Research Area(s)
- Child & Adult Development
- Successful Aging
- Digital Literacy & Technology Use
- Memory & Forgetting
- Exploring digital literacy in older adulthood
Education
- Ph.D.: Cognitive Developmental Psychology (Cognition & Neuroscience).
September 2011 – August 6, 2015 at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Thesis: Retrieval-Induced Forgetting in Kindergartner: Evaluating the Inhibitory
Account
- M.Ed.: Educational Psychology (Measurement & Evaluation).
September, 2009 – August 29, 2011 from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Thesis: Determining the Psychometric Properties of Retrieval-Induced
Forgetting
- B.A. Honours: Psychology.
September, 2000 - May, 2005 from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Thesis: Omitting Details from Post-Event Practice. Are Omission Effects Due to Output Interference?
- Letter of Program Recognition (3Year): Sociology.
September, 2000 - May, 2005 from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Minor: Criminological Sociology
Research Projects
- Building Bridges to Positive Aging Among Canadian Seniors (with Dr. Donna Goodridge)
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- Examining the reliability of retrieval-induced forgetting
- Reading ability, preferences, and practices among rural Saskatchewan youth (with Dr. Jay Wilson)
- Digital literacy among rural Saskatchewan youth (with Dr. Jay Wilson)
- Comprehensive Narrative Elaboration Technique: Examining CNET Efficacy (with Dr. Tammy Marche)
- Distinguishing experienced from non-experienced events: Can children’s drawings tells us what is real? (with Dr. Tammy Marche)
Selected Publications and Presentations
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Danielle L. Cormier, Leah J. Ferguson, Nancy C. Gyurcsik, Jennifer L. Briere, John G. H. Dunn & Kent C. Kowalski (2021): Grit in sport: a scoping review, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/1750984X.2021.1934887
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Cosford, K., Briere, J. L., Ambros, B., Beazley, S., & Cartwright, C. (2020). Effect of Instructional Format on Veterinary Students’ Task Performance and Emotional State during a Simulation-Based Canine Endotracheal Intubation Laboratory: Handout versus Video. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. DOI: 10.3138/jvme.0618-077r1
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Briere, J. L., & Wilson, J. (2018). Reading ability and multiliteracy among rural Saskatchewan high school students. Journal of Literacy and Technology.
- Briere, J. L. & Campbell, J. I. (2015). Language, visual working memory, and dot subtraction: What counts? Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/cep0000067
- Marche, T. A., Briere, J. L., Cordwell, T. L., & Holliday, R. E. (2014). Interviewing the elderly eyewitness (pp. 263-285). In M. Toglia, D. Ross, J. Pozzulo, & E. Pica (Eds.), The Elderly Eyewitness in Court. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
- Marche, T. A., Briere, J. L., & von Baeyer, C. L. (2016). Children’s forgetting of pain-related memories. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 41 (2).
- Rocha, E. M., Marche, T. A., & Briere, J. L. (2013). The effect of forced-choice questions on children’s suggestibility: A comparison of multiple-choice and yes/no questions. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 45 (1), 1 –11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028507
- Wilson, J., Briere, J. L., & Nahachewsky, J. (2016). Rural high school students’ digital literacy. Journal of Literacy and Technology.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Psy 213.3: Child Development
- Psy 216.3: Psychology of Aging
- Psy 255.3: Human Memory
- Psy 253.3: Cognitive Psychology
- Psy 317.3: Advanced Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Development I
- Psy 318.3: Advanced Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Development II
Administrative Responsibilities
- Member of the STM Scholarship and Bursaries Committee
- Member of the Advisory Circle for the STM Chair in Indigenous Spirituality and Reconciliation
- Member, STM Research Committee