergraduate Research Forum, Gainesville, FL.
25.
Turner S. M., Santacroce L. A., Johnson S. A., Maurer A. P., & Burke S. N. (2016). A rodent model of medial temporal lobe-dependent discrimination deficits in the elderly [Abstract #13]. Council on Undergraduate Research 20th Annual Posters on the Hill, Washington, DC. View🡽
26.
Turner S. M., Santacroce L. A., Johnson S. A., Maurer A. P., & Burke S. N. (2016). A rodent model of medial temporal lobe-dependent discrimination deficits in the elderly. UF Center for Undergraduate Research Symposium, Gainesville FL. View🡽
27.
Windham E., Gaynor L., Fantaccione D., Carty K., Santacroce L. A., Yoder W. M., Burke S. N., Johnson S. A., Bizon J., & Smith D. W. (2015). A psychophysical technique for characterizing age-associated alterations in olfactory function. UF Undergraduate Research Forum, Gainesville, FL.
28.
Windham E., Gaynor L., Fantaccione D., Carty K., Santacroce L. A., Yoder W. M., Burke S. N., Johnson S. A., Bizon J., & Smith D. W. (2014). A psychophysical technique for characterizing age-associated alterations in olfactory function. North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience Brain Awareness Week, Gainesville, FL.
Teaching Experience
Sole Instructor
Guest Lecturer
Fall
2017
Paying Attention (Introduction to Cognitive Psychology)
University of Houston; Instructor: Dr. Brandin Munson
Substitute lecturer for the “Paying Attention” chapter for the Introduction to Cognitive Psychology course I TAed
Fall
2024
The Acquisition of Memories and the Working-Memory System (Cognitive Psychology)
Ball State University; Instructor: Dr. Brandon Carlos
Substitute/guest lecturer (virtual) for the “The Acquisition of Memories and the Working-Memory System” chapter of an undergraduate Cognitive Psychology course
Fall
2024
Paying Attention (Cognitive Psychology)
Ball State University; Instructor: Dr. Brandon Carlos
Substitute/guest lecturer (virtual) for the “Paying Attention” chapter of an undergraduate Cognitive Psychology course
Fall
2024
Recognizing Objects (Cognitive Psychology)
Ball State University; Instructor: Dr. Brandon Carlos
Substitute/guest lecturer (virtual) for the “Recognizing Objects” chapter of an undergraduate Cognitive Psychology course
Spring
2023
Effective Science Communication (First-year Graduate Course)
University of Houston; Instructor: Dr. Therese Kosten
Gave a lecture on effective science communication for the first-year graduate student course
Teaching Assistant
Mentorship Experience
2024-
2025*
Reyhana Wilson
Independent research project, sole supervisor
*Research ongoing; expected to complete thesis in April 2025
2023-
2024
Santhiya Purohit
Honors thesis, co-supervised with Dr. Julia Spaniol
Thesis: “How do social content and feedback valence affect feedback processing in younger and older adults?”
2022-
2023
Maria Mroczek
Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship, co-supervised with Dr. Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau
Project: “Better under pressure: Higher levels of stress increase temporal visual search performance, but preserve the emotional attentional blink”
Now a research assistant in the Children’s Learning Institute at University of Texas Health
2019-
2022
Anushka Oak
Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship, co-supervised with Dr. Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau
Project: “Searching for Gait Markers of Cognitive-Motor Dual-task Interference using Machine Learning”
Received a Fulbright award to Spain (2022-2023) and is now a PhD candidate in neuroscience at Georgetown University
2018-
2019
Apurva Swami
Honors thesis, co-supervised with Dr. Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau
Thesis: “Comparing the time courses of top-down and bottom-up attention in the temporal domain”
Now in law school at Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Undergraduate Student Research Supervision
Undergraduate Professional Development Mentees
2020-
2022
Clayton Hutchins
Grad school prep
Reached out for grad school advice after taking my intro to cognitive psych course; now a Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s student at University of Houston- Clear Lake
2021-
2022
Breeana White
Psychology career advice
Reached out for advice on psychology career paths after taking my intro to cognitive psych course; now a Research Coordinator at Baylor College of Medicine
2021-
2023
Sana Momin
Grad school prep
Reached out for grad school advice after taking my intro to cognitive psych course; now in a clinical master’s program
2023-
present
Santhiya Purohit
Grad school prep
Applying to cognitive psychology PhD programs for Fall 2025 after completing a thesis co-supervised by me
2023-
present
Nina Klonis
Researcher advice & grad school prep
Reached out for career advice after taking my intro to cognitive psych course; currently a research coordinator at Baylor College of Medicine and applying to cognitive psychology PhD programs for Fall 2025
Graduate Student Mentees
1.
Harun Yörük (2018-2023, University of Houston)
2.
Keith Racioppo (2020-2023, University of Houston)
3.
Mane Kara-Yakoubian (2023-present, Toronto Metropolitan University)
4.
Megan Vaziri (2023-present, Toronto Metropolitan University)
5.
Aalim Makani (2023-present, Toronto Metropolitan University)
6.
Shadini Dematagoda (2023-present, Toronto Metropolitan University)
Undergraduate Research Assistants
1.
Emily Tran (2025-present, Toronto Metropolitan University)
2.
Amber Dela Pena (2025-present, Toronto Metropolitan University)
3.
Akshat Kumar (2017-2018, University of Houston) – medical student at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
4.
Mickayla Rossing (2017-2018, University of Houston) – received a applied behavioral analysis master’s at Texas State University and is now a Board Certified Behavior Analyst
5.
Ryan Liu-Pham (2018-2019, University of Houston) – received a social psychology PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi and now an assistant professor at Jackson State University
6.
Christopher Walker (2018-2019, University of Houston) – received a clinical psychology master’s from University of Houston- Victoria
7.
Sumayyah Khan (2018-2019, University of Houston) – neuroscience PhD student at University of Texas Health
8.
Yazan Akkad (2017-2021, University of Houston) – Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s student at University of Houston- Clear Lake
9.
Vinay Talwar (2019-2021, University of Houston) – clinical master’s student in Texas
10.
Brendan Traynor (2020-2021, University of Houston)
11.
Claire Bray (2020-2022, University of Houston)
12.
Clayton Hutchins (2020-2022, University of Houston) – Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s student at University of Houston- Clear Lake
Service
Ad-hoc Reviews
1.
Cognition and Emotion (2024)
2.
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics (2024)
3.
Journal of Vision (2024)
4.
Fronteirs in Neuroscience (2024)
5.
Consciousness and Cognition (2023)
6.
Neuropsychologia (2021)
7.
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics (2021)
Service to Community
2024
WiCS+ Speed Mentoring Event
Mentor at the 2024 Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting
Mentored two women graduate students (first year and second year) at the Women in Cognitive Science+ event
2023
3 Minute Thesis High School Outreach Event
Top Three Presenter, as voted by the students
Presented at a mock 3 Minute Thesis event at St. Petersburg High School for teens interested in STEM, organized by the Vision Sciences Society at their annual meeting
2020-
2023
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Graduate Students (DEIGS) Committee
Founding member, committee head, and Representative to faculty Diversity Committee
A committee founded by University of Houston psychology graduate students to promote diversity and inclusion for students in the psychology department
2022,
2023
Life as a Grad Student presenter and panel lead
Stepping into Graduate School and Careers in Psychology event
Presented a talk about life as a grad student and led a grad student panel discussion for undergraduate students in the Houston area
2022,
2023
Careers in Psychology Symposium for Gifted/talented Elementary Students
Cognitive psychology research presenter
Presented cognitive psychology research to a 6th grade class interested in learning about careers in psychology
Professional Affiliations
1.
The Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)
2.
Women in Cognitive Science - Canada (WiCSC)
3.
Women in Cognitive Science+ (WiCS+)
4.
SPARK Society
5.
Females of Vision, et al. (FoVea)
6.
Psychonomic Society
7.
Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
8.
North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience (2015-2017)
Skills/Proficiencies
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Certifications
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute Intro to Machine Learning Badge (Fall 2023)
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Coding Languages
Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB)
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
Python
R
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Laboratory Equipment
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Vicon Nexus motion capture system
Bertec force plate treadmill
Eyelink 1000+ eye tracker
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Experiment Packages and Applications
PsychoPy/PsychoJS software package
EEGlab/ERPLAB/ERPstudio (MATLAB extension)
Pavlovia.org
Psychophysics Toolbox 3.0 (MATLAB extension)
Qualtrics
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Statistical Programs
JASP Statistical Program
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
Statistical Analysis System (SAS)