COGNITIVE  NEUROSCIENCE  LABORATORY


 
 

Matthew Guerdat, Meredith Hittie, Michael Celozzi, Caryn Penn, David Boles, Michael Dillard 

in the "museum" 
 

Our Goal:  To understand brain-behavior relationships in adults, children, and
special populations using behavioral cognitive neuroscience methods.

 
 

Current Project Topics:

Transfer of Training Between Tasks Sharing Resources

Lateralization in Children and Young Adults with ADHD

Lateralized Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder
 
 

Research Publications:

Boles, D.B., Barth, J.M., & Merrill, E.C. (2008). Asymmetry and performance: Toward a neurodevelopmental theory. Brain & Cognition, 66, 124-139.

Boles, D.B., Phillips, J.B., & Givens, S.M. (2007). What dot clusters and bargraphs reveal: Subitizing is fast counting and subtraction.  Perception & Psychophysics, 69, 913-922.

Voyer, D., & Boles, D.B. (2007). Fixation and attention control in lateralized target detection and free recall with words. Laterality, 12, 428-448

Boles, D.B., Bursk, J.H., Phillips, J.B., & Perdelwitz, J.R. (2007). Predicting dual-task performance with The Multiple Resources Questionnaire (MRQ).  Human Factors, 49, 32-45.

Boles, D.B., & Phillips, J.B. (2007). A reply to the methodological and theoretical concerns of Vidulich and Tsang.  Human Factors, 49, 50-52.

Boles, D.B. (2006).  Multiple resources. In W. Karwowski (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors. Taylor & Francis, 2nd edition, v. 1, 442-448.

Boles, D.B. (2005). A large-sample study of sex differences in functional cerebral lateralization. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 27, 759-768.

Boles, D.B., Phillips, J.B., Bursk, J.H., & Perdelwitz, J.R. (2004).  Application of the Multiple Resources Questionnaire (MRQ) to a complex gaming environment. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 48, 1968-1972.

Phillips, J.B., & Boles, D.B. (2004). Multiple Resources Questionnaire and Workload Profile: Application of competing models to subjective workload measurement. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 48, 1963-1967.

Rilea, S.L., Roskos-Ewoldsen, B., & Boles, D.B. (2004). Sex differences in spatial ability: A lateralization of function approach.  Brain and Cognition, 56, 332-343.

Boles, D.B. & Turan, T.N. (2003). Multiprocess lateralization in dyslexia. Laterality, 8,155-167.

Research Presentations:
Berry, J.H., & Boles, D.B. (2007). Feature models of letter recognition are alive and well! Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C., 24-27 May.

Givens, S.M., & Boles, D.B. (2006). Differences in pressure sensitivity and tactile discrimination among individuals as a function of gender and body surface area.   Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston.

Boles, D.B., Phillips, J.B., Bursk, J.H., & Perdelwitz, J.R. (2004).  Application of the Multiple Resources Questionnaire (MRQ) to a complex gaming environment. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, New Orleans.

Phillips, J.B., & Boles, D.B. (2004). Multiple Resources Questionnaire and Workload Profile: Application of competing models to subjective workload measurement. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, New Orleans.

Barth, J.M., & Boles, D.B. (2003). Brain lateralization in children: A modular approach. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa.


University of Alabama Department of Psychology Web Site
David B. Boles / web site
Page last updated 29 June 2008.