Center on Population Health and Aging
Biosketch - Nilam Ram
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POSITION TITLE: Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Age differences in short-term dynamics at the cognitive/affective/temperament interface; cyclic patterns in the day-to-day progression of emotions; and change in cognition and well-being over the lifespan, particularly in the oldest old.
| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
2006-present Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University |
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2008 Research Affiliate, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) 2008 Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin |
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Ram, N. and P. McCullagh (2003). "Self-Modeling: Influence on Psychological Responses and Physical Performance." The Sport Psychologist 17(2):220-241. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Nesselroade, J.R. and N. Ram (2004). "Studying Intraindividual Variability: What We Have Learned That Will Help Us Understand Lives in Context." Research in Human Development 1(1/2):9-29. |Full Text| |Journal Home Page| Ram, N. , J. Starek and J. Johnson (2004). "Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation: Still a Void in Sport and Exercise Psychology?." Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology 26(2):250-268. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Chow, S. , N. Ram , S.M. Boker , F. Fujita and G. Clore (2005). "Emotion as a Thermostat: Representing Emotion Regulation Using a Damped Oscillator Model." Emotion 5(2):208-225. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Ram, N. , P.M. Rabbitt , B. Stollery and J.R. Nesselroade (2005). "Cognitive Performance Inconsistency: Intraindividual Change and Variability." Psychology & Aging 20(4):623-633. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Ram, N. , S. Chow , R.P. Bowles , L. Wang , K.J. Grimm , F. Fujita and J.R. Nesselroade (2005). "Examining Interindividual Differences in Cyclicity of Pleasant and Unpleasant Affects Using Spectral Analysis and Item Response Modeling." Psychometrika 70(4):773-790. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Bowles, R.P. and N. Ram (2006). "Using Rasch Measurement to Investigate Volleyball Skills and Inform Coaching." Journal of Applied Measurement 7(1):39-54. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Chow, S. , K.J. Grimm , F. Fujita and N. Ram (2007). "Exploring Cyclic Change in Emotion Using Item Response Models and Frequency Domain Analysis." In Ong, A.D. and M.H. Van Dulmen (Eds.) , Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. (pp. 362-379) Ram, N. and J.R. Nesselroade (2007). "Modeling Intraindividual and Intracontextual Change: Rendering Developmental Contextualism Operational." In Little, T.D. , J.A. Bovaird and N.A. Card (Eds.) , Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (pp. 325-342) Ram, N. and K.J. Grimm (2007). "Using Simple and Complex Growth Models to Articulate Developmental Change: Matching Theory to Method." International Journal of Behavioral Development 31(4):303-316. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Ram, N. , S.M. Riggs , S. Skaling , D.M. Landers and P. McCullagh (2007). "A Comparison of Modelling and Imagery in the Acquisition and Retention of Motor Skills." Journal of Sport Sciences 25(5):587-597. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Gerstorf, D. , N. Ram , C. Röcke , U. Lindenberger and J. Smith (2008). "Decline in Life Satisfaction in Old Age: Longitudinal Evidence for Links to Distance-to-Death." Psychology and Aging 23(1):154-168. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Gerstorf, D. , N. Ram , R. Estabrook , J. Schupp , G.G. Wagner and U. Lindenberger (2008). "Life Satisfaction Shows Terminal Decline in Old Age: Longitudinal Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)." Developmental Psychology 44(4):1148-1159. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Molenaar, P.C. , K.O. Sinclair , M.J. Rovine , N. Ram and S.E. Corneal (2009). "Analyzing Developmental Processes on an Individual Level Using Nonstationary Time Series Modeling." Developmental Psychology 45(1):260-271. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| |
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