Cognitive

Dr. Marcus Leppanen

maleppane@umw.edu

(540) 654-1562

Mercer 307

Classes Taught:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Research Methods in Psychology
  • Research Seminar in Cognition or Learning
  • Independent Research 

Research Interests:

  • The measurement and assessment of handedness, and how handedness behavior is associated with memory performance
  • The relationship between context and memory for prior remembering
  • Individual differences in cognition (e.g., attention). 

Favorite Paper Published: 

Leppanen. M. & Lyle, K. B. (2018). Making remembering more memorable. Memory, 26(7), 960-973. doi:10.1080/09658211.2017.1422270

Favorite Hobby:

Playing board games and video games with friends