Dr. Nielson's teaching interests include experimental psychology and research design; cognition; brain and behavior; adult development and aging; psychopharmacology; and neuropsychology and neurological disease
Dr. Nielson's research interests include cognition, psychobiology and neuropsychology, specifically related to memory, attention, aging, dementia, and functional MRI. She principally studies how memories are enhanced or impaired, how aging affects memory, the prediction of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease using fMRI and risk factors, and methods to enhance memory and performance across the lifespan in environments such as classrooms and at work.
