1. Nora Newcombe is a Canadian-American researcher in cognitive development, cognitive psychology and cognitive science, and expert on the development of spatial thinking and reasoning and episodic memory.
13 Facts About Nora Newcombe
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Nora Newcombe was the principal investigator of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, one of six Science of Learning Centers funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Nora Newcombe continued her education at Harvard University, receiving a Ph.
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At Harvard, Nora Newcombe collaborated with Barbara Rogoff and Kagan on studies of the development of recognition memory.
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Nora Newcombe taught at Pennsylvania State University prior to joining the faculty of Temple University.
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Nora Newcombe is currently a professor of psychology at Temple University.
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Nora Newcombe previously served as the Chair of the Board of the Cognitive Science Society and Chair of the Board of Scientific Affairs of the American Psychological Association.
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Nora Newcombe is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Society of Experimental Psychologists, the Association for Psychological Science, four divisions of the American Psychological Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Cognitive Science Society.
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Nora Newcombe is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Nora Newcombe is Editor-in-chief of Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
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Nora Newcombe previously served as Editor-in-chief of Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
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Nora Newcombe has been the keynote speaker discussing relevant developments in spatial cognition at several meetings such as the Psychonomic Society, the American Psychological Society, the International Mind Brain Education Society and the German Psychological Society.
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Nora Newcombe has thus brought spatial cognition to the forefront of our conceptualization of the human intellect and its potential for learning.