2007-2008 Guest Speakers

• Current Seminar Schedule


• March, 2008 -- Dr. Pat Carroll (University of Florida)
• January, 2008 -- Dr. Jim Rimpau (University of Nevada at Reno)
• October, 2007 -- Dr. Randy Engle (Georgia Tech University)
• March, 2007 -- Dr. Simon Grondin (Laval University, Quebec)
• February, 2007 -- Dr. Tom Pyszczynski (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs)
• February, 2007 -- Dr. Dean MacDonald (The Ohio State University)

Faculty News

• Fall 2007. Dr. Mike Babcock is a co-PI on $6,500,000 grant from the NIH -- see MSU news link.
• Fall 2007. Dr. Michelle Meade and Dr. Keith Hutchison received an MSU Research and Creativity grant for their research on aging and memory.
• Fall 2007. Dr. Wesley Lynch (Psy) and Dr. Lynn Paul (HHD) received a grant from the Clinical Research Development Program to develop a new grant on Childhood Obesity Prevention.
• Fall 2006. Dr. Michelle Meade and Dr. Jessi Smith are featured in the new issue of MSU's Confluence Magazine (p. 25)

Student News

• Kelli Paull and Ashley Hildred were co-winners in our annual "outstanding psychology student" award, 2007 (click here for photo)
• Congratulations to our recent Masters graduates and best of luck in your Ph.D. programs (in parentheses): Katie Coombs (University of Arizona), Tiffany Dood, Damon McNeill (University of Alberta), Matthew Shively, Zach Shipstead (Georgia Tech), and Christie Weeden.
• Pictures from the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association (RMPA) meeting in Denver Colorado, April 2007. We had 11 students attend this conference. Katie Coombs won an award for her submission.

Research Grants (Recent Examples)

• Keith Hutchison -- National Science Foundation, PI. Construction and utility of a large scale semantic priming database. 2006-2009.
• Wes Lynch --  Clinical Research Development Program (VP's Office) to develop a new grant on Childhood Obesity Prevention. 2008.

Journal Articles (In Press)

• Please see individual faculty Web pages for details on in-press or in-preparation articles.

Journal Articles (Recent Examples)

A. Michael Babcock

• Babcock, A.M., Standing, D., Bullshields, K., Spencer, K., Micevych, P.E., Poulsen, D.J. (2007). Over expression of hippocampal Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II improves spatial memory. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 85, 735-739.
• Babcock, A.M., Standing, D. Bullshields, K., Schwartz, E., C.M. Paden, Poulsen, D.J. (2005). In vivo inhibition of hippocampal Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II by RNA interference. Molecular Therapy, 11, 899-905.
• Babcock, A.M., Wright, J., Bjerkness, D., Hartman, H. & Tall Bear, N. (2002). Effects of prior apparatus experience and novelty of testing environment on locomotor activity following MK-801. Physiology and Behavior, 77, 177-181.

Richard A. Block

• Polewan, R. J., Vigorito, C. M., Nason, C. D., Block, R. A., & Moore, J. W. (2006). A Cartesian reflex assessment of face processing. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, 5, 3-23.
• Gruber, R. P., & Block, R. A. (2005). Effects of caffeine on prospective duration judgments of various intervals depend on task difficulty. Human Psychopharmacology, 20, 275-285.
• Pierce, C. A., Block, R. A., & Aguinis, H. (2004). Cautionary note on reporting eta-squared values from multifactor ANOVA designs. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64, 916-924.

Ian M. Handley

• Miller, A. K., Markman, K. D., & Handley, I. M. (2007). Self-blame among sexual assault victims prospectively predicts re-victimization: A perceived sociolegal context model of risk. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29, 129-136.
• Handley, I. M., Lassiter, G. D., Nickell, E. F., & Herchenroeder, L. M. (2004). Affect and automatic mood maintenance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 106-112.
• Handley, I. M., & Lassiter, G. D. (2002). Mood and information processing: When happy and sad look the same. Motivation and Emotion, 26, 223-255.

Keith A. Hutchison

• Hutchison, K. A. (2007). Attentional control and the relatedness proportion effect in semantic priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33, 645-662.
• Bengson, J. J. & Hutchison, K. A. (2007). Variability in response criteria affects estimates of conscious identification and unconscious semantic priming. Consciousness and Cognition, 16, 785-796.
• Castel, A. D., Balota, D. A., Hutchison, K. A., Logan, J. M., & Yap, M. J. (2007). Spatial Attention and Response Control in Healthy Younger and Older Adults and Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease: Evidence for Disproportionate Selection Impairments in the Simon Task. Neuropsychology, 21(2), 170-182.

Wesley C. Lynch

• Lynch, W. C., Heil, D. P., Wagner, E., & Havens, M. P. (2007). Ethnic differences in BMI, weight concerns, and eating behaviors: Comparison of Native American, White, and Hispanic adolescents. Body Image, 4, 179-190.
• Lynch, W. C., & Eppers-Reynolds, K. D. (2005) Children's Eating Attitudes Test: Revised Factor Structure of Adolescent Girls. Eating and Weight Disorders, 10, 222-235.
• Lynch, W. C., Eppers, K. D., & Sherrodd, J. R. (2004). Eating Attitudes of Native American and White Female Adolescents: A Comparison of BMI- and Age-matched Groups. Ethnicity & Health, 9, 253-266.

Michelle L. Meade

• Meade, M. L., Watson, J. M., Balota, D. A., & Roediger, H. L., III (2007). The role of spreading activation and retreival mode in producing false recognition in the DRM paradigm. Journal of Memory and Language, 56, 305-320.
• Park, D. C., Gutchess, A. H., Meade, M. L., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. L. (2007) Improving cognitive function in older adults: Nontraditional approaches. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences , 62, 45-52.
• Meade, M. L., & Roediger, H. L., III (2006). The effect of forced recall on illusory recollection in younger and older adults. American Journal of Psychology, 119, 433-462.

Jessi L. Smith

• Walsh, P. E., & Smith, J. L . (2007). Opposing standards within the cultural worldview: Terror management theory and American Women's desire for uniqueness versus inclusiveness. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31, 103-113.
• Smith, J. L., Paul, D., & Paul, R. (2007). No place for a woman: Evidence for gender bias in evaluations of presidential candidates. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29, 225-233.
• Smith, J. L., Sansone, C., & White, P.H. (2007). The stereotyped task engagement process: The role of interest and achievement motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 99-114.

Books (Recent Examples)

• Whitford, F.W.  (2008). College teaching tips (1st ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
• Whitford, F.W.  (2006). Teaching Psychology: A Guide for the New Instructor (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ; Prentice-Hall.

Book Chapters (Recent Examples)

• Block, R. A., & Zakay, D. (in press). Timing and remembering the past, the present, and the future. In S. Grondin (Ed.), The psychology of time. Oxford, England: Elsevier/Emerald.
• 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.
• Park, D. C., & Meade, M. L. (2006). Everyday memory. In R. Schulz, L. Noelker, K. Rockwood, & R. Sprott (Eds.), Encyclopedia of aging. New York: Springer.
• Sansone, C., Thoman, D. B. & Smith, J. L. (in press). Interest and self-regulation: Understanding individual variability in choices, efforts and persistence over time. In R. Hoyle (Ed.), Handbook of personality and self-regulation. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

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