
Kimberly Sarah Chiew
Assistant Professor
303-871-3721 (Office)
Frontier Hall, 2155 S. Race St. Denver, CO 80208
What I do
I am an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Denver, conducting research, teaching, student mentoring, and university service with a focus on human cognitive and affective neuroscience.
Specialization(s)
cognitive control and episodic memory, cognitive neuroscience, motivational and affective influences on cognition, neuromodulatory influences on cognition, role of individual differences
Professional Biography
Degree(s)
- Ph.D., Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2013
- MA, Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2009
- BS, Neuroscience, University of Toronto, 2005
Professional Affiliations
- Cognitive Neuroscience Society
- Psychonomic Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- Association for Psychological Science
- American Educational Research Association
Research
With a specific focus on cognitive control -- flexible maintenance, updating, and inhibition functions enabling controlled performance -- and episodic memory -- detail-rich, long-term memory representations of specific events, we investigate the impact of motivational contexts on cognitive processes supporting adaptive human behavior.
The MAC Lab uses a combination of behavioral paradigms, psychophysiology (including facial EMG and pupillometry), functional neuroimaging (fMRI), and video analysis of behavior in naturalistic environments to investigate these effects.
Key Projects
- Beyond Reward: Approach & Avoidance Motivation Generate Functional Contexts for Cognitive Control & Adaptive Memory
- Investigating temporal dynamics of motivation-cognitive control interactions in children with ADHD using high-resolution pupillometry
Featured Publications
Awards
- Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science
Graduate Mentorship
Dr. Chiew will NOT be reviewing applications for fall 2023 admission.