Jody Nicholson

My research concentrates on health promotion and prevention in aging. Currently, I am a co-PI on two studies funded by the National Institute of Aging (NIA): the National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE; https://sites.psu.edu/nsde) and Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training (PACT; PACTstudy.org). For NSDE, my primary research interests relate to predictors of daily prospective and retrospective memory lapses. For PACT, my primary research interest is in motivation to participate in clinical trials and intervention acceptability.

Collie, A., Phills, C., & Nicholson, J.S. (2025). Emerging adults’ perception of the typical dementia patient based on gender and race. The American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. doi:10.1177/15333175251378275 Almedia, D.M, Charles, S.T., Piazza, J.R., Stawski, R.S., Cichy, K.E., Cerina, E.S., Rush, J., Nicholson, J.S., Homberg, J.C., Cramer, N., & Mogle, J. (2025). The National Study of Daily Experiences: Protocol for intensive phone assessment and salivary biomarker collection. JMIR Research Protocols. doi. 10.2196/preprints.76453 Stephan, A.T., Chai, H.W., Nicholson, J.S., McVey, A., Phillips, C., & Ross, L. (2025). Participant motivation typologies as correlates of study participation and retention in randomized, controlled trials targeting cognitive aging throug