Contact Information

Richard A. Block, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Psychology
Montana State University
P.O. Box 173440
Bozeman, MT 59717-3440 USA

Tel: (406) 994-5173
Fax: (406) 994-3804
Location: 313 Traphagen Hall

Email: block@montana.edu

Research Interests

• Memory and cognition
• Psychology of time
• Face recognition
• Meta-analysis

Education

• Ph.D. (1973). Psychology, University of Oregon
• M.A. (1970). Psychology, University of Oregon
• B.A. (1968). Psychology, University of Michigan

Recent Publications

• Block, R. A., Hancock, P. A., & Zakay, D. (2010). How cognitive load affects duration judgments: A meta-analytic review. Acta Psychologica, 134, 330-343. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.03.006 [PDF]
  
• Block, R. A. (2009). Intent to remember briefly presented human faces and other pictorial stimuli enhances recognition memory. Memory & Cognition, 37, 667-678. [PDF]
  
• Block, R. A., & Zakay, D. (2008). Timing and remembering the past, the present, and the future. In S. Grondin (Ed.), Psychology of time (pp. 367-394). Bingley, England: Emerald. [PDF]
  
• Block, R. A., & Zakay, D. (2006). Prospective remembering involves time estimation and memory processes. In J. Glicksohn & M. S. Myslobodsky (Eds.), Timing the future: The case for a time-based prospective memory (pp. 25-49). London: World Scientific. [PDF]

Recent Courses

• Memory & Cognition PSYX 380)
• Consciousness (PSYX 384)
• Senior Thesis Capstone (PSYX 499R)
• Advanced Research Design & Analysis (PSYX 501)

Rick Block created this web page on May 5, 1995, and last updated it on August 18, 2010.