Name:
Nicole Alea Albada
Position: Lecturer
Qualifications: B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Department: Behavioural Sciences
Room: FSS 2
Tel. Contact: 662-2002 ext. 2401
E-mail: Nicole.Albada@sta.uwi.edu
Courses taught:
PSYC 1009 – Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC 2010 – Research Design and Statistics in Psychology
PSYC 3004 – Experimental and Applied Psychology
PSYC 3025 – Research Projects in Psychology
PSYC 7013 – Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
Research interests:
Adult Development and Aging
Quality and Function of Autobiographical Memory across Adulthood
Socioemotional Functioning in Adulthood and Late Life
Identity in Adulthood and Late Life
Publications (selected):
Alea, N., McLean, K., C. & Vick, S. C. (2010). The story of us: Examining marital quality via
positive and negative relationship narratives. Marriage: Roles, Stability and Conflicts (pp. 1-29).
Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Bluck, S., Alea, N., & Demiray, B. (2010). You get what you need: the psychosocial functions of
remembering. In J. Mace (Ed.), The act of remembering: Toward an understanding of how we recall the
past (pp. 284-307). Cambridge University Press.
Bluck, S. & Alea, N. (2008). Remembering being me: The self-continuity function of
autobiographical memory in younger and older adults. In F. Sani (Ed.) Self-continuity: Individual and
collective perspectives (pp. 55-70). New York: Psychology Press.
Alea, N., Diehl, M., & Bluck, S. (2004). Personality and emotion in late life. In C. Spielberger (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology (Vol. 3, pp. 1-10). Elsevier.
Bluck, S. & Alea, N. (2002). Exploring the functions of autobiographical memory: Why do I
remember the autumn? In J.D. Webster & B.K. Haight (Eds.), Critical advances in reminiscence work:
From theory to application (pp. 61 – 75). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Journal Publications (selected)
Alea, N. & Vick, S. C. (2010). The first sight of love: relationship-defining memories and marital
satisfaction across adulthood. Memory, 18, 730-742.
Alea, N., Thomas, R. A., Manickchand, B., Ramirez-Cole, M., Renaud-Simon, C., & Bacchus, K.,
(2010). The emotional quality of childhood memories and depression in Trinidadian older adults.
Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 3, 4-24.
Alea, N. (2009). The prevalence and quality of silent, socially silent, and disclosed
autobiographical memories. Memory, 18, 142-158.
Bluck, S. & Alea, N. (2009). Characteristics of positive autobiographical memories in adulthood.
International Journal of Adulthood and Human Development, 69, 247-265.
Bluck, S., & Alea, N. (2009). Thinking and talking about the past: Why remember? Applied
Cognitive Psychology: Special Issue: Baddeley Revisited: The Functional Approach to Autobiographical
Memory, 23, 1089-1104.
Alea, N., Vick, S. C., & Hyatt, A. (2009). The content of older adults’ autobiographical memories
predicts the beneficial outcomes of reminiscence group participation. Journal of Adult Development, 17,
135-145.
Alea, N. & Bluck, S. (2007). I’ll keep you in mind: The intimacy function of autobiographical
memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21, 1091-1111.
Bluck, S., Alea, N., Habermas, T., & Rubin, D. C. (2005). A TALE of three functions: the selfreported uses of autobiographical memory. Social Cognition, 23, 91-117.
Alea, N., Bluck, S., & Semegon, A. B. (2004). Young and older adults’ expression of emotional
experience: Do autobiographical narratives tell a different story? Journal of Adult Development, 11, 235250.
Mills, T., Alea, N., & Cheong, J. (2004). Differences in the indicators of depressive symptoms
among a community sample of African American and Caucasian older adults. Community Mental Health
Journal, 40, 309-331.
Alea, N. & Bluck, S. (2003). Why are you telling me that? A conceptual model of the social
function of autobiographical memory. Memory, 11, 165 – 178.
Professional Involvement:
American Psychological Association - Adult Development and Aging – Division 20
Gerontological Society of America
Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition