Gerardo Ramirez | Graduate Student in the Department of Psychology University of Chicago 

  Background     Publications     Conference Presentations

Background

I am a doctoral student in the cognitive psychology program at the University of Chicago. I’m working with Dr. Sian Beilock in the human performance lab and I am a fellow  of the Institute of Education Sciences here at the University of Chicago. I graduated from California State University, Northridge in 2007 with a B.A. in psychology.

Contact me: ramirezg[at]uchicago[dot]edu

Curriculum Vitae: click here

Research Interest

I am interested in the interaction of emotion and cognitive control. Specifically, I study how different sources of stress interact with working memory to impact learning and achievement in academic settings. I also develop interventions to reduce poor performance in stressful academic situations, using theories derived from social and cognitive psychology.

Publications

  • Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Beilock, S. L., & Levine, S. C. (in press). The relation between spatial skills and early number knowledge: The role of the linear number line.(Reprint)
  • Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E.A., Levine, S.C., & Beilock, S.L. (in press). Math anxiety, working memory and math achievement in early elementary school. Journal of Cognition and Development. (Reprint)
  • Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Beilock, S. L., & Levine, S. C. (2012). The role of parents and teachers in the development of gender-related math attitudes. Sex Roles, , 66, 153-166. (Reprint)
  • Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Levine, S.C. & Beilock, S.L. (2012). New directions for research on the role of parents and teachers in the development of gender-related math attitudes: Response to commentaries. Sex Roles, 66, 191-196. (Reprint)
  • Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E. A., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2012). Spatial anxiety relates to spatial skills as a function of working memory in children. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (Reprint)
  • Beilock, S. L. & Ramirez, G. (in press). On the interplay between emotion and cognitive control: Implications for enhancing academic achievement. In J. Mestre & B. Ross (Eds.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation. Elsevier. (Reprint)
  • Ramirez, G., & Beilock, S. L. (2011). Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom. Science, 331, 211-213. (Reprint)
  • Beilock, S.L. & Ramirez, G. (2011) Practical Implications of Test Anxiety Tools—Response. Science, 332, 792-793. (Reprint)
  • Beilock, S. L., Gunderson, L. A., Ramirez, G., & Levine, S. C. (2010). Reply to Plante et al.: Girls' math achievement is related to their female teachers' math anxiety. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 107, E80. (Reprint)
  • Beilock, S.L., Gunderson, E.A., Ramirez, G., & Levine, S.C. (2010). Female teachers' math anxiety affects girls' math achievement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(5), 1060-1063. (Reprint)
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    Conference Presentations

      • Beilock, S.L., Gunderson, E.A., Ramirez, G., & Levine, S.C. (2010). Female teachers' math anxiety affects girls' math achievement. Oral Presentation at the 2012 American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.
      • Ramirez, G., Liu, L., Gunderson, E.A., Levine S. & Beilock, S.L.(2012) Spatial Ability Relates to Math Achievement but only for those who can cognitively support it. Poster accepted for presentation at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
      • Ramirez, G. & Beilock, S.L. (2012) Expressive Writing Boosts High-Stakes Exam Scores. Oral presentation at the Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology meeting, San Diego, CA.
      • Park, A., Ramirez, G., & Beilock, S.L. (2011) Put your math burden down: Expressive writing for the highly math anxious. Talk accepted for Presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
      • Beilock, S.L., Ramirez, G., Gunderson, L., & Levine, S.L. (May, 2010). Math anxiety derails math achievement in early elementary school. Annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. Denver, CO.
      • Ramirez G., Gunderson, E.A., Levine, S., & Beilock, S.L. (2010) Spatial Anxiety and Working Memory in Early Elementary School. Poster presented at the 2010 Institute of Educational Science conference, Washington D.C.
      • Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (May 2010) Developing math and spatial skills: The impact of students’ and teachers’ anxieties on student learning. Paper accepted for presentation at the Third Annual inter-Science of Learning Center (iSLC) Conference, Boston, MA.
      • Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E. A., Liu, A., Beilock, S.L. &  Levine, S. (2010) Spatial Ability, Spatial Anxiety and Working Memory in Early Elementary School. Poster accepted for presentation at the American Psychological Science convention, Boston, MA
      • Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E. A., Beilock, S.L. &  Levine, S. (2010) The Influence of Math Anxiety on Young Children’s Math Achievement. Paper presented at the Midwest Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
      • Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Beilock, S. L., & Levine, S. C. (April 2010). "No Child Left Behind” if teachers are high in math knowledge. Paper accepted for presentation at the Midwest Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
      • Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E. A., Beilock, S.L. & Levine, S. (2009) The Consequences of Spatial Anxiety in Early Learning. Short Report presented on the Spatial Intelligence Learning Center (SILC) website, Chicago, IL 
      • Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E. A.., Beilock, S. & Levine, S. (2009) Spatial Anxiety Affects Spatial and Math Ability. Poster presented at the Spatial Intelligence Learning Center Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
      • Ramirez, G. & Beilock, S. L. (2009) The Pen is Stronger Than Pressure: Expressive writing as a technique for reducing choking under pressure in math.  Research presented in a paper symposium for the 2009 Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL
      • Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2009). Early gender differences in math and spatial anxiety. Poster presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Institute for Education Sciences, Washington, D.C.Ramirez, G. & Beilock, S. L. (2009) Expressive Writing: A School Based Intervention for Choking Under Pressure. Poster presented at the 2009 Institute on Educational Sciences (IES) research Conference, Washington D.C.
      • Ramirez, G. & Beilock,  S.L. (2008) The "Writing Cure" as a Solution to Choking Under Pressure in Math. Poster presented at the 2008 Psychonomic Society Meeting, Chicago, ILRamirez, G., Gunderson, E. A, Levine, S.C. & Beilock, S.L. (2008) Learning Math and Spatial Skills: Working memory, performance stereotypes, and anxiety. Poster to be presented at the 2008 Institute on Education Sciences (IES) Research Conference, Washington D.C
      • Gunderson, E., Ramirez, G., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2008). Learning math and spatial skills: Working memory, performance stereotypes, and anxiety. Poster presented at the First Annual Inter - Science of Learning Center (iSLC) Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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