The University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
5848 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60637
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Andrew Mattarella-Micke
Background
Andrew is a fifth year doctoral student in the Cognition Program. A graduate of Michigan State University, he received his B.S. in Statistics with honors. Andrew is affiliated with the Human Performance Lab, directed by Sian Beilock. His research focuses on the acquisition, representation and performance of cognitive skills. This work relies on converging sources of evidence from behavior, physiology and neuroimaging to advance basic cognitive science research with educational implications.
Research Interests
The role of individual differences in attentional control and expertise in the acquisition and performance of cognitive skills.
Affective response and sensorimotor representation in abstract domains such as math problem solving.
The application of cognitive neuroscience to educational issues.
Publications
Mattarella-Micke, A., Mateo, J.M., Kozak, M.N., Foster, K.T. & Beilock, S.L. (accepted) Choke or Thrive? The Relation between Salivary Cortisol and Math Performance Depends on Individual Difference in Working Memory and Math Anxiety. Emotion.
Mattarella-Micke, A., & Beilock, S.L. (in press). Individual differences in working memory: Implications for learning and performance. In N.M. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer.
Mattarella-Micke, A., & Beilock, S.L. (2010). Situating math problems: The story matters. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17(1), 106-111.
Lyons, I., Cieslak, M., Mattarella-Micke, A., Nusbaum, H., Small, S., & Beilock, S. L. (2009). Neural processing of action-related language. Brain & Language.
Beilock, S. L., Lyons, I. M., Mattarella-Micke, A., Nusbaum, H. C., & Small, S. L. (2008). Sports experience changes the neural processing of action language. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
