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Dr. Kristen Tooley

  • Associate Professor - Psychology
  • Tooley, Kristen. Language and Math: How Abstract?, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 2021). Grant.
  • Tooley, Kristen M (Principal). Research Enhancement Program Grant, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 5, 2015, Funded: June 2016 - September 2017). Grant.
  • Tooley, K. (2020). Contrasting mechanistic accounts of the lexical boost. Memory & Cognition, 48, 815–838. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.3758/s13421-020-01019-3
  • Tooley, K. M., & Brehm, L. (2025). Putting the prime in priming: Using prime processing behavior to predict target structural processing. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-025-02643-3
  • Tooley, K. (n.d.). Response to “Redefining Career.” In The MotherScholar Collective: A framework for redefining academic life. Brill Publishers.
  • Tooley, K. (2023). Structural priming during comprehension: A pattern from many pieces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02209-7
  • Tooley, K., Pickering, M., & Traxler, M. (2019). Lexically-Mediated Syntactic Priming Effects in Comprehension: Sources of Facilitation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Spring 2019 Favorite Professor, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society. January 2019 - May 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: COLA Excellence in Teaching Award. August 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Delta Pi "Scholarship Banquet" invitee. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: William James Graduate Award, UC Davis. January 1, 2007 - December 1, 2008
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  1. Editorial Review Board Member

    Special Issue for Acta Psychologica

  2. Member

    Assistant Professor of Instruction Search Committee

  3. Member

    MAPR Assessment Committee

  4. Member

    Promotion and Outreach Committee

  5. Participant

    IDEA Book Club

  6. Member

    Personnel Committee

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