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Anahid S. Modrek
Born
Anahid Sandaldjian Modrek

September 8
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
Columbia University (PhD)
OccupationProfessor

Anahid S. Modrek (Armenian: Անահիտ Սանտալճևան մoտրէգ) is an Armenian American psychologist. She is tenure track faculty at California State University at San Bernardino in the Department of Psychology. [1]

In 2024, Modrek was appointed Scientific Counsel of The Art of Elysium. [2]

Biography

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Modrek completed a Bachelors degree at the University of California, Berkeley under the mentorship of Robert Reich, and simultaneously worked as a researcher for the Greater Good Science Center under the mentorship of Dacher Keltner[3]. At the age of 25 Modrek received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University, under Deanna Kuhn[4]. Modrek went on to complete postdoctoral fellowships at University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, San Diego, as well as a micro-sabbatical at Princeton University [5], [6].

Early Life

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Modrek grew up figure skating competitively [7], and is granddaughter of musician and microminiature sculptor Hagop Sandaldjian.

Film

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Modrek is featured in At Berkeley, a documentary film by Frederick Wiseman shot while Modrek was an undergraduate at the institution.[8]

Select Publications

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  • Modrek, A. S., & Drew, S. (in press) Integrating imagination with evidence when writing. Creativity Research Journal.
  • Modrek, A. S., & Lombrozo, T. (2024) Allow me to explain: Benefits of explaining extend to distal academic performance. Cognitive Science.[9]
  • Modrek, A. S., & Wolf, S. (2024) Is the development of diversification in executive functioning universal? Longitudinal evidence from Ghana. Social Development.[10]
  • Modrek, A. S. et al (2021) Do adolescents want more autonomy? Testing gender differences in autonomy across STEM. Journal of Adolescence, 92, 237-246.[11]
  • Modrek, A. & Ramirez, G. (2021) Cognitive regulation outdoes behavior regulation in predicting state standardized test scores over time. Metacognition & Learning, 16, 113-134.[12]
  • Modrek, A. S. (2021) Accounting for cognitive costs: Can scientists be creative? Philosophical Psychology, 34(5), 756-759.[13]
  • Modrek, A. S., & Sandoval, W. A. (2020) Can autonomy play a role in causal reasoning? Cognitive Development, 54(C), 1-9.[14]
  • Modrek, A. S. et al (2019) Cognitive regulation, not behavior regulation, predicts learning. Learning and Instruction, 60(C), 237 - 244.[15]
  • Modrek, A. S., & Kuhn, D. (2017). A cognitive cost of the need to achieve? Cognitive Development, 44, 12-20. [16]

References

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  1. ^ "Anahid Modrek | CSUSB".
  2. ^ "About".
  3. ^ "Anahid Modrek | Profile".
  4. ^ "Individual Differences in Learning v. Achievement: What self-regulation really predicts". ProQuest.
  5. ^ "Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology | Psychology".
  6. ^ <https://psychology.princeton.edu/news-events/2023/growing-science-guis-feat-dr-anahid-s-modrek
  7. ^ "Young skaters inspired by Olympics". 17 February 2006.
  8. ^ "At Berkeley". IMDb.
  9. ^ Modrek, Anahid S.; Lombrozo, Tania (2024). "Allow Me to Explain: Benefits of Explaining Extend to Distal Academic Performance". Cognitive Science. 48 (9): e13496. doi:10.1111/cogs.13496. PMID 39285665.
  10. ^ Modrek, Anahid S.; Wolf, Sharon (2024). "Is the development of diversification in executive functioning universal? Longitudinal evidence from Ghana". Social Development. 33 (4). doi:10.1111/sode.12764.
  11. ^ Modrek, Anahid S.; Hass, Richard; Kwako, Alexander; Sandoval, William A. (2021). "Do adolescents want more autonomy? Testing gender differences in autonomy across STEM". Journal of Adolescence. 92: 237–246. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.09.003. PMID 34614472.
  12. ^ Modrek, Anahid S.; Ramirez, Gerardo (2021). "Cognitive regulation outdoes behavior regulation in predicting state standardized test scores over time". Metacognition and Learning. 16: 113–134. doi:10.1007/s11409-020-09242-8.
  13. ^ Modrek, Anahid S. (2021). "The Spider's Thread: Metaphor in Mind, Brain, and Poetry". Philosophical Psychology. 34 (5): 756–759. doi:10.1080/09515089.2020.1850669.
  14. ^ Modrek, Anahid S.; Sandoval, William A. (2020). "Can autonomy play a role in causal reasoning?". Cognitive Development. 54. doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100849.
  15. ^ Modrek, Anahid S.; Kuhn, Deanna; Conway, Anne; Arvidsson, Toi Sin (2019). "Cognitive regulation, not behavior regulation, predicts learning". Learning and Instruction. 60: 237–244. doi:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2017.12.001.
  16. ^ Modrek, Anahid; Kuhn, Deanna (2017). "A cognitive cost of the need to achieve?". Cognitive Development. 44: 12–20. doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2017.08.003.
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