Dr. Nigel Gopie

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Dr. Nigel Gopie

Post Doctoral Fellow Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest

Research Focus

Key Areas: Implicit and Explicit Memory, Destination Memory/Amnesia, Attention, & Aging

Upcoming Invited Lectures

Title:  Which brain network plays a critical role in retrieving the names of people? 
Rotman Rounds, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hosptial
September 20, 2010

Title: Social Memory
Ebbinghaus Empire Meeting, Dept. of Psychology, University of Toronto
January 19, 2011

Title: Memory and Aging
The Institute for Life Course & Aging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Thursday, April 7, 2011

Publications

15 publications in total

Academic Appointments

  • 2008–Present: Post Doctoral Fellow, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, ON.
  • 2003–2008: Nine Teaching Assistantships, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
  • 2008: Lecturer in Neuropsychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
  • 2006–2007: Clinical Neuropsychology Practicum, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON
  • 2006–2007: Advanced Psychological Assessment, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
  • 2005–2006: Psychoeducational Assessment Practicum, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Reviewership

Other

  • 2010–Present: Experimental Psychology

Distinctions and Awards

  • 2010: Jack and Rita Catherall Fund for Aging Research
  • 2009: Canadian Institutes of Health Research Summer Program in Aging
  • 2009: Jack and Rita Catherall Fund for Aging Research
  • 2008: Donald O. Hebb Award - Best Paper Presentation, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)

Manuscripts

Gopie, N., & Moscovitch, M. (under review). Why do we forget people's names as we get older? The contribution of autobiographical memory to proper name retrieval.

Gopie, N., Craik, F.I.M., Hasher, L. (under review). Age-related differences in remembering distracting information.

Gopie, N., & MacLeod, C.M. (under review). The pivotal role of conscious recollection in the production effect.

Gopie, N., & Moscovitch, M. (in prep). Recollection and familiarity for public events in healthy younger and older adults.

Press Coverage

  • 2010, September. MSNBC, New York.
  • 2010, September. New York Post, New York.
  • 2010, August. Daily Mail, London.
  • 2010, August. Telegraph, London.
  • 2010, May. SELF Magazine, New York.
  • 2010, May. Psychology Today, New York.
  • 2010, April. Psychology Today, New York.
  • 2010, February. Sound Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI National Public Radio, US.
  • 2010, February. NRC Handelsblad, Netherlands.
  • 2009, December. The BBC Radio 4, London.
  • 2009, December. The New York Times, New York.
  • 2009, November. The British Psychological Society's Research Digest blog, UK.
  • 2009, November. TIME. US.
  • 2009, November. Interviewed by LiveScience, New York.
  • 2009, November. Softpedia.
  • 2008, June. Interviewed by the London Free Press, London.
  • 2006, July. Interviewed by an Australian Science Magazine, Sydney.

Contact

The Rotman Research Institute
Baycrest
3560 Bathurst Street, 930
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6A 2E1 Phone: 416-785-2500 Ext. 5166 Email: ngopie@rotman-baycrest.on.ca Fax: 416-785-2862