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Faculty Publications
"Recognition Memory Measures Yield Disproportionate Effects of Aging on Learning Face-name Associations."
Psychology and Aging, 23(3): 657-664. (2008)
Prof. Lori James, Department of Psychology
Article's Abstract
"No previous research has tested whether the specific age-related deficit in learning face-name associations that has been identified using recall tasks also occurs for recognition memory measures. Young and older participants saw pictures of unfamiliar people with a name and an occupation for each person, and were tested on a matching (in Experiment 1) or multiple-choice (in Experiment 2) recognition memory test. For both recognition measures, the pattern of effects was the same as that obtained using a recall measure: More face-occupation associations were remembered than face-name associations, young adults remembered more associated information than older adults overall, and older adults had disproportionately poorer memory for face-name associations. Findings implicate age-related difficulty in forming and retrieving the association between the face and the name as the primary cause of obtained deficits in previous name learning studies." -- Abstract from journal.
Posted 7/1/09
Faculty Publications
"Harmonic Analysis for Graph Refinements and the Continuous Graph FFT."
Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 430(11-12): 2859-2876. (2009)
Prof. Robert Carlson, Department of Mathematics
Article's Abstract
"The discrete Fourier transform and the FFT algorithm are extended from the circle to continuous graphs with equal edge lengths." -- Abstract from journal.
Posted 6/16/09
Faculty Publications
"Terrorism, Violence, and Hope for Peace: A Terror Management Perspective."
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17(5): 318-322. (2008)
Prof. Tom Pyszczynski, Department of Psychology
Article's Abstract
"Terror management theory (TMT) is used to explore psychological forces that act to promote or discourage support for terrorism and violent counterterrorist policies. According to TMT, domination, humiliation, and perceived injustice threaten the self-esteem and cultural worldviews that protect people from death-related anxiety; the result may be hostility and violence directed against the threatening out-group as a way of defusing this threat. We review research documenting the role of terror management processes in promoting and discouraging support for terrorism and violent counterterrorist policies and discuss the implications of this research. The studies we review suggest that the same psychological forces that promote support for terrorist violence also promote support for aggressive counterterrorist policies and that these forces can be redirected to encourage support for more peaceful solutions on both sides of the current conflict between Islamic radical groups and Western nations." -- Abstract from journal.
Posted 6/8/09
Undergraduate Research Journal
The latest issue of the Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ) is hot off the electronic press! The issue features senior theses from the History Department. The papers represent a wide range of historical topics from early Christian history to desegregation issues in the 1960s. Many thanks go to Dr. Paul Harvey and Dr. Bernice Forrest, the UCCS professors who lead these classes.
URJ is a completely open access, online journal aimed at highlighting research excellence at the undergraduate level at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Questions or comments about the journal may be sent to Tabatha Farney, Web Services Librarian.
View the latest issue of URJ.
Posted 6/5/09
Popular Reading Section
Did you know the Library carries many of the latest popular books released? Located in the 2nd floor apse, the Popular Reading section features books from in demand authors like Nora Roberts, James Patterson, David Baldacci, Stephanie Meyer and so many more. Come browse the shelves in person or search the Kraemer Library Catalog.
Don't forget to use Prospector, a Colorado wide library catalog, for popular novels not available at the Kraemer Family Library. Just go to the Prospector site, search and request your items online. Prospector is available to UCCS students, staff and faculty and requests typically take 3-5 days to arrive. You'll get an email when the item arrives and you can pick it up the Kraemer Family Library's circulation desk.
Have more questions? Contact the Reference Desk at 719-255-3295 or refdesk@uccs.edu.
Posted 5/26/09