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2011-2015 Publications


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.

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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