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Your topic is Lynn Hasher who works in the field of cognitive neuropsychology with a focus on attention, comprehension, the adult lifespan, and circadian arousal periods. Here is a link to her faculty profile: http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/hasherlab/people_hasher.htm Please work in this sandbox.

Lynn Hasher (born YEAR in PLACE) is a psychologist and professor known for her research in the field of cognitive neuropsychology which include focuses on circadian arousal periods, attention, memory, comprehension, aging, and cognitive gerontology. Lynn Hasher is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, and does research at Rotman Research Institute at the University of Toronto. Hasher's interest include studying the effects of poor cognitive control in adults of all ages by giving them tasks assessing memory and attention span. (Write a brief summary about the psychologist's are of interest and briefly mention any major awards or publications. You can also add a link to the psychologist's external website.)

Biography
Hasher graduated with her A.B degree from Smith College, and then later received her Ph.D in Psychology from the University of California Berkeley in 1970. Refer to the scientist by her last name. For example, Last Name received her B.A./B.S. degree (what degree did she earn?) in area of study at [Insert Name of University] (you should change this to the name of the university she studied at and the location). She went to graduate school at [Insert Name of University] where she obtained her masters/Ph.D in [Insert Area of Study]. She worked under the supervision of [Insert Name of Mentor] at [Insert University]. Briefly describe the research she did as a graduate student.

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Research
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Adult Age Differences involving Inhibition (1988), found that older adults could not response to such interval tests as well as younger adults, and therefore concluded inhibition is imperative to memory and other cognitive functions.

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