Applied Behavior Analysis: The application of basic principles of behavior to the solution of important problems in the culture. Areas of interest include: developmental disabilities, mental health, head injury rehabilitation, education. Performance Management & Technology is another area of interest. We work with businesses in Tallahassee to solve human performance problems.
Social psychology, psychology and law. Research studying the factors that affect the accuracy of eyewitnesses' memory. Often testify as an expert witness on this issue in cases involving disputed eyewitness testimony.
Antecedents and consequences of alcohol
use, particularly cognitive mediation
of the connections between drinking and
emotional/behavioral response. Currently
investigating alcohol's relation to fear,
impulsivity, and social stereotyping, as
well as responses to addiction-relevant
cues that evoke craving and/or inclinations
to avoid use.
Mechanisms of energy regulation and feeding in mammals and birds; metabolic, thermal and cardiovascular adaptations to varied climatic and nutritional conditions.
Taste sensitivity in animals; conditioned taste aversions; animal psychophysics; microstructure of feeding and drinking; behavioral and physiological effects of high intensity magnetic fields.
Localization and function of biological clocks in vertebrates; light and food as entraining signals for circadian rhythms; obesity; sleep; reproduction.
Psychology of reading and prevention of reading disabilities; cognitive characteristics of children with learning disabilities; assessment practices with children; computer assisted instruction in basic academic skills.
