2015
Bailey, S. K. T., Schroeder, B. L., & Sims, V.K. (2015). Unsafe texting and socially problematic texting: Need for cognition as an underlying predictor. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 59, 971-975.
Schroeder, B. L. & Sims, V.K. (2015). Problematic texting behaviors: Individual differences in personality. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 59, 907-911.
Whitmer, D.E., Torres, M.E., & Sims, V.K. (2015). Change in memory of emergency warnings: The case of an averted campus shooting. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 59, 956-960.
2014
Bailey, S. K., & Sims, V. K. (2014). Self-reported craft expertise predicts maintenance of spatial ability in old age. Cognitive Processing, 15(2), 227-231.
Kopel, D. E., Sims, V. K., & Chin, M. G. (2014). Taking emergency warnings seriously. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 58, 1129-1133.
Lobato, E., Mendoza, J., Sims, V., & Chin, M. (2014). Examining the relationship between conspiracy theories, paranormal beliefs, and pseudoscience acceptance among a university population. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Schroeder, B. L., & Sims, V. K. (2014). Texting behind the wheel and beyond: A look at problematic habits. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 58, 1376-1380.
2013
Szumlanski, S., Gomez, F., & Sims, V. K. (2013). A new set of norms for semantic relatedness measures. In Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics.
Sinatra, A.M., Sims, V.K., Bailey, S.K.T., & Najle, M.B. (October, 2013). Differences in the Performance of Older and Younger Adults in a Synthetic Speech Dichotic Listening Task. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 57.
2012
Sinatra, A.M., Sims, V.K., Chin, M.G., & Lum, H.C. (2012). If it looks like a dog: The effect of physical appearance on human interaction with robots and animals. Interaction Studies, 13, 235-262.
Pavlas, D., Salas, E., Jentsch, F., Fiore, S.M., & Sims, V.K. (2012). The Play Experience Scale: Development and Validation of a Measure of Play. Human Factors, 54, 214-225.
Sinatra, A.M., Sims, V.K., Najle, M.B., & Bailey, S.K.T. (2012). The impact of synthetic and accented speech on unattended recall in a dichotic listening task. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 56.
Kent, T.M., Marraffino, M.D., Najle, M.B., Sinatra, A.M., & Sims, V.K. (2012). Effects of input modality and expertise on workload and video game performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 56.
Lum, H.C., Sims, V.K., Chin, M.G., Halse, S.E., & Harris, M. (2012). Humans to robots: How technomorphic features shape our perceptions of each other. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 56(1), 1534-1538.
Sims, V.K., Chin, M.G., Sinatra, A.M., Lum, H.C., Selkowitz, A., Murphy, C.E., & Oleson, K.E. (2011). From TVs to phones: A comparison of adults’ mental models of computers in 1999 and 2009. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 55, 1394-1397.
Marraffino, M.D., Lum, H.C., Sims, V.K., Chin, M.G., Halse, S.E., & Lippman, B. (2011). Effects of Individual Differences on Video Game Performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 55.
Sinatra, A.M., Sims, V.K., Najle, M.B., & Chin, M.G. (2011). An examination of the impact of synthetic speech on unattended recall in a dichotic listening task. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 55, 1245-1249.
Lum, H. C., Sims, V. K., Chin, M.G., & Halse, S. E. (2011). Are we becoming super-human cyborgs? Examination of technomorphism and the creation of a technomorphic tendencies scale. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 55(1), 1370-1374.
Lum, H.C., Sims, V.K., & Salas, E. (2011). Low-Level Predictors of Team Performance and Success. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 55
Scharfstein, L. A., Beidel, D.C., Sims, V.K., & Finnell, L.R. (2011). Social skills deficits and vocal characteristics of children with social phobia or Asperger’s Disorder: A comparative study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39(6), 865-875.