Psychology

Dr. Thadeus Meeks

Associate Professor

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Education: Ph.D., 2009
University of Georgia

Specialization:
Cognitive Psychology

Phone:
(618) 650-3438

Office:
AH-0133

About Dr. Meeks

J. Thadeus Meeks won the Researcher of the Year Award from the SIUE chapter of Sigma Xi in 2011. In 2009, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in cognitive psychology. Dr. Meeks presently teaches Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics, Sensation and Perception, and Foundations of Psychology. His research interests broadly revolve around human learning and memory. More specifically, he is interested in such topics as how we remember to complete our intentions (prospective memory), how we remember the source of information, and how we experience the different varieties of memory. His research has been published in such journals as Memory & Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, and the Journal of Memory and Language. Dr. Meeks also enjoys sports, outdoor activities, and cooking.

Mentoring Expertise

Dr. Meeks is available to mentor students interested in pursuing graduate degrees in experimental areas of psychology, especially those interested in cognitive psychology.

Representative Publications

• Meeks, J. T., Pitães, M., & Brewer, G. A. (2015). The compensatory role of implementation intentions for young adults with low working memory capacity. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29(5), 691-701.
• Meeks, J. T., Rosnick, C. B., Blackhurst, J., & Overton, A. (2014). Does Sex Matter? The Moderating Role of Sex on the Relationship Between Stress Biomarkers and Cognition. Current Psychology, 33, 199-218.
• Cook, G. I., Meeks, J. T., Clark‐Foos, A., Merritt, P. S., & Marsh, R. L. (2014). The Role of Interruptions and Contextual Associations in Delayed‐Execute Prospective Memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28, 91-103.
• Meeks, J. T., Knight, J. B., Brewer, G. A., Cook, G. I., & Marsh, R. L. (2014). Investigating the subjective reports of rejection processes in the word frequency mirror effect. Consciousness and Cognition, 24, 57-69.
• Knight, J. B., Meeks, J. T., Marsh, R. L., Brewer, G. A., & Hicks, J. L. (2011). An observation on the spontaneous noticing of prospective memory event-based cues. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37, 298-307.
• Ball, H. B., Marsh, R. L., Meeks, J. T., & Hicks, J. L. (2011). The reactivation of associated information affects source monitoring. Memory & Cognition, 39, 818-826.
• Brewer, G. A., Knight, J. B., Meeks, J. T., & Marsh, R. L. (2011). On the role of imagery in event-based prospective memory. Consciousness and Cognition, 20, 901-907.
• Marsh, R. L., Brewer, G. A., Clark-Foos, A., Meeks, J. T., Cook, G. I., & Hicks, J. L. (2011). A comparison of activity-based to event-based prospective memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 632-640.
• Meeks, J. T., & Marsh, R. L. (2010). Implementation intentions about nonfocal event-based prospective memory tasks. Psychological Research, 74, 82-89.
• Brewer, G. A., Marsh, R. L., Clark-Foos, A., & Meeks, J. T. (2010). Noncriterial recollection influences metacognitive monitoring and control processes. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 1936-1942.
• Clark-Foos, A.,Brewer, G.A., Marsh, R. L., Meeks, J. T., & Cook, G. I. (2009). The valence of event-based prospective memory cues or the context in which they occur affects their detection. American Journal of Psychology. 122(1), 89-97.
• Meeks, J. T., Hicks, J. L., & Marsh, R. L. (2007). Metacognitive awareness of event-based prospective memory. Consciousness and Cognition, 16(4), 997-1004.
• Marsh, R. L., Meeks, J. T., Hicks, J. L., Cook, G. I. & Clark-Foos, A (2006). Concreteness and item-to-list context associations in the free recall of items differing in context variability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 32(6), 1424-1430.