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2019 Presentations

Sobel, B.M. & Sims, V.K. (2019, October). Perceived Applicability of a Big Five Personality Inventory for Computers. Proceedings from the International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Seattle, WA.

A person stands next to a presentation slide titled "Sources of Anthropomorphic Perceptions in Simple Text-Based Interfaces" with UCF and ACAT logos.

Sobel, B.M., Chin, M. & Sims, V.K. (2019, July). Perceived Suitability for using a Big Five Personality Inventory with Pets. Poster presented at the International Conference of the International Society of Anthrozoology, Orlando, FL.

Person standing next to a research poster titled "Perceived Suitability of Using a Big Five Personality Inventory with Pets" from the University of Central Florida.

 

Satoski, K., Mata Guidi, A.C., Sims, V.K., Parker, J.A. & Chin, M. (2019, July). Detailed Analysis of Cat-Human Interaction: Pilot Study. Poster presented at the International Conference of the International Society of Anthrozoology, Orlando, FL.

Two women stand in front of a research poster titled "Detailed Analysis of Cat-Human Interaction: Pilot Study" at a conference.

 

Flores-Cruz, G., Spiegel, M, Sims, V., Chin, M., Maxim, P., & Vasquez, C. (2019, July). Perception of animal food words by native Spanish speakers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Anthrozoology, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

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Olcum, E., & Uszak, N., E. (2019, July). Trends in cognitive load research in education. (Poster presentation at the 2019 Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, Lewiston, ME)

 

May, L., Sobel, B., Wilson, J., & Walker, B, (2019, June). Auditory Displays to Facilitate Object Targeting in 3D Space. Proceedings from the 25th International Conference on Auditory Displays, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

 

Sobel, B.M. & Sims, V.K. (2019, May). Age as a Significant Predictor of Perceptions of Media Affordances of Facebook. Poster presented at the National Conference of the Association for Psychological Sciences (APS), Washington, DC.

A person stands next to a research poster titled "Age as a Significant Predictor of Media Affordances of Facebook" at a conference.

 

Flores-Cruz, G. & Sims, V.K. (April, 2019). Postures in mobile device usage: Effect on cognitive bias. Poster presented at the Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.

Recent News

PhD student Kristen Schmidt was accepted to the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) as a summer intern working at the Naval Air Warfare Center – Training Systems Division (NAWC-TSD).

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PhD candidate Briana Sobel was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC).

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PhD student Kristen Schmidt was elected President of the UCF Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Student Chapter.

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