Dr. Mary Spiers, associate professor and Ariana Tart-Zelvin, graduate student, psychology, CoAS, presented a paper titled "We do use more than 10% of our brains: Using movies to address misconceptions about the brain," at the 35th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Pete Beach, FL, January 2013.
Dr. Maria Schultheis, associate professor, Joshua McKeever, doctoral candidate, psychology, CoAS, along with colleagues Vennila Padmantan and Allison Blasco, co-wrote "Driving performance while texting; Even a little is too much," recently published in Injury Prevention, 2013.
Dr. Tamara Medina, assistant teaching professor, psychology, CoAS, published "Propose but verify: Fast mapping meets cross-situational word learning," in Cognitive Psychology, 66(1), 126-156, 2012.
Elizabeth Nicholls, Richa Aggarwal, Aimee Hildenbrand, graduate students, and their mentor Dr. Brian Daly, assistant professor, psychology, CoAS, coauthored the paper, "The use of stimulant medication to treat neurocognitive deficits in pediatric cancer, traumatic brain injury, and sickle cell disease: A review," in Postgraduate Medicine, 124, 78-90, September 2012.
Dr. Christine Maguth Nezu, PhD, ABPP, psychology, CoAS, was elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) for Division 12, Society of Clinical Psychology.
Dr. Arthur M. Nezu, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Professor of Medicine, SOM, Professor of Community Health & Prevention, SPH, along with Dr. Christine Maguth Nezu, Professor of Medicine, SOM , psychology, COAS, recently published the book Problem-Solving Therapy: A Treatment Manual, Springer Publishing Co.