Research Interests

Research interests pertain to the neuropsychological bases of individual differences in emotional and spatial abilities, with particular emphasis on functional lateralization, and activational and organizational sex hormone effects. Research techniques include salivary enzyme immunoassays (conducted on-site, to assess circulating hormone concentrations) and behavioural testing.  

Representative Publications

Hatin, B., Sykes Tottenham, L., & Oriet, C. (in press; accepted May 16, 2011). The relationship between collisions and pseudoneglect: Is it right? Cortex.

Brand, J., Oriet, C., & Sykes Tottenham, L. (in press; accepted November 30, 2011). Size and emotion averaging: Costs of dividing attention after all. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology.

 Sykes Tottenham, L., Saucier, D., Elias, L., & Gutwin, C. (2005). Men are more accurate than women in aiming at targets in both near and extrapersonal space. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 101, 3-12.

Sykes Tottenham, L., Saucier, D., Elias, L., & Gutwin, C. (2003). Female advantage for spatial location memory in both static and dynamic environments. Brain and Cognition, 53(2), 381-383.

Laboratory Facilities

Shared large multi-room behavioural testing facility, and shared saliva collection and analysis facilities (CFI funded).