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11 Facts About Lynn Hasher

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Lynn Hasher is a cognitive scientist known for research on attention, working memory, and inhibitory control.

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Lynn Hasher was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1986.

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Lynn Hasher is one of the authors of Working Memory and Human Cognition.

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Lynn Hasher received her Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Smith College.

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Lynn Hasher held faculty positions at Carleton University, Temple University, and Duke University.

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In 1999, Lynn Hasher joined the faculty of the University of Toronto and the Rotman Research Institute.

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Lynn Hasher is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Psychonomic Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists.

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Lynn Hasher is a member of the Memory Disorders Research Society.

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Lynn Hasher's research has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

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Lynn Hasher is married to David Goldstein, with whom she conducted research on the illusory truth effect.

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In 2009 Hasher presented the Paul B Baltes Lecture at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.