Full Professor, Professor Emeritus, Honourary Research Professor

Email: lcake@mun.ca

 

Teaching Interests

I am available to present guest lectures in Cognitive Psychology (especially memory) and in Research Design and Statistics.  I taught for 29 years at Grenfell Campus before “retiring”.  I have also taught at MUN’s St. John’s campus, at Queen’s University, at the University of Toronto, and at the University of the West Indies (Barbados).

 

Research Interests

My research interests are very broad and I have conducted research on human memory, attitudes toward older adults, technology training for older adults, and the economic impact of snowmobiling.  Since retiring, I have focused on research involving older adults.

 

Awards and Recognitions

2020:  Professor Emeritus, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University.

2019:  Recipient of a 2019 Memorial University of Newfoundland Pensioners’ Association (MUNPA) Tribute Award.

I was awarded a certificate of appreciation by Stem~Net for my initial advocacy of a computer network for education in Newfoundland.

1986‑1987: Invited Scientist, Communications Research Centre and Canadian Workplace Automation Research Centre, Department of Communications, Government of Canada

 

Sample Publications

Cake, L. J., Wells C., Wideman, G., Ploughman, M., O’Brien, K., Buehler, S., & Bowering, L. (2011).  Building an evidence-based framework for a NL Centre on Aging.  Prepared for the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research. 

Hutchings, D., Wells, J., O’Brien, K., Wells, C., Alteen A., & Cake, L. J. (2011).  From institution to “home”: Family perspectives of a unique relocation process.  Canadian Journal on Aging, 30(2), 223-232.