I am passionate about investigating modifiable lifestyle factors that have the potential to make a positive difference in the lives of older adults. I strive to understand how personality traits – our characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving – contribute to health and optimal development in older adulthood, and how these associations vary across time, contexts, and countries. I am also interested in exploring how interpersonal relationships and social connections impact the interplay between psychological and physiological processes.

I am deeply committed to recognizing, acknowledging, and celebrating diversity, equity, and inclusion. I feel extremely fortunate to have landed in a place with ample opportunities to act upon these commitments. Supporting students in achieving their varied academic and career goals and adhering to approaches that are sensitive to the unique backgrounds and lived experiences of diverse students has been a highlight of my academic career thus far. Selected Publications (please see google scholar for an up-to-date list)

Selected Publications 

Yoneda, T., Pauly, T., Ram, N., Kolodziejczak-Krupp, K., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K., ... & Hoppmann, C. A. (2024). “What’s yours is mine”: Partners’ everyday emotional experiences and cortisol in older adult couples. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 167, 107118. [EDITOR'S CHOICE]

Yoneda, T., Lozinski, T., Turiano, N., Booth, T., Graham, E. K. & Mroczek, D. (2023). The Big Five Personality Traits and Allostatic Load in Middle to Older Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 105145.

Yoneda, T., Graham, E.K., Lozinski, T., Bennett, D.A., Mroczek, D., Piccinin, A.M., Hofer, S.M. and Muniz-Terrera, G. (2022). Personality Traits, Cognitive States, and Mortality in Older Adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125 (2), 381, https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000418. [EDITOR'S CHOICE]

Yoneda, T., Marroig, A., Graham, E. K., Willroth, E. C., Watermeyer, T., Beck, E. D., Zelinski, E. M., Reynolds, C. A., Pedersen, N. L., Hofer, S. M., Mroczek., D. K., Muniz-Terrera, G. (2022). Personality Predictors of Cognitive Dispersion: A Coordinated Analysis of Data from Seven International Studies of Older Adults. Neuropsychology, 36(2). https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000782

Yoneda, T., Lewis, N. A., Knight, J. E., Rush, J., Vendittelli, R., Kleineidam, L., Hyun, J., Piccinin, A.M., Hofer, S., Hoogendijk, E., Derby, C., Scherer, M., Riedel-Heller, S., Wagner, M., van den Hout, A., Wang, W., Bennett, D. & Terrera, G. M. (2021). The Importance of Engaging In Physical Activity In Older Adulthood For Transitions Between Cognitive States: A Coordinated Analysis Of 14 Longitudinal Studies. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 76(9), 1661-1667. doi:10.1093/gerona/glaa268

Yoneda, T., Rush, J., Berg, A. I., Johansson, B. & Piccinin, A. (2017). Trajectories of Personality Traits Preceding Dementia Diagnosis. The Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(6), 922-931, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw00