Michelle Plauche, M.A.
Louisiana State University
Department of Psychology
236 Audubon Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Education
M.A. - Louisiana State University, 1991-1993
Developmental Psychology/Geropsychology
Minor: Geriatric Psychopathology
B.S. - Louisiana State University, 1986-1990
Major: Psychology
Publications
McDonald, J. L. and Plauche, M. (1995). Single and correlated cues in an artificial language learning paradigm. Language and Speech, 38(3), 223-236.
Cherry, K.E. and Plauche, M.F. (1996). Memory impairments in Alzheimer's disease: Findings, interventions, and implications. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 2(4), 263-296.263-295.
Cherry, K.E., Camp, C.E. and Plauche, M.F. (in revision). Generation Effects in direct and indirect measures of memory. Memory and Cognition.
Plauche, M. and Cherry, K.E. (in preparation). Age-related differences in event-based prospective memory: The influence of retrospective demand and prospective support.
Cherry, K.E., Plauche, M.F. and Jones, M.W. (in preparation). Structural and organizational context effects in younger and older adults' memory for spatial location.
Plauche, M.F., Betz, B.P., Waters, W.F. and Cherry, K.E. (in preparation). Correlates of late-life sleep disturbance.
Presentations
Cherry, K.E., Jones, M.W. and Plauche, M.F. (1995). Spatial context enhances spatial memory in older adults. American Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Plauche, M.F. and Cherry, K.E. (1994). Age-Related differences in event-based prospective memory. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Cherry, K.E., Camp, C.E., and Plauche, M.F. (1994). Generation Effects in perceptual identification. Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Cherry, K.E. and Plauche, M.F. (1993). Contextual influences on spatial memory in young and older adults. American Psychological Association, Toronto, CA.
Cherry, K.E., Camp, C.E. and Plauche, M.F. (1992). Generation Effects in direct and indirect measures of memory. Southeastern Psychological Association, Knoxville, TN.
McDonald, J.L. and Plauche, M.F. (1990). Transfer in an artificial language paradigm. The Psychonomic Society 31st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Technical Reports
Plauche, M.F. and Cherry, K.E. (1996). St. Francis House Adult Day Care Center Quality of Services Report. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.
Training Seminars
Spring 1994: ABC's of Alzheimer's Disease.
Description: In-service training seminar held at the Alzheimer Association, Greater Baton Rouge Chapter.
Summer 1993: Effective Management of Behavior Problems Associated with Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type.
Description: In-service training seminar held at St. Francis House Adult Day Care Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
Clinical Externships
1994-1995, 1996: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Co-manager of research entitled: Investigation of Drug and Nutrient Effects on Attention and Mental Task Performance during 40-Hour Sleep Deprivation.
Responsibilities: Polysomnography, assessment of cognitive and neuropsychological performance, scoring of polysomnographic data, and phlebotomy.
Fall 1994: Alzheimer's Disease & Vascular Dementia. Guest lecture for 2 sections of Abnormal Psychology.
Practical/Applied Experience
1997: ARC of Baton Rouge
Position: Psychology Consultant
Responsibilities: Design of behavior modification plans, and intelligence and adaptive behavior testing using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised (WAIS-R), Stanford-Binet-IV, Slossen Intelligence Test (SIT), Leiter International Performance Scale, PPVT, and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale.
1996-1997: Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Neuropsychology Practicum
Position: Neuropsychology Extern
Responsibilities: Memory, Dementia, and Depression screening using the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test (RBMT), the Dementia Rating Scale (DRS), the Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale, and patient and family interview. Other responsibilities include scoring, report writing, and staffing as a member of a multidisciplinary geriatric assessment team.
1995-1996: St. Francis House Adult Day Care Center.
Developmental Practicum.
Focus: Development of a Quality of Services Questionnaire.
1995: Medical Center of Baton Rouge.
Position: Laboratory Sleep Technician.
Responsibilities: Clinical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment for Sleep Apnea in physician-referred patients.
Specific Duties: Patient interview, polysomnographic evaluation, scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic data, reporting results.
1994-1995: St. Francis House Adult Day Care Center.
Developmental Practicum.
Focus: Development of a Levels of Care Assessment Instrument.
Fall 1993: Louisiana Geriatric Assessment Center & Crossroads Adult Day Care Center.
Developmental Practicum.
Responsibilities: Functional and mental status assessment, home visits, family conferences, organization of community geriatric resource directory, participation in Day Care Center activities.
Summer 1993: St. Francis House Adult Day Care Center.
Developmental Practicum.
Responsibilities: Design and implementation of behavioral modification programs; design of group activities.
Additional Research Experience
1993-1994: Medical Center of Baton Rouge.
Research entitled: The Effects of Pharmacological and Psychological Treatments, Separately and Combined, on Sleep-Onset and Sleep-Maintenence Insomnias.
Position: Sleep Technician
Responsibilities: Patient interview, polysomnographic evaluation, patient treatment for insomnia (when necessary), and patient follow-up.
Honors and Achievements
University Externship Recipient, LSU, 1996-1997
Alpha Lambda Delta Outstanding Freshman Teacher Award Recipient, LSU, 1996
Junior Division Teaching Award Finalist, LSU, 1996
University Instructorship Recipient, LSU, 1995-1996.
University Externship Recipient, LSU, 1994-1995.
Unviersity Assistantship Recipient, LSU, 1991-1994.
Upper Division Honors Graduate, LSU, 1990.
Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society Member, LSU,1987-1990.
Mu Sigma Rho Honors Society Member, LSU, 1989-1990.
