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Lynn Hasher is a Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto in the Department of Psychology. She obtained her A.B. from Smith College and her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1970, followed by post-doctoral training in cognitive development. Throughout her career, she has taught at several institutions, including Carleton University, Temple University, and Duke University, before joining the University of Toronto in 2000. Her research interests span a range of topics within cognition, focusing particularly on circadian rhythms, cognitive neuropsychology, cognitive gerontology, attention, memory, and comprehension. A central theme of her gerontology research is the role of basic attentional processes in the ability to understand language and remember events, with key questions addressing how attention changes with age. Additionally, her work explores adult age differences in circadian patterns, arousal, and the effects of synchrony on cognitive performance throughout the day.
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