Dr. Kate McKay

PhD

Pronouns: She/her

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate

University of Calgary

Contact information

kate.mckay@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

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PhD Lab Website

Location

Office: Education Tower-1421

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Background

Educational Background

BA (Hons) Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia,

PhD Cognitive Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia,

Research

Areas of Research

Aging outcomes in ADHD and Autism, Social Cognition and Aging, Attention Processes across the Lifespan, Measurement of Psychological Constructs, Meta-analysis and Research Synthesis

Awards

Postgraduate Student Research Excellence Award, Winner, University of Queensland, School of Psychology. 2024
Psychology and Ageing Annual Elsie Harwood Award, Winner, Australian Psychological Society. 2023
Postgraduate Student Research Excellence Award, Runner-up, University of Queensland, School of Psychology. 2023

Publications

Attention to direct gaze in young and older adulthood. McKay, K. T., Henry, J. D., Demichelis, O. P., Marinic, R. K., Evans, N. J., & Grainger, S. A.. Consciousness and Cognition. 131, 103854. (2025)
Measuring empathy across the adult lifespan: A comparison of three assessment types. Grainger, S. A., McKay, K. T., Riches, J. C., Chander, R. J., Cleary, R., Mather, K. A., Kochan, N. A., Sachdev, P. S., & Henry, J. D.. Assessment. 30(6), 1870-1883. (2023)
Measurement type moderates the relationship between sleep and aggression: A meta-analytic investigation. Demichelis, O. P., McKay, K. T., Grainger, S. A., & Henry, J. D.. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 72, 101859. (2023)
Uncovering the cognitive mechanisms underlying the gaze cueing effect. Alister, M., McKay, K. T., Sewell, D. K., & Evans, N. J.. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 77(4). (2023)
Subjective and objective sleep quality does not predict behavioural episodic foresight in younger or older adults. Demichelis, O. P., Grainger, S. A., McKay, K. T., Burr, L., Kim, J., & Henry, J. D.. Scientific Reports. 13, 1056. (2023)
Enhancing Ecological Validity of Gaze-Cueing Stimuli is Associated with Increased Gaze Following for Older but not Younger Adults. McKay, K. T., Grainger, S. A., Alister, M., & Henry, J. D.. Psychology and Aging. 38(6), 562-572. (2023)
Sleep, stress and aggression: Meta-analyses investigating associations and causality. Demichelis, O. P., Grainger, S. A., McKay, K. T., Bourdaniotis, X. E., Churchill, E. G., & Henry, J. D.. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 139, 104732. (2022)
How does aging affect social attention? A test of competing theories using multilevel meta-analysis. McKay, K. T., Talipski, L. A., Grainger, S.A., Alister, M., & Henry, J. D.. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 77(8), 1454-1463. (2022)
Visual attentional orienting by eye gaze: A meta-analytic review of the gaze-cueing effect. McKay, K. T., Grainger, S. A., Coundouris, S. P., Skorich, D. P., Phillips, L. H., & Henry, J. D. . Psychological Bulletin. 147(12), 1269-1289. (2021)