Welcome from the Principal
Investigator
Jeni Pathman has worked with children and families in Hamilton (McMaster University), Durham (Duke University), Atlanta (Emory University), Davis (UC Davis), and Greensboro (UNCG) to learn about memory and cognitive development. Jeni completed her undergraduate degree at McMaster University, and received her Ph.D. from the Psychology Department at Emory University. She completed postdoctoral training at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. She was a faculty member in the Psychology Department at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG), and is now an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at York University. She is area head for the Developmental Science program at York and Associate Editor for the academic journal Memory. Dr. Pathman is grateful to families taking time out of their busy schedule to participate in our research.
Dr. Jeni Pathman
Our Team
The research team consists of graduate students and lab members in the Memory Development lab at York University working together to demystify the development of memory in children.
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Our Lab
Our lab conducts studies of cognitive development at York University's Keele campus, as well as in local preschools, schools, zoos and museums. We conduct online/remote studies, as well in-person studies in our lab. Our research provides insight about children's learning, memory and brain development. We hope our research will inform educational interventions.
Participants in our studies are volunteers in the community who generously offer their time to help us advance science. Click below to learn about more studies conducted by the Memory Development Lab.
Our Collaborators
Dr. Pathman (principal investigator) has assembled an exceptional research team that includes co-applicant, Dr. Lindsay Malloy (grant co-investigator), and world-renowned Canadian and international collaborators. The results of this project has implications world-wide, and thus collaborators are keen to contribute to knowledge mobilization efforts in their respective networks.
This project is funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, a Canadian-funded research study with the aim of providing researchers with stable support for long-term initiatives to advancing knowledge.
Enabling scholars to address complex issues about individuals and societies, and to further our collective understanding.