Kathleen Hourihan, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

emotion forgetting intentional forgetting memory memory judgments metacognition metacognitive control remembering

Latest funding

Purposeful memory: Influences on how we remember and forget
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$112,000
Metamemory: The monitoring and control of memory
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$174,000

Purposeful memory: Influences on how we remember and forget

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hourihan, Kathleen

Keywords: memory; metacognition; remembering; forgetting; intentional forgetting; emotion; memory judgments; metacognitive control

$112,000

Metamemory: The monitoring and control of memory

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hourihan, Kathleen

$174,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: emotion Dear Professor Hourihan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on emotion connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Purposeful memory: Influences on how we remember and forget" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]