Assistant Professor

Psychology Department

Wofford College

Phone: 864-597-4645

Fax: 864-597-4649

Email: boppkl@wofford.edu

Dr. Bopp received her BA from Hamilton College (Clinton, NY), with thesis honors in Psychology. She obtained her MA from New York University’s Cognition-Perception program, and her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at Syracuse University. She was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award, a Certificate in University Teaching, and Honors for her dissertation that examined age-related differences in working memory.

Dr. Bopp's research focuses the intersection of cognition and development. Her research purpose is two-fold: 1) to understand the impact of aging on memory and attention, and 2) to understand and define various types of cognitive processes. Her current research examines working memory, a process that allows the simultaneous storage and processing of information. This is the process used if you were asked to remember a list of numbers and then repeat them in backwards order. Working memory may be responsible for many of the age-related changes in cognition. It is necessary for many everyday tasks such as reading, calculating a tip, and driving a car.

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