Research
Recent FundingWilliam Helton has received $467,017 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for "A Collaborative Laboratory for Human-Robot Interaction at Michigan Technological University." Research NewsHuman Factors Seminar
Cheryl Cohen, assistant professor of cognitive psychology at Webster University, gave a talk, "Spatial Visualization Training Using Interactive Animation," on 1 p.m., Friday, April 17, in Chem Sci 215. Cohen also visited the Psychology Senior Seminar to meet with students at an afternoon colloquium. Cohen's visit was sponsored by the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences and the Visiting Women and Minority Lecturer/Scholar Series. 2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Assistant Professor Jason Carter (ESHPE), graduate student John Durocher (Biological Sciences) and Associate Professor Rosalie Kern (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) published a paper, "Neural and Cardiovascular Responses to Emotional Stress in Humans," in the American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, volume 295, issue 6, 2008. Assistant Professor Chris Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) presented a paper, "Effects of Secondary Loading Task Modality on Attentional Reserve Capacity," on Sept. 24 at the annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, held in New York. Associate Professor William "Deak" Helton (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) presented three papers at the annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, held Sept. 23, 24 and 25 in New York, "Human Judgments of Stress State in Performance Settings," "Performance on a Sustained Attention to Response Task" and "Relationships between Caffeine Consumption, Cognitive Slips-Failures, Daily Stress and Sleep," and he also chaired the session "Individual Differences in Performance Under Stress." In its June 26 issue, Geospatial Solutions, a publication for emerging intelligence about GIS and related spatial technologies, featured a paper authored by Assistant Professor Eugene Levin, Assistant Professor Robert Liimakka (School of Technology), Assistant Professor William Helton (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) and Senior Lecturer Gennady Gienko (University of the South Pacific), "Analyzing Eye Movement During Geospatial Data Inspection". Assistant Professor Chris Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) presented a paper, "Case Studies in the Science and Applications of Tactile Displays," on May 15 at the Conference on the Science and Applications of Perception Psychology, held in Cincinnati, Ohio. Assistant Professor Chris Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) presented a paper, "Validating a Multi-modal Secondary Loading Task: Detection Sensitivity and Reserve Capacity," on May 2 at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, held in Chicago. Proposals in ProgressEugene Levin (School of Technology/RSI) and William Helton (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), "CDI-Type I: Multidisciplinary Research: From Geospatial Data to Knowledge," NSF, CDI David Reed (VPR Office), James Heikinnen (Facilities), Bradley Baltensperger and J. Christopher Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), "Complex Human Systems Research Center," NIH Robert Pastel, Charles Wallace (Computer Science), J. Christopher Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) and Karla Kitalong (Humanities), "II: Building an Undergraduate Community of Practice in Human-Centered Computing," NSF Tammy Haut Donahue (ME-EM) and Susie Amato-Henderson (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), "Research in Engineering Self-Efficacy of Minority Students," NSF Gretchen Hein, Amber Kemppainen, Norma Veurink (Engineering Fundamentals) and Susan Amato-Henderson (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), "First-Year Renewable and Sustainable Technology (FYRST) Project," NSF Eugene Levin (School of Technology), Deak Helton (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), William Buller and Richard Powell (MTRI), "Gaze-Driven Imaging Toolsets for Cognitive HSI Data Processing," National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) Robert Pastel (Computer Science), Jindong Tan (ECE) and Christopher Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), "HCC: Small: Human-Robot Interaction Design and Evaluation of Robot Teams," NSF Eugene Levin (School of Technology) and J. Christopher Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), "HCC: Small: Multidisciplinary Research: Cognitive Geospatial Information System," NSF, IIS Jindong Tan, Michael Roggemann, Gerry Tian, Roger Kieckhafer (ECE/CISSIC), William Helton, J. Chris Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) and Bo Chen (ME-EM), "Equipment for Rapidly Deployable Networking and Sensing Infrastructure," US Department of Defense-Air Force Office of Scientific Research See also: Academics > Graduate Program > Research Potential areas of specialization in graduate research include:
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William S. "Deak" Helton, associate professor of cognitive and learning sciences, is publishing a book called "Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs," which addresses working dogs from a scientific perspective, drawing together related research from different fields into an interdisciplinary resource of science-based information. It can be ordered from Amazon.com.
