Kristin Mauldin, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellowship UCSD 2008

Cognitive Psychology, Cognition and Affect, Sport Psychology, Human Memory, Research Methods, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Biological Bases of Psychology (Psychophysiology; Behavioral Neuroscience), Psychopharmacology, Lifespan Development, History of Psychology, Introduction to Psychology

Flow and Imagery in Sport and Performance, Arousal Regulation, Exercise Neuroscience, Memory and Learning, Categorization

Assistant Professor at Northwest University. Adjunct Professor at UCSD, USD, Northwest University. Online Instructor at Ashford University.

Publications

Thompson, B., Mauldin, K.N., & Hart, K. (2023). Personality and Mental Toughness of the Marathon Maniac. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 11(12), 376-391. doi: 10.4236/jss.2023.1112027.

Mauldin, K.N. (2023). Imagery and flow: Using imagery to induce flow states. Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity, 18(1), 2023-2028. https://doi-10.1515/jirspa-2023-0028

Mauldin, K. N. & Garrett, E. (2020). Making an Impact in Community Athletics: Teaching sport psychology to high school coaches. Journal of Scholarly Activity, 3(2), 63-69.

"Doing Exercises & Wellness in Sport & Performance Psychology Contexts" Association for Applied Sport Psychology Newsletter, January, 2020.

Mauldin, K. N. (2013). A. Taylor (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Memory. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood.

Jeneson, A., Mauldin, K.N., Hopkins, R.O., Squire, L.R. (2011). The role of the hippocampus in retaining relational information across short delays: The importance of memory load. Learning and Memory, 18(5), 301-5.

Jeneson, A., Mauldin, K.N., & Squire, L.R. Intact working memory for relational information after medial temporal lobe damage (2010). The Journal of Neuroscience, 30(41), 13624-13629.

Squire, L.R., van der Horst, A., McDuff, S.G.R., Frascino, J.C., Hopkins, R.O., & Mauldin, K.N. (2010). Role of the hippocampus in remembering the past and imagining the future. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 19044-19048.

Mauldin, K.N., Hoedt, C.W., O’Brien, B., Thomas, R.D. and Stephen D. Berry (2009).
Rabbits Selectively Attend to the Relevant Dimension in a Bivariate Bilateral
Conditioning Paradigm, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125 (5), 3205-3213.

Mauldin, K.N., Griffin, A. L., Oliver, C.G. and Berry, S.D. (2008). Hippocampal
response patterns during discriminative eyeblink/jaw movement conditioning in the
rabbit. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122(5), 1087-1099.

Asaka, Y., Mauldin, K.N., Griffin, K.N., Seager, M.A., Shurell, E. and Berry, S.D.
(2005). Nonpharmacological amelioration of age-related learning deficits: The
impact of hippocampal theta-triggered training. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102 (37), 2005, 13284-13288.

Abstracts and Presentations

Kirk, K., Perkins-Ball, A., and Mauldin, K. “Exercise Psychology and Wellness among Underrepresented Groups: Decolonizing, Tailoring, and Partnering with the Community,” AASP 35th Annual Conference, Virtual, Oct. 21st-24th, 2020.

Mauldin, K. "The Power of Reframing & Positive Self Talk;" 6th Annual Dr. Herman H. Stone Memorial Event 4-Part Educational Webinar Series on Mental Health Awareness, Riverside Medical Charitable Clinic, Riverside, CA; May 27th, 2020.

Mauldin, K. "Building and Running a Sport Psychology Consultation Center: Trials and Triumphs;" Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA) Sport Performance Special Interest Group (SIG); April 21st, 2020.

Hart, K., Dembrowski, Z., and Mauldin, K. "Performance on a PFC-reliant Task During Flow in Submaximal Exercise," AASP 34th Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 25th, 2019.

Schwegler, J., Wallace, T., and Mauldin, K. "The Lived Experiences of NCAA Athletes with One or More Concussions," AASP 34th Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 25th, 2019.
Mauldin, K., Hart, K., Clenet-Merle, B. (2018). "Personality and Mindset of the Marathon Maniac," Association of Applied Sport Psychology Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, October 3rd-6th, 2018

Vincent, N., Smith, E. & Mauldin, K. (2018) "Repeated Exposure to Healthy and Unhealthy Images Increases Taste Expectation and Alters Food Evaluation," 30th Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Jeneson, A., Mauldin, K.N., Hopkins, R.O., Squire, L.R. (2010). “Intact working memory
for objects-in-scene information after hippocampal damage” Poster presentation given at
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Mauldin, K.N., Thomas, R.D., Berry, S.D. (2007). “Striatal and Limbic Effects of
Anterior Cingulate Cortex Lesions during Interdimensional Transfer and Reversal in
a Bilateral Classical Conditioning Task” Poster presentation given at the Ohio Miami
Valley Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, Cincinnati,OH.

Mauldin, K.N., Thomas, R.D., Berry, S.D. (2007). “Striatal and Limbic Effects of
Anterior Cingulate Cortex Lesions during Interdimensional Transfer and Reversal in
a Bilateral Classical Conditioning Task” Poster presentation given at the Annual
Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY.

Mauldin, K.N. (2007). “Cognitive and Neural Approaches to the Learning and
Transfer of Category Structures” Oral presentation given at Dartmouth University,
Hanover, NH.

K.N Mauldin, C.W. Hoedt, W.P. O’Brien, L.C. Hoffman, R.D. Thomas and S.D.
Berry (2006). “Neurobiology of bilateral rabbit eyeblink conditioning: adaptation to
categorization experiments.” Poster presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the
Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA.

L.C. Hoffmann, K.N. Mauldin, R.D. Darling, S.D. Berry (2006). “Impact of
hippocampal state on cerebellar physiology during theta-triggered classical
conditioning in the rabbit.” Poster presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the
Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA.

K.N Mauldin, L.C. Hoffman, and S.D. Berry (2006). “Neurobiology of bilateral
rabbit eyeblink conditioning: adaptation to categorization experiments.” Poster
presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the Pavlovian Society, Philadelphia, PA.

K.N. Mauldin, C.W. Hoedt, W.P. O’Brien, R.D. Thomas, and S.D. Berry (2006).
“Can Rabbits Selectively Attend to Varying Dimensions in a Bilateral ConditioningTask?.”
poster presentation given at the Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the Society
for Neuroscience, Oxford, OH.

K.N. Mauldin, C.W. Hoedt, W.P. O’Brien, R.D. Thomas, and S.D. Berry (2006).
“Can Rabbits Selectively Attend to Varying Dimensions in a Bivariate Bilateral
Conditioning Paradigm?” oral presentation given at Midwestern Cognitive
Psychology Conference, Indiana University.

K.N. Christy (Mauldin), M.R. Warden, and S.D. Berry (2004). “A more refined
analysis of learning rates: Using model fitting to define three stages of learning.”
poster presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
New Orleans, LO.

M.R. Warden, C. W. Jones, K.N. Christy (Mauldin), and S.D. Berry (2004). “A more
refined analysis of learning rates: Using curve fitting to specify the exact trial that
learning occurs.” poster presentation given at the Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the
Society for Neuroscience, Dayton, OH.

Kristin Christy (Mauldin), Mark Hammerly, John Parker & Dr. Robin D. Thomas
(2003). “Generalization of Implicit Structures.” oral presentation given at the 2nd
Annual Cognitive Neuroscience of Category Learning Workshop, NYC, NY.

Kristin Christy (Mauldin), Mark Hammerly, John Parker, & Dr. Robin D. Thomas
(2003). “Generalization of Implicit Structures.” oral presentation given at the 33rd
Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Psychology, Weber State
University, Ogden, Utah.

Kristin Christy (Mauldin), Mark Hammerly, John Parker, & Dr. Robin D. Thomas
(2002). “Cognitive Style, Categorization, and Implicit Learning” poster presentation
given at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Kansas City, MO.

Kristin Christy (Mauldin), Mark Hammerly, John Parker, & Dr. Robin D. Thomas
(2002). “Cognitive Style, Generalization, and Implicit Learning” poster presentation
given at 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Oxford,
OH.

K.N. Mauldin, C.W. Hoedt, B.P. O’Brien, R.D. Thomas, and S.D. Berry (2006).
“Can Rabbits Selectively Attend to Varying Dimensions in a Bilateral Conditioning
Task?.” poster presentation given at the Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the Society
for Neuroscience, Oxford, OH.

Idyllwild Community Church, Idyllwild, CA

Lead the Single Mom Ministry at Idyllwild Community Church

Running, strength and conditioning, reading, camping, hiking, fishing, and going on road trips with my husband, Tom, and kids, Odessa, Soleil, and Mateo. I love being active, being out in nature, and being with loved ones. I am also very slowly learning to play the mandolin.

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6

"Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:18-19

"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." Ephesians 4: 31-32