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HFES Aspire 2025
Two of our researchers—Jazmyn Donovan and Cindy VonAhlefeldt—attended and presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s international conference. Jazmyn presented part of her second year project, and Cindy presented part of her first year project. Exploring the Effects of Background Sound on Performance in a Vigilance Task by Jazmyn Donovan & James Szalma The…
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From Vinyl to Viral: An Honors Thesis
Ariana Deboo, an undergraduate senior, successfully defended her Honors Undergraduate Thesis “From Vinyl to Viral: Evaluating the Mere Exposure Effect through Music and Technological Advancements“. Throughout this process, Ariana worked hard with faculty advisor James Szalma and graduate student Jazmyn Donovan to design her own study, collect data, and run her statistics. Abstract: The Mere…
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Background Music and Vigilance
Jazmyn Donovan, a 3rd year graduate student, presented her research on the theoretical implications of how performance and stress are effected by background music in a visual vigilance task. Examining the overload and underload hypotheses by manipulating the complexity of background noise heard during the vigil, the study found partial support for the overload hypothesis…
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2025 Student Scholar Symposium
This spring, two of our students—Ariana DeBoo (undergraduate senior) and Jazmyn Donovan (Ph.D. student) presented their research at UCF’s annual Student Scholar Symposium. Both presentations were awarded the Judge’s Choice Award, earning a $500 scholarship! “Stress, Performance, and Personality: Exploring the Effects of Social Facilitation in Vigilance Tasks” by Jazmyn Donovan & James Szalma Performance…