Category: Psychology

CLS and KIP Presentation

The Departments of Cognitive and Learning Sciences and Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology will host Erich Petushek on Monday, April 8, from 2:05 to 2:55 p.m., in Meese 110. Petushek’s talk is titled “Predicting Musculoskeletal Injury Risk: A Biomechanical and Human Factors Approach.” Petushek, is currently completing his PhD at Michigan Tech. Petushek’s primary program of research integrates disciplinary knowledge and techniques from the fields of biomechanics, epidemiology, psychology, and engineering with the overall goal of reducing the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal injuries and disorders.

For more information, contact Associate Professor Susan Amato-Henderson at slamato@mtu.edu.

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CLS and KIP Presentation

The Departments of Cognitive and Learning Sciences and Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology will host Alissa Fourkas on Tuesday, April 2, from 2:05 to 2:55 p.m., in Rekhi G05. Fourkas will provide a Research Presentation, “Neuroplasticity in the Motor System: Building a Bridge from Basic Science to the Clinic.” Fourkas, who earned her PhD in Health and Exercise Sciences from the University of Wales at Bangor, United Kingdom, is currently a researcher at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and serves as an adjunct faculty at Marymount University. Fourkas’ primary research interest is to study the neural mechanisms underlying motor imagery and action execution in an effort to develop useable and effective motor imagery paradigms to enhance motor learning and control in healthy and injured persons.

For more information, contact Associate Professor Susan Amato-Henderson at slamato@mtu.edu.

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As part of Michigan Technological University’s Visiting Women and Minority Lecturer/Scholar Series, the School of Business and Economics will welcome Alice Stuhlmacher to campus April 1st – 3rd, 2013. During the visit, Stuhlmacher will visit classes in the School of Business and Economics as well as the department of Cognitive Learning Sciences. Faculty and student groups will participate in presentations and round table discussions throughout the visit.

Read more at the School of Business and Economics News, by Lynn Makela.

Stuhlmacher Presenting for VWMLS Series

Alice F. Stuhlmacher is a professor of psychology at DePaul University. Her research interests include negotiation and conflict in organizations, particularly relating to gender, labor mediators, and virtual communication. She has been active in applying meta-analyses to summarize existing research and has also published research relating to personality, workplace safety, and decision making.

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The Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences will host Dr. Adam Feltz on Thursday, March 28th, 2:05 – 2:55 in Rekhi G06. Dr. Feltz will provide a Research Presentation: “Ethical Decision Making”.

Dr. Feltz, who earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Florida State University in 2008, is currently an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies at Schreiner University. Connecting philosophical beliefs and real-world problems Dr. Feltz’s research aims to construct ethical decision support that is intimately linked to ancient questions regarding what it is to be rational, moral, and human.

For more information, contact Associate Professor Susan Amato-Henderson at slamato@mtu.edu.

Research Presentation Being Hosted by Cognitive and Learning Sciences

Nicholas Lange will be presenting, “Hypothesis Generation: Temporal Dynamics and Hypothesis Guided Visual Search,” at 2:05 p.m., Monday, March 25, Rekhi G06.

Lange, who earned his PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oklahoma, currently holds a dual appointment as a Postdoc Associate Research Fellow at Birkbeck College (University of London) and as a Postdoc Fellow at the University of Oklahoma. His research investigates the underlying role that memory systems play in supporting high-level cognitive tasks such as, judgment and decision making, with a focus on the role of hypothesis generation.

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Edward T. Cokely, assistant professor of psychology, department of cognitive and learning sciences, has two new chapters published in the book, Transparent Communication of Health Risks, 1. “How to Measure Risk Comprehension in Educated Samples” and 2. “Reducing the Effect of Framed Messages About Health”

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Rocio Garcia-Retamero, advanced associate professor from the University of Granada, Spain, is an expert in the psychology of stereotype formation, gender issues, medical decision making, and risk communication. Garcia-Retamero will present, “Communicating Risks to Diverse, Vulnerable People,” from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.,Thursday, Jan. 31, in the MEESE Center, Room 110. She will be reviewing a collection of studies investigating the benefits of using visual aids for communicating health risks to diverse and often vulnerable individuals. Theoretical mechanisms, open questions, and emerging applications will be discussed.

Garcia-Retamero has published nearly 100 articles and chapters on these topics including two recently completed books. She is funded by grants from the “Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation” and the “Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making” in the US. Send questions to Edward Cokely at ecokely@mtu.edu.

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The Michigan Tech Research magazine for 2012 featured Good Cop, Better Cop. The article focused on research by Paul Ward concerning the understanding of police performance in the field.

Read more at Michigan Tech Research 2012.