Ms Anna Lane

Position/s:Research Assistant
School of Psychology
 PhD Candidate
School of Psychology
Phone: +61 8 82012996
Email:
Location: Social Sciences North (370)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Anna is a PhD Candidate in the School of Psychology. She is supervised by Prof Mary Luszcz (School of Psychology and Director, Flinders Centre for Ageing Studies). Anna currently works as a Research Assistant for Dr Tim Windsor.  Previously she worked as a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Labour Studies.

Qualifications

B. International Business (Honours), Econ, Flinders University, 1998
Graduate Diploma Psychology, Flinders University, 2004
B. Behavioural Science (Honours), Flinders University, 2005

Research and consultancy

Research interests

Anna's key research interest is in development in adulthood and ageing. This interest led to her first academic position as a Research Associate with the ARC/NHMRC funded Research Network in Ageing Well working with Prof Sue Richardson, NILS, and Prof Mary Luszcz, Director of the Flinders Centre for Ageing Studies. She is now enrolled in the School of Psychology where she is undertaking a PhD on the influence of cognition before and after retirement in contributing to ageing well.

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Greenhill, J.A., King, D.S., Lane, A.P., & MacDougall, C.J., 2009. Understanding resilience in South Australian farm families. Rural Society: The Journal of Research Into Rural and Regional Social Issues in Australia and New Zealand, 19(4), 318-325.

Book chapters

Luszcz, M.A. & Lane, A.P., 2008. Executive function in cognitive, neuropsychological, and clinical aging. In Handbook of Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. California, USA: Sage Publications, pp. 193-206.

Conference publications

Lane, A.P., 2009. Older farmers working: Selective Optimisation with Compensation. Ageing Research Expo.

Lane, A.P. & Luszcz, M.A., 2007. Part Set Cuing in Older and Younger Adults: The Role of Executive Function. 20th Anniversary Cognitive Aging Conference, 77-77.

Luszcz, M.A. & Lane, A.P., 2006. When environmental support fails: Part-set cueing in older and younger adults. 4th International Conference on Memory.

Luszcz, M.A. & Lane, A.P., 2006. When environmental support fails: Part-set cueing in older and younger adults. Psychology Bridging the Tasman: Science, Culture and Practice Proceedings of the 2006 Joint Conference of the Australian Psychological Society and New Zealand Psychological Society.

Other public research outputs

Richardson, S., Tan, Y., Lane, A.P., & Flavel, J.M., 2006. Reasons why Persons with VET Qualifications are Employed in Lower Skilled Occupations and Industries. , 1-38.



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