Learn more about my research
My research work was informed by the wish to understand how the mind works and how children grow and learn.
I explored these interests through involvement in research programs spanning developmental, cognitive, and personality psychology.
Research questions I have examined
Why do our brains sometimes work differently after certain challenges or conditions like strokes or epilepsy, and how can we use cool brain scans to figure it out?
Why is play so important for kids, and what do parents in Western Canada think about it when it comes to their children’s learning and development?
Can the way parents feel about money, their tolerance for uncertainty, and their personalities impact how they involve themselves in their children’s education? And what does this mean for families and schools?
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Gould, L., Wu, A., Tellez, J., Neudorf, J., Kress, S., Gibb, K.,… & Borowsky, R. (2021). An fMRI and DTI Report of Cortical Reorganization in Ipsilesional Hemisphere Following Post-Stroke Motor Recovery. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disesases.
Gould, L., Wu, A., Tellez, J., Neudorf, J., Kress, S., Gibb, K., & Borowsky, R. (2020). Atypical Language Localization in Right Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: An fMRI Case Report. Epilepsy and Behaviour Reports, 100364.3.
Neudorf, J., Kress, S., Gould, L., Gibb, K., Mickleborough, M., & Borowsky, R. (2020). Language lateralization differences between left and right temporal lobe epilepsy as measured by overt word reading fMRI activation and DTI structural connectivity. Epilepsy and Behaviour Reports, EB-D-20-00683R1.
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Gibb, K., Mouton, B., & Van Petegem, S. (2023, June 30–July 4). Better Safe Than Sorry at School? Perceived Economic insecurities, Intolerance to Uncertainty, and Parental Involvement in Academics [Conference presentation, accepted]. European Association for Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland.
Gibb, K., Mouton, B., & Van Petegem, S. (2023, March 9–11). Perceptions of Financial Scarcity and Effects on Parental Involvement: An Experimental Study [Conference presentation, accepted]. International Convention of Psychological Science, Brussels, Belgium.
Gibb, K., Mouton, B., & Van Petegem, S. (2023, March 9–11). Intolerance to Uncertainty, Perceived Financial Scarcity, and Parental Involvement in Academics [Conference presentation, accepted]. International Convention of Psychological Science, Brussels, Belgium.
Gibb, K., Mouton, B., & Van Petegem, S. (2022, August 24–28). The Effects of Personality and Perceptions of the Economy on Academically Overinvolved Parenting [Symposium presentation]. European Association for Research on Adolescence, Dublin, Ireland.
Gibb, K., Mouton, B., & Van Petegem, S. (2022, June 2 & 3). The Interplay between Parental Perceptions of the Economy and Personality, and Why It Matters for Parenting [Poster presentation]. Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.
Kress, S., Neudorf, J., Gould, L., Mickleborough, M., Gibb, K., & Borowsky, R. (2020, June 23 – July 3). Atypical Language Localization in Right Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: An fMRI Case Report. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada..
McIntyre, L. J., Hellsten, L., Moselemi, N., & Gibb, K. (2022, May 17-20). Exploring, Learning, Belonging, or Engaging in Frivolous Fun? Examining Western Canadian Parents’ Perceptions of Play [Poster presentation]. American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, California.
Neudorf, J., Kress, S., Gould, L., Gibb, K., Mickleborough, M., & Borowsky, R (2022, May 2 – 5). Language lateralization differences between left and right temporal lobe epilepsy as measured by overt word reading fMRI activation and DTI structural connectivity [Poster presentation]. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston, USA.
Kress S., Neudorf J., Gould L., Mickleborough M., Gibb, K., Borowsky, R (2020, May 2022). Language Lateralization Differences Between Right and Left Temporal Lobe Epilepsy as Measured by Exception Word Reading fMRI Activation [Poster presentation] University of Saskatchewan Neuroscience Research Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada.
Gibb, K. & McIntyre, L. J. (2018, January 23). Considering Western Canadian Parents’ Perceptions of Play in Learning and Development [Conference presentation] . University of Saskatchewan Celebration of Research Conference, Saskatoon, Canada.
Gibb, K. & McIntyre, L. J. (2017, January 17). Taking Play Seriously: Perceptions of Play Among Western Canadian Parents [Poster presentation] University of Saskatchewan Celebration of Research Conference, Saskatoon, Canada.
THESIS
Gibb, K. 2018, ‘Considering Western Canadian Perceptions of Play in Learning and Development’, M.Ed. thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.