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| RESEARCH
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My primary line of research focuses on the neurocognitive basis of interpersonal functioning, specifically, within the context of long-term marriages. The working hypothesis, underlying this project, is that long-term close relationships provide a dynamic learning environment, wherein the dispositional characteristics of one spouse would shape the neurobehavioral profile of the other spouse. I am currently investigating this hypothesis in neurologically intact elderly married couples, using both behavioral and neuroimaging tools, as well as in elderly couples, where one spouse exhibits neurobehavioral deficits (e.g., Parkinson’s Disease).
Other research interests revolve around age-related changes in socioemotional processing and the role of differences in cognitive-perceptual processing on spiritual experiences in neurologically intact individuals and clinical populations.
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| JOURNAL
PUBLICATIONS |
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| Petrican, R., Burris, C.T., Bielak,
T., Schimmack, U., & Moscovitch, M. (2011). For my eyes only: Gaze control, enmeshment, and relationship quality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 1111-1123. |
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| Burris, C.T., & Petrican, R. (2011). Hearts strangely warmed (or cooled): Emotional experience in religious and atheistic individuals. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 21(3), 183-197. |
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| Petrican, R., & Burris, C.T.(2011). The Infernal Now: Linking temporal inefficacy to cognitive ability and social adjustment. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 43(1), 52-62. |
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| Petrican, R., Gopie, N., Leach, L.,
Chow, T.W., Richards, B., & Moscovitch, M.(2010). Recollection
and familiarity for public events in neurologically intact older adults
and two brain-damaged patients. Neuropsychologia, 48, 945-960. |
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Schneider, L., Schimmack, U., Petrican,
R., & Walker, S. (2010).Acquaintanceship length as a moderator
of self-informant agreement in life satisfaction. Journal of Research
in Personality, 44, 146-150. |
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| Petrican, R., & Schimmack, U.
(2008). The role of dorsolateral prefrontal function in relationship
commitment. Journal of Research in Personality, 42 (4), 1130-1135. |
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| Petrican, R., Moscovitch, M., &
Schimmack, U. (2008). Cognitive resources, valence and memory retrieval
of emotional events in older adults. Psychology and Aging 23(3), 585-594. |
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| ABSTRACTS,POSTERS
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Petrican, R., & Burris, C. (July,
2010). This carnal coil: Temporal entrapment and
sociocognitive functioning in young and old adults. Talk delivered
at the 14th
Triennial Conference of the International Society for the Study of
Time, Monte Verde,Costa Rica. |
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Petrican, R., Burris, C., &
Moscovitch, M. (January, 2010). For my eyes only: Gaze
control, enmeshment, and relationship quality. Poster presented at
the at the 11th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las
Vegas, NV, USA. |
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Petrican, R., & Moscovitch, M.
(November, 2009). Gaze Control, Theory-of-Mind and
Self-Other Differentiation in Married Couples' Shared Memories. Poster
presented at the
Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA. |
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| Petrican, R., & Burris, C. (February,
2009). And you love me... So?: Motivated construal of relationship
history predicts long-term relationship viability. Poster accepted
for presentation at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL, USA |
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| Petrican, R., & Moscovitch, M.
(November, 2008). Investigating the Relationship between Executive
Control and Theory-of-Mind Abilities. Poster accepted for presentation
at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA |
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| Petrican, R., & Schimmack, U.
(February, 2008). Remembrance of things past: Markers of commitment
in romantic partners' accounts of past relationship episodes. Poster
accepted for presentation at the at the 9th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
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| Petrican, R., & Moscovitch, M.
(November, 2007). Recollection and familiarity for public events in
neurologically intact older adults and brain-damaged patients. Poster
accepted for presentation at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting,
Long Beach, CA, USA |
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| Petrican, R. (May, 2007). "Shared
reality in the brain": Dispositional determinants of commitment
in dating couples. Talk given at the York University/University of
Toronto Joint Meeting on Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology.
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Petrican, R., Moscovitch, M., &
Schimmack, U. (2007). At the confluence of emotion and cognition:
Working memory capacity and temporal construal modulate the age-related
positivity effect in memory for news stories. Poster presented at
the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology,
Memphis, TN, USA |
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| Petrican, R., & Moscovitch, M.
(November, 2006). The role of working memory capacity and time perspective
in older adults' memory for news events. Poster accepted for presentation
at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, USA |
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| Petrican, R. (October, 2006). Shared
reality maintenance strategies in dating couples. Talk given at the
Social, Personality and Abnormal Area Meeting. University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Petrican, R., & Schimmack, U.
(January, 2006). Working memory capacity and shared reality creation
in dating couples. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA, USA |
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| CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE |
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| TEACHING
EXPERIENCE |
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| 2004-present
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Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto at Mississauga |
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| PROFESSIONAL
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| AWARDS |
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2007-2009
PSC/CIHR INMH Doctoral Research Award
2004-2007 University of Toronto Fellowship
2001 Golden Key Member
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| OTHER
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English (reading, writing, speaking), French (reading, writing),
Romanian (native speaker)
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