Alderson, R. M., Petrac, D. C., and Sims, V. K. (November 2004). The effects of a central executive distracter task on operant responding in an impulsivity/self-control paradigm. Poster presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Sims, V. K., Diaz, D. D., Ellis, L. U., & Sushil, D. (October 2004). When Dogs Fly: The Roles of Context and Stimulus Type in Predicting Non-Amnesic Visual Search. Poster presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Sims, V. K., Chin, M. G., Durrance, L. M., & Johnson, C. I. (October 2004). Mental models of computers as a function of Sex and Perceived Trust. Poster presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Chin, M. G., Sims, V. K., Clark, B, & Rivera Lopez, G. (October 2004). Measuring Individual Differences in Anthropomorphism Toward Machines and Animals. Poster to be presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Ballion, T. T., Sims, V. K., & Van De Car, S. I. (October 2004). Confirmation Bias in Scientific Reasoning: The Roles of Gender, Perceived Competence and Actual Competence. Poster presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Samman, S. N., Stanney, K. M., Dalton, J., Ahmad, A. M., Bowers, C., & Sims, V. K. (October 2004). Multimodal Interaction: Multi-Capacity Processing Beyond 7+/-2. Poster presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ballion, T. T., Sims, V. K., & Van De Car, S. I. (August 2004). Level of skill and self/peer assessment on a visuo-spatial task. Poster presented at the 112th annual meeting of The American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rapport, M. D., Sims, V. K., Scanlan, S., & Denney, C. (May 2004). Attention and Scholastic Achievement in Children: The Mediating Role of Working Memory. Poster presented at the 16th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.

 

Alderson, R. M., Petrac, D. C., Rapport, M. D., Sims, V. K., & Weiss, K. V. (May 2004). Behavioral Inhibition in Laboratory Settings. Poster presented at the 16th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.

 

Johnson, C. I. & Sims, V. K. (May 2004). Interference Pattern Development in a Bilingual Stroop Task. Poster presented at the 16th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.

 

Durrance, L. M., Sims, V. K., & Chin, M. G. (May 2004). Errors in a Bilingual Lexical Decision Task: The Proficieny Factor. Poster presented at the 16th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.

Sims, V. K.. Ellis, L. U., & Sushil, D. (March 2004). When Dogs Fly: Ecological Validity Affects Visual Search Efficiency. Poster presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

Sims, V. K.. Chin, M. G., & Yordon, R. (March 2004). Sex and Farm Experience Predict Views of Animal Cruelty. Poster presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

Wise, T.N., DiSerafino, N.K. , McGuire, J., & Sims, V. K.. (March 2004). Gender Differences in the Acceptability of Naming Options for Women. Poster presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. This paper won a SEPA/CEPO Student Research Award for Women’s Issues.

Micikevicius, P., Hughes, C. E., Moshell, J. M., Sims, V. K. & Smith, H. (January 2004). Perceptual Evaluation of an Interactive Forest Walk-through, VR Usability Workshop: Designing and Evaluating VR Systems, Nottingham, England.