Kimberly Cuevas
Associate Professor
Degree: | Ph.D., 2009, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick |
Webpages: | CAP Lab Website; Facebook |
Research Interests: | Development of basic and higher-order cognitive processes: learning, memory, executive functions Developmental cognitive/social neuroscience: EEG, ECG, Neural mirroring systems Latent learning: imitation, sensory preconditioning |
Research Synopsis: | Dr. Cuevas examines the development of basic and higher order cognitive skills from infancy through childhood with a focus on how brain maturation and underlying brain-behavior associations contribute to early cognitive processes. |
Courses: | Undergraduate: PSYC 2400 Developmental Psychology PSYC 2500 Learning PSYC 2501 Cognition PSYC 3470 Current Topics in Developmental Psychology (Infancy, Cognitive Development)
Graduate: PSYC 5450 Infancy & Early Experience |
Students in Research: | Undergraduate: Undergrad Student Info Graduate: Graduate Student Info |
Recent publications: | Cuevas, K., & Bell, M. A. (in press). EEG frequency development across infancy and childhood. In M. Bernat., P. Gable, & M. Miller (Eds.), Oxford handbook of human EEG frequency analysis. Oxford.
Cuevas, K., & Davinson, K. (in press). Infant memory. In M. Courage & N. Cowan (Eds.), The development of memory in infancy and childhood. Routledge.
Bryant, L. J., & Cuevas, K. (2022). The effects of reward on children’s Stroop performance: Interactions with temperament. Child Development, 93, e17-e31. |
Representative Publications: | Bryant, L. J., & Cuevas, K. (2019). Effects of active and observational experience on EEG activity during early childhood. Psychophysiology, 56, e13360.
Cuevas, K. & Sheya, A. (2019). Ontogenesis of learning and memory: Biopsychosocial and dynamical systems perspectives. Developmental Psychobiology, 61, 402-415.
Cuevas, K., Rajan, V., Morasch, K. C., & Bell, M. A. (2015). Episodic memory and future thinking during early childhood: Linking the past and future. Developmental Psychobiology, 57, 552-565.
Cuevas, K., & Bell, M. A. (2014). Infant attention and early childhood executive function. Child Development, 85, 397-404.
Cuevas, K., Cannon, E. N., Yoo, K., & Fox, N. A. (2014). The infant EEG mu rhythm: Methodological considerations and best practices. Developmental Review, 34, 26-43. |
Research Funding: | 5/2018-6/2022 Research Excellence Program, University of Connecticut, A Longitudinal Analysis of the Neural Basis of Social Information Processing during Infancy and Early Childhood, PI
4/2015-3/2018 NIH/NICHD-R03HD081333 EEG Mu Rhythm Analysis of Infant Social Information Processing, PI |
Awards: | 2020 Fellow, Eastern Psychological Association (elected)
2015 Early Career Outstanding Paper Award American Psychological Association (APA), Division 7
2015 Kucharski Young Investigator Award International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP)
2005 Sandra G. Weiner Developmental Psychobiology Student Investigator Award, ISDP
2002 National Psi Chi Undergraduate Allyn & Bacon Research Award, First Place |
Professional Activities: | Editorial
2014-present British Journal of Developmental Psychology (Editorial Advisory Board) 2020-present Developmental Psychobiology (Editorial Board) 2017-2020 Developmental Psychobiology (Associate Editor) 2016-2017 Developmental Psychology (Consulting Editor) 2014-2016 British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Guest co-Editor, Special Issue on Development of Action Mirroring 2011-2013 Infancy (Editorial Board) National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2021 Human Complex Mental Function (HCMF) Study Section 2016 Cognition & Perception Study Section Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) 2021-2024 Board Member 2018-2021 Annual Meeting Program Committee, Developmental Psychology-Chair 2014-2018 Annual Meeting Program Committee, Developmental Psychology-Member International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP) International Congress/Society on Infant Studies (ICIS) 2022 Biennial Meeting Review Panel, Attention, Memory, & Learning—Co-Chair Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) |
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kimberly.cuevas@uconn.edu | |
Phone | 203.236.9823 |
Mailing Address | Unit 1020 |
Office Location | BOUS 137; WTBY 338 |