Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neuroscience
hemispheric specialization, cognitive evolution, spatial attention, advertising and aesthetics
Publications:
Books
Wade,
C., Tavris, C., Saucier, D.M., & Elias, L.J.
(2009). Psychology (3ndt
Canadian Edition). Toronto:
Prentice Hall.
Elias,
L.J. & Saucier, D.M. (2006). Neuropsychology: Clinical and
Experimental Foundations. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Research Articles
Thomas,
N.A., & Elias, L.J. (2009). Do perceptual asymmetries differ in peripersonal and extrapersonal
space? Journal of the
International Neuropsychological Society. (In
Press, accepted Aug 26, 2009, 11 manuscript pages).
Thomas,
N.A., Stuckel, D., Gutwin,
C., & Elias, L.J. (2009). Directional collisions
during a route following task. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 15: 225-230.
Thomas,
N.A., Burkitt, J.A., Patrick, R.E., & Elias, L.J.
(2009). The lighter side of advertising: Investigating posing and lighting
biases. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body,
Brain and Cognition. 13: 504-513.
Patrick,
R.E. & Elias, L.J. (2008). Navigational conversation impairs concurrent
distance judgments. Accident Analysis and
Prevention, 41, 36-41.
Hall, P.A., Elias, L.J., Fong,
G.T., Harrison, A., Borowski, R., Sarty,
G. (2008). A social neuroscience perspective on physical
activity. Journal of Sport &
Exercise Psychology, 30, 432-449.
Hall,
P.A., Fong, G.T., Epp, L.J., & Elias, L. (2008). Executive function
moderates the intention-behavior link for physical
activity and dietary behavior. Psychology & Health, 23, 309-326.
Suschinsky, K. Krupp, D., & Elias, L.J. (2007). Looking for Ms. Right: Allocating Attention
to Facilitate Mate Choice Decisions. Evolutionary
Psychology, 5(2) 428-441. (accepted for
publication June 13, 2007) [NSERC to LJE].
Rhode, L. & Elias, L.J. (2007). Visual bisection of freely‑viewed asymmetrical stimuli. Laterality, 12(4), 347-355 (accepted for publication March
1, 2007) [NSERC to LJE].
Hall, P. Fong, G.T., Epp, L.J., Elias, L.J. (2006). Executive function moderates the intention‑behavior link for physical activity and
dietary behavior.
In Press, Psychology & Health (accepted for
publication October 4, 2006) [CIHR to PH].
Saucier,
D.M., Lisoway, A., Green, S., & Elias, L.J.
(2006). Female Advantage for Object
Location Memory In Peripersonal
But Not Extrapersonal Space. Journal of the International Neuropsychological
Society, 13, 1–4. (accepted October 27,
2006) [NSERC to DMS].
Hall,
P., Elias, L.J. Crossley, M. (2006). Neurocognitive
Influences on Health Behavior in a Community Sample.
Health Psychology, 25(6):778‑82, (accepted for publication October
19, 2006) [CIHR to PH].
Sykes Tottenham, L., Saucier, D., Elias, L.,
& Gutwin, C. (2005). Men are More Accurate at Aiming at Targets in
Both Intrapersonal and Extrapersonal Space. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 101,
3-12. [NSERC to DMS and
CG].
Robinson,
B.M.,
Elias, L.J. (2004). Novel Stimuli are Negative Stimuli: Evidence Negative
Affect is Reduced in the Mere Exposure Effect, Perceptual and Motor Skills,
100(2):365‑72.
Elias,
L.J. & Robinson, B.M.
(2004). Lateral biases in assumptions of
lighting position. Brain
and Cognition, 59(3), 303‑305.
Robinson,
B.M.,
Elias, L.J. (2005). Novel Stimuli are
Negative Stimuli: Evidence Negative
Affect is Reduced in the Mere Exposure Effect. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 100(2):365‑72.
Elias, L.J., Robinson, B., & Saucier, D.M.
(2004). Rightward Biases in Free‑Viewing
Visual Bisection Tasks. Brain
and Cognition, 59(3),
296‑298. (accepted for publication
January 28, 2003).
Saucier,
D.M., Tessem, F.K., Sheerin, A.,
& Elias, L.J. (2004). Unilateral forced nostril breathing affects
dichotic listening for emotional tones. Brain
and Cognition, 55( 2), 403‑405. (accepted for publication February 28, 2003).
Elias, L.J., Saucier, D.M., Sarty, G.E., Hardie, C.
(2003). What is unique in
synaesthesia? Behavioural
and functional neuroanatomical investigations. Cognitive Brain Research, 16, 232-237.
Elias, L.J., Saucier, D.M., Nylen, K., & Cheesman,
J. (2003). An examination of the female
advantage in speeded colour naming: Is it due to a special naming factor or
superior motor sequencing? Perceptual
and Motor Skills, 96, 955-961.
Gilleta, K., Vrbancic, M., Elias, L.J. & Saucier,
D.M.
(2003). A
Mozart effect for women on a mental rotations task Perceptual and Motor Skills, 96,
1086-1092.
Sulakhe, N., Elias, L.J., & Lejbak, L. (2003). Hemispheric
Asymmetries For Gap Detection Depend On Noise Type. Brain and Cognition, 53(2): 372‑5
(accepted for publication June 17, 2002).
McKibbin, K., Elias, L.J., Saucier, D.M., & Engebregston,
D. (2003). Right‑Hemispheric Dominance
for Processing Extended Non‑linguistic
Frequency Transitions. Brain and Cognition, 53(2):322‑6
(accepted for publication April 11, 2002).
MacFadden, A., Elias, L.J., & Saucier, D.M. (2003). Men and women scan maps similarly, but give
directions differently. Brain and Cognition, 53(2), 297‑300
(accepted for publication March 8, 2002).
Sykes-Tottenham, L., Saucier, D.M., Elias, L.J.,
& Gutwin, C. (2003). Female advantage for
spatial location memory in both static and dynamic environments Brain and Cognition, 53(2), 381-383.
(accepted for publication March 9, 2002).
Saucier,
D.M., Bowman, M., & Elias,
L.J. (2003). Sex differences in the effect of
articulatory or spatial dual-task interference during
navigation Brain
and Cognition, 53, 346–350.
Saucier,
D.M., Green, S.M., Leason,
J., MacFadden, A., Bell, S., & Elias, L.J. (2002). Are sex differences in navigation caused by
sexually dimorphic strategies or by the differences in the ability to use the
strategies? Behavioral Neuroscience, 116(3),
403-410. (Accepted for publication August , 2001).
Elias,
L.J., Saucier, D.M., Sheerin, A., & Burton, C.L. (2002). Free viewing perceptual asymmetries for
judgement of brightness and quantity: Dependence on stimulus orientation. Brain and Cognition, 48, 526-53 (accepted for publication on March 29, 2001).
Elias,
L.J., Saucier, D.M., & Engebregtson, D. (2002). Lateral differences in visual inspection
time? The role of apparent motion
cues. Brain and Cognition, 48, 342-347 (accepted for
publication March 12, 2001).
Saucier,
D.M. & Elias, L.J. (2002).
Laterality of phonological working memory: Dependence on type stimulus, memory
load, and sex. Brain and Cognition, 48, 526-531. (accepted for publication
March 4, 2001).
Buchanan, K.M. & Elias, L.J. (2001). Psychological distress and family burden
following spinal cord injury: Concurrent traumatic brain injury cannot be
overlooked. Axone,
22(3), 16-17 (accepted for publication March 11, 2001).
Saucier,
D.M., Elias, L.J., & Nylen, K.J. (2001). Are colours
special? An
examination of the female advantage for speeded colour naming. Personality
and Individual Differences, 32, 27-35. (accepted for
publication October 10, 2000).
Saucier,
D.M. and Elias, L.J. (2000). Lateral and sex differences in manual gesture during conversation.
Laterality, 6(3), 239-245 (accepted for publication September 23,
2000).
Elias,
L.J., Saucier, D.M., & Guylee, M.J. (2000). Handedness and Depression in University
Students: A Sex by Handedness Interaction.
Brain and Cognition, 42(1), 125-128. Accepted for publication
February 25, 2000.
Buchanan,
K.M., Elias, L.J., and Goplen, G.B. (1999). Differing Perspectives on Outcome after
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Patient, the Relative, the
Neurosurgeon. Neurosurgery, 46(4):
831‑8; discussion 838‑40. Accepted for
publication December 1, 1999.
Buchanan,
K.M. and Elias, L.J. (1999).
Personality & behaviour changes following spinal cord injury: self
perceptions - partners’ perceptions. Axone 21(2):36‑9. Accepted for publication
November 15, 1999.
Elias,
L.J., Bulman-Fleming, M.B., and McManus, I.C. (2000). Linguistic lateralization
and interhemispheric transfer time. Brain and Cognition, 43(1), 181-185. Accepted for publication
February 18, 1999.
Guylee, M.J., Elias, L.J., Bulman-Fleming,
M.B., and Dixon, M.J. (1999). Tactile gap-detection and language lateralization. Brain
and Cognition, 43(1), 234-238. Accepted for publication February 18, 1999.
Elias,
L.J., Bulman-Fleming, M.B., and McManus, I.C. (1999). Visual temporal asymmetries are related to
asymmetries in linguistic perception. Neuropsychologia, 37(11), 29‑35. Accepted for publication
January 11, 1999.
Elias,
L.J., Bulman-Fleming, M.B., and Guylee,
M.J. (1998). Complementarity
of cerebral function among individuals with atypical laterality profiles. Brain
and Cognition, 40(1): 112‑115.
Accepted for publication March 5, 1998.
Elias,
L.J., Bryden, M.P., and Bulman-Fleming,
M.B. (1998). Footedness is a better predictor of
emotional lateralization than is handedness.
Neuropsychologia, 36(1),
37-43. Accepted for
publication July 14, 1997.
Elias, L.J. and Bryden, M.P. (1998). Footedness is a better predictor of language lateralization than handedness. Laterality, 3(1), 41-51. Accepted for publication January 19, 1997.