CBS Faculty
The faculty in the Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences area represent a young and enthusiastic group of scholar-instructors with diverse interests.
Dawn M. McBride, Ph.D. (Coordinator) -- Professor, Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of California-Irvine, Ph.D., 1999
Research Interests:- Implicit Memory
- False Memory
- Explanations of the Picture Superiority Effect
- Forgetting
- Systems Versus Processing View of Memory
Thomas S. Critchfield, Ph.D., -- Professor, Member of Graduate Faculty, West Virginia University, Ph.D.,1989
Research Interests:- Human Learning
- Choice and Decision
- Stimulus Class Formation and Concept Learning
- Theories of Punishment and Negative Reinforcement
- Small-N Research Method
J. Cooper Cutting, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor, Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Illinois, Ph.D., 1997
Research Interests:- Psycholinguistics
- Language Production
- Quantitative Methods in Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Pragmatics of Language
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Valeri A. Farmer-Dougan, Ph.D. -- Professor, Member of Graduate Faculty, Washington State University, Ph.D., 1985
Research Interests:- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Disequilibrium Models of Reinforcement
- Neurobiology of Reinforcement
- Developmental Disabilities
- Management and Enrichment of Captive Wild Animals
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Paul A. Garris, Ph.D. -- Professor of Biological Sciences (with joint appointment with Psychology), Member of Graduate Faculty, Indiana University, Ph.D., 1990
Research Interests:- Brain-Reward System
- Dopamine Neurochemistry
- Parkinson's Disease
- Biosensor Development and Application
Byron A. Heidenreich, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor, Indiana University at Bloomington, Ph.D., 1992
Research Interests:- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Neuropsychopharmacology of Monoamine Neurotransmitters
- Neuropharmacology of Drugs of Abuse and Psychotherapeutic Medications
- Extracellular Electrophysiology
Alycia M. Hund, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor, University of Iowa, Ph.D., 2003
Research Interests:- Cognitive development
- Development of Location Memory Processes
- Spatial Cognition
- Categorization
- Memory
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
J. Scott Jordan, Ph.D. (Department Chair) -- Professor, Member of Graduate Faculty, Northern Illinois University, Ph.D., 1991
Research interests:- Perception and Action
- Spatial Perception
- Consciousness
Gordon M. Redding, Ph.D. -- Professor Emeritus, Member of Graduate Faculty, University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1972
Research Interests:- Perceptual-Motor Coordination
- Cognitive Bases of Attention
- Geometric Illusions
- Geometric Approaches to Visual Perception
- Computational Vision
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Jeffrey B. Wagman, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, Ph.D., 2003
Research Interests:- Haptic Perception and Tool Use
- Perception and Action; Ecological Psychology
- Perceptual Learning
- Perception of Affordances
Corinne Zimmerman, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor, Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Alberta, Ph.D., 1999
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Research interests:
- The development of scientific reasoning
- Understanding of scientific concepts and conceptual change
- The development of scientific literacy