Dr. Alan Searleman

St. Lawrence University

Submitted by asea on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 12:27.

Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology

Education

Undergraduate:

Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1069-1073, BS degree in Psychology (Phi Beta Kappa)

Graduate:

S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, 1973-1978, Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology

Courses I teach regularly:

Introductory Psychology

Research Methods and Research Methods Lab

Sensation & Perception and Sensation & Perception Lab

My research interests:

Left-handedness

visual illusions

human memory

Hemispheric Lateralization

Sample student projects I have supervised:

Senior honor's Project: Episodic Blurring in Recall of Video Clips using Music

Senior Honor's Project: Exploring Change Detection Ability and Confidence of Decisions

Senior Honor's Project: Simultaneity Overpowers the effect of Color on Memory Conjunction Errors for Paired Faces

Examples of presentations, exhibitions, performances and published work:

Searleman, A. Hornung, D., Stein, E. & Brzuskiewicz, L. (2005) Nostril Dominance: Differences in nasal airflow and preferred handedness. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain, & Cognition, 10, 111-120.

Searleman, A. & Porac, C. (2003). Lateral preference profiles and right shift attempt hisotries of consistent and inconsistent left-handers. Brain & Cognition, 52, 175-180.

Searleman & Herrmann (1994). Memory from a Broader Perspective. McGraw-Hill.