January 2013

• Dr. Yamamoto's research on the role of peripheral vision in spatial learning has been published in Memory & Cognition. Yamamoto, N., & Philbeck, J. W. (2013). Peripheral vision benefits spatial learning by guiding eye movements. Memory & Cognition, 41, 109–121.

August 2012

• Dr. Yamamoto’s research on space perception has been published in Cognitive Processing.  Yamamoto, N. (2012). The role of active locomotion in space perception. Cognitive Processing, 13, S365-S368.


• One more study from the Yamamoto lab… Maria Donaldson (our alumna; MA in Psychology, 2011) and Dr. Yamamoto published their project.  Donaldson, M. J., & Yamamoto, N. (2012). Detection of object onset and offset in naturalistic scenes. In C. Stachniss, K. Schill, & D. Uttal (Eds.), Spatial cognition viii (Lecture notes in computer science, Vol. 7463, pp. 451-460). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.


• Drs. Slifkin and Eder (our alumnus) published their study on the spatial structure of movement. Slifkin, A. B., & Eder, J. R. (2012). Amplitude requirements, visual information, and  the spatial structure of movement. Experimental Brain Research, 220, 297-310.

June 2012

• Greg DeGirolamo’s Master’s thesis has been published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.  Yamamoto, N., & DeGirolamo, G. J. (2012). Differential effects of aging on spatial learning through exploratory navigation and map reading. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 4(14), 1-7.

February 2012

• Gregory Bolwell, a first year student in our program, received the 2012 Best Student Paper Award at the 43rd annual scientific meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. The title of his paper is “Biofeedback Training in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.” Congratulations Greg!

November 2011

• Dr. Sherry Ball and student Katherine Hughes presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting. Bryan, K. J., Hughes, K. S., Soehnlen, S. G., Riechers, R. G., II, & Ball, S. L. (2011, November). Social isolation prior to controlled cortical impact impairs motor/sensory and cognitive functions. Poster presented at the 41st annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.


• Dr. Naohide Yamamoto and his colleague presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting. Yamamoto, N., & Muschter, E. (2011, November). Schizotypal traits and nonvisual space perception: Exploring the role of efference copy. Poster presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, WA.

September 2011

• Hadiya Adams was awarded Dr. James M. Schuerger Endowed Scholarship. Congratulations Hadiya!


• Teresa Markis (our alumna) published her thesis research with her advisor, Dr. McLennan. Markis, T. A., & McLennan, C. T. (2011). The effect of priming a thin ideal on the subsequent perception of conceptually related body image words. Body Image, 8, 423-426.

May 2011

• Dr. Yamamoto and his student presented a poster at the Association for Psychological Science. Yamamoto, N., & Muschter, E. (2011, May). Schizotypal traits and distance perception. Poster presented at the 23rd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

February 2011

• We presented three posters at the Cleveland Psychological Association’s annual student research poster session:

  Mach, D. E., & Yamamoto, N. (2011, February). The role of anticipation error in imagined walking. Poster presented at the 2nd annual student research poster session of the Cleveland Psychological Association, Beachwood, OH.

  Muschter, E., & Yamamoto, N. (2011, February). The effect of schizotypal traits on distance perception via nonvisual walking. Poster presented at the 2nd annual student research poster session of the Cleveland Psychological Association, Beachwood, OH.

  Newell, J. L., & McLennan, C. T. (2011, February). Social factors and listeners’ sensitivity to talker-specific information during online spoken word recognition. Poster presented at the 2nd annual student research poster session of the Cleveland Psychological Association, Beachwood, OH.

January 2011

• Robert Goodman (our alumnus; MA in Psychology, 2009) and Dr. Ernest Park were invited to give a talk at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

  Goodman, R. J., & Park, E. S. (January, 2011). Mindfulness enhances executive control by reducing the centrality of the self. Invited talk to be presented at the Symposium, "Toward an important role for mindfulness in self-regulation: Findings from personality and experimental social psychology", at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

November 2010

• Steve Soehnlen and Dr. Sherry Ball gave a poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience.

  Soehnlen, S. G., Bryan, K. J., Ball, S. L., & Riechers, R. G., II. (2010, November). Sleep deprivation prior to controlled cortical impact impairs motor/sensory and cognitive functions. Poster presented at the 40th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

• Maria Donaldson and Dr. Naohide Yamamoto presented their research at OPAM (Object Perception, Attention, & Memory) conference.

  Donaldson, M. J., & Yamamoto, N. (2010, November). Enhanced change detection ability for object onsets in natural scenes. Poster presented at the 18th annual workshop on Object Perception, Attention, & Memory, St. Louis, MO.

• Maura Wilson and Dr. Conor McLennan gave two presentations at the Acoustical Society of America and the Psychonomic Society.

  McLennan, C. T., Wilson, M. L., & González, J. (2010, November). Examining the role of talker specific details in bilingual listeners' perception of spoken words. Poster presented at the 2nd Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics, Cancun, Mexico.

  Wilson, M. L., & McLennan, C. T. (2010, November). Examining variation in emotional tone of voice on listeners' perception of spoken words. Poster presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.

• Dr. Benjamin Wallace's work was presented at the Psychonomic Society.

  Redding, G. M., & Wallace, B. (2010, November). Intermanual transfer of proprioceptive shift in left-handers. Talk given at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.

• Dr. Naohide Yamamoto presented a poster with his student at the Ohio Psychological Association.

  Mach, D. E., & Yamamoto, N. (2010, November). The role of anticipation error in the underestimation of imagined walking time. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Ohio Psychological Association, Columbus, OH.

October 2010

• Maria Donaldson and Jessica Newell presented their work at Cleveland State Interdisciplinary Research Conference.

  Donaldson, M. J., & Yamamoto, N. (2010, October). Onset of objects augments change detection ability in natural scenes. Poster presented at the Cleveland State Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Cleveland, OH.

  Newell, J., & McLennan, C. T. (2010, October). Examining whether social factors affect listeners' sensitivity to talker-specific information during their online perception of spoken words. Talk given at the Cleveland State Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Cleveland, OH.

• Mark Wojda was awarded Dr. James M. Schuerger Endowed Scholarship. Congratulations Mark!