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Dr. Hunter is an Assistant Professor of Psychological Science. He holds a Doctorate and Masters Degree in Experimental Psychology.

Experimental Psychology Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Experimental Psychology Masters of Art, University of Arkansas

Cognitive Neuroscience Bachelor of Science, Harding University

Dr. Hunter is the Principal Investigator of the Cognition, Financial Stress, and Health (CFiSH) Lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. His lab examines how factors related to socioeconomic status such as stress and worry influence cognition and health, as well as the cognitive mechanisms through which those effects occur. He utilizes multiple methods to address these issues, including computational modeling, structural equation modeling, and experimental manipulations.

Hunter, C. L. (2026). Penny for your thoughts: A review and proposed model of socioeconomic status, working memory and worry. British Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Shields, G.S., Hunter, C.L., Buckner, Z., Tolliver, M., Makhanova, A. (2025). Acute immune system activation exerts time-dependent effects on inhibitory control: Results of both a randomized controlled experiment of influenza vaccination and a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Shields, G. S. & Hunter, C. L. (2024). A Mismatch Between Early and Recent Life Stress Predicts Better Response Inhibition but Not Cognitive Inhibition. Stress. Hunter, C. L., & Shields, G. S. (2024). Writing About a Stressful Experience Can Impair Visual Working Memory. Public Library of Science (PLOS) One.

Shields, G. S., Hunter, C. L., Trudell, E. V., Gray, Z. J., Perkins, B. C., Patterson, E. G., & Zalenski, P. K. (2023). Acute stress influences the emotional foundations of executive control: Distinct effects on control-related affective and cognitive processes. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 106942.

Makhanova, A., Tolliver, M., Buckner, Z., Shields, G., Hunter, C. L., Mengelkoch, S., Houpt, J., Belote, A. E., Hoose, D. V., & Schulz, T. K. (2024). Immune System and Intergroup Bias: Increases in Cytokines Associated with Worse Evaluations of Resume for Latina Job Applicant. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

Hunter, C. L., Gray, Z. J., Trudell, E. V., Kennedy, L. D., & Shields, G. S. (2023). Writing about a stressful experience improves semantic clustering of memory in men, not women. Stress and Health. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3272

Hunter, C. L., & Shields, G. S. (2023). (A lack of) effects of acute stress on attentional bias to threat. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 15.

Shields, G. S., Hunter, C. L., Yonelinas, A. P. (2022). Stress and memory encoding: What are the roles of the stress-encoding delay and stress relevance. Learning & Memory. 2022. 29: 48-54

Hunter, C. L., & Shields, G. S. (2022). Mediators of the associations between family income during adolescence and adult long-term memory and working memory. Cognitive Development, 61

Hunter, C., & Sullins, J. (2020). The Effect of Positive Self-Talk on Self-Efficacy and Memory Recall. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.harding.edu/mcnair-research/17

Fall 2026, ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR
Social Psychology
Research Methods

Spring 2026, ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR
Social Psychology
Research Methods
Statistics and Methods Lab

Fall 2025, ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR
Statistics and Methods
Statistics and Methods Lab

Spring 2025, ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Fayetteville
Behavioral Neuroscience
Research Literacy

Fall 2024, ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Fayetteville
Cognitive Psychology

Spring 2024, ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Fayetteville
General Psychology