Position: Ph.D. Student

Start Year: 2019 – Present

Email: mlecompte@ryerson.ca

Degrees:

MA, Psychological Sciences, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), 2021
Honours B.A., Psychology with Thesis, Laurentian University, 2019

Mariah has been a member of the Cognitive Aging Lab since September 2019. Mariah is currently a Ph.D student in the Psychological Science stream at Ryerson University, having recently completed her Masters degree. Her research interests involve how memory changes during aging, COVID-19 risk perception, and older adults’ psychosocial wellbeing in relation to social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II – GSST Scholarship for the 2022-2023 school year

Publications: 

• Yu, L., Lecompte, M., Zhang, W., Wang, P., & Yang, L. (2022). Sociodemographic and COVID-Related Predictors for Mental Health Condition of Mainland Chinese in Canada Amidst the Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 171.
• Wong, B. I., Lecompte, M., & Yang, L. (2021). The age-related associative deficit simulated by relational divided attention: encoding strategy and recollection. Memory, 29(3), 406-415.

Select Presentations

• Lecompte, M., & Yang, L. (2022, April 7-10). Do self-perceived social importance and recognition confidence ratings relate to face-related associative memory in young and older adults? [Poster presentation]. Cognitive Aging Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
• Lecompte, M., & Yang, L. (2021, May 26-27). The role of schematic support and emotional valence in the aging-related deficit in associative memory [Poster presentation]. 2021 APS Virtual Convention, Virtual.
• Dong, L., Yang, L., Lecompte, M., Katsiris, A., & Skrotzki, C. (2021, May 6). Examining the effect of social media use on psychological well-being of older adults in the COVID-19 pandemic[Poster presentation]. 2021 Canadian Stress Research Summit, Virtual.
• Lecompte, M., Counsell, A., Wang, P., Zhang, W., & Yang, L. (2021, April 21-22). Demographic predictors of COVID-19 risk perception among Chinese residents in Canada[Poster presentation]. COVID-19 & Public Health Forum, Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), virtual. https://portalapp.cpha.eventsair.com/VirtualAttendeePortal/cvph/presentationgallery/
• Lecompte, M., Vaillancourt, D., Hendel, E., Roy-Charland, A. & Dickinson, J. (2019, January 7). Can priming counter the mismatch effect in reading? [Poster presentation]. Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, Waterloo, On, Canada.