Tara Lineweaver

Expertise

I am trained as a Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in neuropsychology (how the brain impacts cognitive abilities). My research interests span neurodegenerative disorders (such as Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease), music and dementia, healthy aging, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and epilepsy.  I especially love mentoring undergraduate students as they develop their research skills as student scientists.  I am also the Director of Butler's Neuroscience minor.

Teaching

Courses I teach regularly at Butler include:

     Biological Bases of Behavior (PS 235)

     Advanced Applied Neuroscience (PS 412)

     Food: Pasture, Table, Body and Mind (NW 261)

     Music First! Engaging Student Scientists in Community-Based Research (ID 345)

     Mental Illness: Biological, Psychological, and Sociological Perspectives (SW 275)

Education and Training

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (APPCN Approved), Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow

San Diego State University/ University of California, San Diego, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

The University of Chicago Medical Center (APA Approved), Clinical Psychology Intern

Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. in Experimental Psychology

Butler University, B.A. in Psychology, B.S. in Arts Administration

Selected Recent Publications (*student co-author)

Lineweaver, TT, *Collins, AN, *Stopa, M, *Horth, M, *Fishbaugh, ME, Haut, J, Ferguson, L, Klaas, P, Lachhwani, D, Bingaman, W & Busch, R (2022). Mother Knows Best…Or Does She? Perceptions of the Memory Abilities of Pediatric Epilepsy Patients as Reported by Patients and their Parents Across Time. Epilepsy and Behavior,128,108589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108589

Lineweaver, TT, Hall, ACG, *Throgmorton, H, *Callahan, SM & *Bell, AJ (2022).Teaching Students to Study More Effectively: Lessons Learned from an Empirical Comparison of a Study Tips Presentation and a Review Article. Journal of College Reading and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790195.2022.2056097

Lineweaver, TT, Bergeson, TR, *Ward, MJ, *Hagen, NA, *Ladd, K, Johnson, H, Braid, D, Ott, M, Hay, DP, Plewes, J, Hinds, M, LaPradd, ML, *Bolander, H, *Vitelli, S, *Lain, M & Brimmer, T (2022). Nursing Home Residents’ Positive Behavioral Responses to Individualized Music Predict Improvements in Sundowning Symptoms After Music Listening. Journal of Aging and Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643221087569

Lineweaver, TT, *Collins, AN, *Smith, SC, Horhota, M & Crumley-Branyon, J (2022). Same Goals, but Different Outcomes: Present-Focused versus Future-Focused Memory Beliefs Differentially Predict Young and Older Adults’ Everyday Use of Memory Strategies. Experimental Aging Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2022.2079926

Kowalski, JR, Lineweaver, TT & Novak, KB (2021). Developing Integrative Thinking in Undergraduate Students through an Interdisciplinary General Education Course on Mental Illness. College Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2021.1982856

Lineweaver, TT, *Fansler, SD, Horhota, M, Crumley-Branyon, JJ & *Wright, MK (2021). Older Adults’ Memory Beliefs Predict Perceptions of Memory Difficulty and Effectiveness. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2021.1962794

Lineweaver, TT, Bergeson, TR, *Ladd, K, Johnson, H, Braid, D, Ott, M, Hay, DP, Plewes, J, Hinds, M, LaPradd, ML, *Bolander, H, *Vitelli, S, *Lain, M & Brimmer, T (2021). The Effects of Individualized Music Listening on Affective, Behavioral, Cognitive and Sundowning Symptoms of Dementia in Long-Term Care Residents. Journal of Aging and Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643211033407

Lineweaver, TT, Kercood, S, *Gabor, AJ, *Cervantes, J, *Dye, AJ & *Baker, E (2021).  The Effect of Medication and Question Wording on Self-Reported Symptoms and Their Accuracy in Young Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60, 252-269. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12276

Lineweaver, TT, Crumley-Branyon, JJ, Horhota. M & *Wright, MK (2020).  Easy or Effective? Explaining Young Adults’ and Older Adults’ Likelihood of Using Various Strategies to Improve Their Memory.  Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 27, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.1566432

Lineweaver, TT, Gingerich Hall, A, *Hilycord, D & *Vitelli, S (2019). Introducing and Evaluating a "Study Smarter, Not Harder" Study Tips Presentation Offered to Incoming Students at a Four-Year University. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 19, 16-46. https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v19i1.23734