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Kristen Lyons

Professor of Psychological Sciences

Psychological Sciences

Biography

I am a developmental psychologist. My research examines the mechanisms underlying age-related changes in self-control and how we can train self-control skills in children and adolescents.

Research Interests

    child development, metacognition, executive function, self-regulation, training studies, mindfulness

Teaching Interests

    human development, child psychology, cognitive development, research methods, early childhood, adolescence, educational psychology, social development

Education

PhD in Psychology

University of California, Davis

BS in Psychology

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Published Works

    Dumontheil, I., Lyons, E. K., Russell, A. T., Zelazo, D. P. (2022). A Preliminary Neuroimaging Investigation of the Effects of Mindfulness Training on Attention Reorienting and Amygdala Reactivity to Emotional Faces in Adolescent and Adult Females. (in press). Journal of Adolescence. Lyons, K., Erickson, C. . Risk/reward decisions in adults. https://journals.sagepub.com/description/EAX. Barney, T. S., Lyons, E. K., Bridgmon, D. K. (2020). The Boots on The Ground: Convention Manager. (). Society for the Teaching of Psychology E-Books. Jackson Shumate, L. S., Schliemann, S., McKinney, L., Ignizio, S. G., Lyons, E. K., Dillen, F. B. (2018, May). Community based research as service learning. MSU Denver Professional Development Conference. Lyons, K. (2016). Attachment through the Life Course. Diener Education Fund Publishers. , www.nobaproject.com Lyons, K., DeLange, J. (2016). Mindfulness matters in the classroom: The Effects of mindfulness training on brain development and behavior in children and adolescents. (). Springer. Lyons, K. (2016). Social Neuroscience. Diener Education Fund Publishers. , www.nobaproject.com Lyons, K. (2016). Theory of Mind. Diener Education Fund Publishers. , www.nobaproject.com Shapiro, S., Lyons, K., Miller, R., Butler, B., Vieten, C., Zelazo, P. (2015). Contemplation in the classroom: A new direction for childhood education. Educational Psychology Review, 27-30. . Coughlin, C., Hembacher, E., Lyons, K., Ghetti, S. (2015). Introspection on uncertainty and judicious help-seeking during the preschool years. Developmental Science, 1857-971. . Tagar, M., Federico, C., Lyons, K., Ludeke, S., Koenig, M. (2014). Heralding the authoritarian? Orientation toward authority in early childhood. Psychological Science, 2583-892. . McWilliams, K., Goodman, G., Lyons, K., Avila-Mora, E. (2014). Memory for child sexual abuse information: Simulated memory error and individual differences. Memory & Cognition, 4251-163. . Coughlin, C., Lyons, K., Ghetti, S. (2014). Remembering the past to envision the future in middle childhood: Developmental Linkages between Prospection and Episodic Memory. Cognitive Development, 306-100. . Dumontheil, I., Lyons, K., . (2014). Meditation May Improve Self-Control in Adolescents. Eltern Magazin, Lyons, K., Ghetti, S. (2013). I don't want to pick!: Metacognitive monitoring and inhibitory control support early strategic behavior. Child Development, 8426-736. . Lyons, K., & Koenig, M. (2013). The development of social cognition in theory and action. (pp 19-40). New York: Oxford University Press. Ghetti, S., Lyons, K., & DeMaster, M. D. (2012). The development of episodic memory: Binding processes, controlled processes, and introspection on memory states. (pp 144-167). New York: Oxford University Press. Zelazo, D. P., Lyons, K. (2012). The potential benefits of mindfulness training in early childhood: A developmental social cognitive neuroscience perspective. , 654-160. . Zelazo, D. P., Lyons, K. (2011). Mindfulness training in childhood. , 541-65. . Lyons, K., & Zelazo, D. P., . (2011). Monitoring, metacognition, and executive function: Elucidating the role of self-reflection in the development of self-regulation. (pp 379-411). Academic Press. Lyons, K., & Ghetti, S. (2011). The development of uncertainty monitoring in early childhood. , 82778-1787. . Lyons, K., Ghetti, S., & Cornoldi, C. (2010). Age differences in the contribution of recollection and familiarity to false memory formation: A new paradigm to examine developmental reversals. , 1355-362. . Ghetti, S., Castelli, P., Lyons, K. (2010). Knowing about not remembering: Developmental dissocaitions in lack-of-memory monitoring. , 1311-621. . Lyons, K., & Ghetti, S. (2010). Metacognitive development in early childhood: New questions about old assumptions. (pp 259-278). Springer. Ghetti, S., Lyons, K., Lazzarin, F., & Cornoldi, C. (2008). The development of metamemory monitoring during retrieval: The case of memory strength and memory absence. , 9957-181. .