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Papers: Research Scharff, L. (2008). Perception.
In S. Davis and W. Buskist (Eds.), 21st Century Psychology: A
Refernce Handbook. (pp. 245-255). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications, Inc., Kortum, P. & Scharff, L.
(2007). The effect of small changes in web page navigation links on the
performance of users who revisit sites. Proceedings of the 51st
Annual Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Santa Monica, CA.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1138-1142. Raidy, D. & Scharff, L.
(2005). Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Auditory and Visual Memory
Tasks. Perceptual and Motor Skills, Vol. 101, 451-467. [abstract html] Greer, S., Sowden, E., &
Scharff, L. (2005). Email Format and Instructions: Influences on Reading
Times, Retention, and Preferences (pdf
file). American Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 1, 117-128. Wood, R., Davis, K., &
Scharff, L. (2005). Effects of Typeface and Font Size on Legibility for
Children (pdf file). American Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 1, 86-102. Scharff, L. V. & Ahumada,
A. J. (2003). Contrast measures for predicting text readability, B. E.
Rogowitz and T. N. Pappas, eds., Human Vision and
Electronic Imaging VII, SPIE Proc. 5007, 463-472. ( HTML paper , PDF paper ) Scharff, L. F. V. (2003).
Sensation and perception research methods. In S. Davis (Ed.), Handbook
of Research Methods in Experimental Psychology. (pp. 263-284).
Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. Scharff, L. (2003). Everything
except the kitchen sink, but little synthesis. [Review of the book
Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses. 2nd Ed by Richard Cytowic]. Applied
Cognitive Psychology. Vol 17 (7), 872-873. Scharff, L. F. V., &
Ahumada, A. J., Jr. (2002). Predicting the readability of transparent
text. Journal of Vision, 2(9), 653-666,
http://journalofvision.org/2/9/7/ , DOI
10.1167/2.9.7. Brookshire, J., Scharff, L.
& Moses, L. (2002). The influence of illustrations on children's book
preferences and comprehension Reading
Psychology, Vol 23(4), 323 - 339. Scharff, L. V., Hill, A. L.,
and Ahumada, A. J. (2000). Discriminability measures for predicting readability of
text on textured backgrounds . Optics
Express, Vol 6 (4), pp. 81-91 . Scharff, L. V., Ahumada, A. J.,
and Hill, A. L., (1999). " Discriminability Measures for Predicting Readability ," B. Rogowitz and T. Pappas. Eds., Human
Vision and Electronic Imaging, IV, SPIE Proc. 3644 , pp.
270-277. Hill, A. and Scharff, L.
(1999). "
Readability of computer displays as a function of color, saturation,
and background texture ". D. Harris
Ed., Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, Vol.
4, pp. 123-130. Scharff, L. V. (1997).
Decreases in critical disparity gradient with eccentricity may reflect
size-disparity correlation. Journal of the Optical Society
of America: A , 14, 1205-1212. Scharff, L. V. and Geisler, W.
(1992). Stereopsis at isoluminance in the absence of chromatic
aberrations. Journal of the Optical Society of America: A ,
9, 868-876. Rosenstein, L. and VanSickle,
L. F. (1991). Artificial depression of left-hand finger tapping rates:
a critical evaluation of the Halstead-Reitan finger tapping test
instrument. The International Journal of Clinical
Neuropsychology . 8, 106-110.
Scharff, L. V. & Ahumada,
A. J. (2008). Contrast Polarity in Letter Identification. Vision Sciences
Society Annual Meeting, May, Sarasota, FL. Scharff, L. & Kortum, P.
(2008). The immediate benefit of disappearing web links. Texas
Human Facots and Ergonomics convention. Scharff, L., Sylvester, R.,
Lowe, O., & Dyess, J. (2008). Effects of avatar physique and online
environment on avatar personality. Southwestern Psychological
Association Convention. Ahumada, A. & Scharff, L.
(2007). Lines and Dipoles are Efficiently Detected. Vision Sciences
Society Annual Meeting, May, Sarasota, FL. Journal of Vision
7(9), Abstract 337, Page 337a (http://journalofvision.org/7/9/337/) Cantu, L. E. & Scharff, L.
V. (November, 2006). Stereoscopic
Semantic Activation Reveals Unconscious Influence on Word Stem
Completion. Abstracts of the Psychonomic
Society, 11, 56. Ahumada, A. J., Watson, A. B.,
& Scharff, L. V. (November, 2006). Which Visual Images are Detected
Best? Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 11, 37. Ahumada, A. J., Scharff, L. F.
V., & Watson, A. B. (2006). What pattern does the visual system
detect best? European Conference on Visual Perception. Perception
35, 59. Scharff, L. (2006). Who moved my
link? Search performance on repeated tasks.
Human Factors and Ergonomic Society Houston Chapter Conference. Scharff, L., Burns, J., Gamble,
C., Hatnot, S., & Netterville, V. (2006). Effects of homelessness,
gender, and family status on prosocial behavior. Southwestern
Psychological Association Convention Oldenkamp, J. & Scharff, L.
(2006). The influence of visual display information on customer
behavior. Southwestern Psychological Association Convention. Scharff, L. V. (December,
2005). Web Usability and Vision Science. Invited seminar presented at
Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Lauren F.V. Scharff, Albert J.
Ahumada (2005) Understanding text polarity effects, European Conference
on Visual Perception. Perception 34, 133. HTML handout, PDF handout. Scharff, L. V. & Ahumada,
A. J. (2005). Why is light text harder to read than dark text? Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Journal of
Vision, 5 (8), p. 812a (doi:10.1167/5.8.812). Greer, S. & Scharff, L.
(2005). Influences of Web site Structure, Navigation, and Internet
Self-Efficacy on Task Performance and Web site Evaluation. HFES Houston
Chapter Regional Conference. Shird, L. & Scharff, L.
(2005). Effects of Website Interface Design on Performance and
Satisfaction . Southwestern
Psychological Association Convention Lauter, J., Scharff, L.,
Salmons, L., Alexander, J., & Bonomo, J. (2005). Directed
Attention Effects on the Auditory Brainstem Response . Southwestern Psychological Association Convention. Scharff, L. (February 18,
2005). Text Readability, Polarity Influences, and Practical
Applications. Teleconference talk given through Internet II. Scharff, L. , Greer, S.,
Oldenkamp, J., Onyejiaka, U., Sloan, T., Ward, T. (2004). Influence
of Case, Emphasis, and Motivation on Readability and Retention of
Emails. Southwestern Psychological
Association convention. Scharff, L. & Nguyen, P.
(November, 2003). A New Test of Music Mood Induction and Mood Congruent
Memory. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 8, 114. Ahumada, A. J. & Scharff,
L. V. (November, 2003). Letter Identification: Contrast Polarity and
Speed-Accuracy Trade-off Strategies. Abstracts of the Psychonomic
Society, 8, 67. HTML Handout , PDF Handout Scharff, L. V. & Ahumada,
A. J. (July, 2003). Why is letter identification performance better for
negative than positive contrast? Berkeley Area Vision Research Day. Scharff, L. V. & Ahumada,
A. J. (2003). Letter identification latencies are predicted by an
asymmetric contrast metric. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, p.
223 of program. HTML poster, HTML expanded text . Scharff, L. V. & Ahumada,
A. J. (2002) Using letter identifiability to predict readability of
transparent text on textured backgrounds, Optical Society of America
Fall Vision Meeting, October 2002, San Francisco CA. HTML abstract , HTML poster Scharff, L. V. & Ahumada,
A. J. (2002). Identification of filtered letters in filtered noise. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, p.102 of
program. Scharff, L. V. (2002) Measuring
and Predicting Readability of Text Displays. Invited symposium
presentation at Southwestern Psychological Association Convention. Andrews, J., Scharff, L. &
Moses, L. (2002). The influence of illustrations on children's book
preferences and reading comprehension.
American Education Research Association Annual Meeting. Scharff, L. V. & Ahumada,
A. J. (2001). Predicting Readability of Transparent Text on Textured
Backgrounds. Investigative
Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 42, S733. Davis, K., Woods, R. and
Scharff, L.V. (April 2001). The effects of typeface and font on legibility for
children. Southwestern Psychological
Association Convention. Wilkerson, A. and Scharff, L.
(2000).
Expanding Cross-Modal Research Using Auditory Glides and Stereoscopic
Depth . Abstracts of the Psychonomic
Society, 5, 38. Scharff, L.V. (2000). Serial Visual
Searches Processed More Efficiently Across Multiple Depth Planes . Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 41,
S424. Collier, A. and Scharff, L.V.
(April 2000). Visual Search Styles with Varying Cube Perspective and
Lighting Directions . Southwestern
Psychological Association Convention. Scharff, L. V., Hill, A. L.,
and Ahumada, A. J., (1999). Discriminability measures for predicting
the readability of text on textured backgrounds. Optical Society of
America Conference Manual, p.54. Scharff, L. (1998). Serial Visual
Search Processed Efficiently Across Multiple Depth Planes . Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 39,
S164. Melton, H. and Scharff, L.
(April 1998). Stereoscopic Visual Search Using a Serial Search Task . Southwestern Psychological Association Convention. Youngman, M. and Scharff, L.
(April 1998). Text Width and Border Space Influences on Readability of
GUIs . Southwestern Psychological
Association Convention. Reid, T. and Scharff, L. (May
1997).
Visual search using naturalistic backgrounds and 3-D targets . Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 38,
S366. Scharff, L. V. (May 1995).
Decreases in critical disparity gradient with eccentricity reflect
size-disparity correlation. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual
Science. (Research supported by faculty grant 1140.35) Scharff, L. V. (May 1992).
Effects of eccentricity and convergence on the critical disparity
gradient. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Rosenstein, L. and VanSickle,
L. F. (1991). Artificial depression of left-hand finger tapping rates:
a critical evaluation of the Halstead-Reitan finger tapping test
instrument. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. VanSickle, L. F. and Geisler,
W. (1989). Stereopsis in the absence of chromatic aberrations. Optical
Society of America Conference Program.
Corley, S., Cornett, S.,
Oldenkamp, J., Scharff, L., & Willams, A. (2008). Student Reactions
to Quality of Professor’s Handwriting. Southwestern Psychological
Association Convention. Oldenkamp, J., Corley, S.,
Cornett, S., & Scharff, L. (2007). Student reactions to feedback on
class assignments. SWPA / CTUP Symposium. Scharff, L., Bartsch, R., &
Cirilo, J. (2006). Developing Faculty Teaching: Exchange of Ideas.
Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Scharff, L. and Wozencraft, T.
(2005). Incorporating Writing Assignments: Examples, Goals, and
Realities. Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Scharff, L. (2005). Using
Teaching Assistants Effectively. In S. Davis & W. Buskist (Eds.), Handbook
of Teaching of Psychology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. Davis, J., Osborne, R. &
Scharff, L. (2005). Psi Chi Faculty Advisor Training Workshop
Southwestern Psychological Association Convention. Davis, S. and Scharff, L.
(2004). Creating and Using an Effective Teaching Portfolio. Southwest
Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Scharff, L. (June, 2004).
Creating time for research: Using a student organization to drive
research. CUR Quarterly, p. 95-96,
http://www.cur.org/pdf/TimeVignettes.pdf Scharff, L. (2004). Fighting
Burnout: Making Your Job Fulfilling and Fun. Invited Address for CTUP
at the Southwestern Psychological Association Convention. Scharff, L. and Davis, S.
(2003). Options for Effectively Communicating Careers in Psychology
Information to Undergraduates. Southwest Regional Conference for
Teachers of Psychology. Scharff, L. (August, 2003).
Determining Career-Course Level and Why the Course Should be Required
. (Invited response to The Case for Requiring a 'Careers' Course for
Psychology Majors by Marky Lloyd .) In B. Buskist (Ed.) E-xcellence in
Teaching, Vol. 5, published through the Society for Teaching of
Psychology Discussion List (PSYCHTEACHER@list.kennesaw.edu). McGahan, J., Scharff, L. and
Dougherty, T. (2003). Effective Ways to get Students Involved in
Service Projects. Southwestern Psychological Association Convention. Scharff, L. and Ziemer, H.
(2002). Establishing and Maintaining Participant Pools. Southwest
Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Ziemer, H. and Scharff, L.
(2002). Organizing and Running a Student Research Conference. Southwest
Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Scharff, L. (July, 2002).
Organizing and Maintaining University-Wide Teaching Circles. In
B. Buskist (Ed.) E-xcellence in Teaching, Vol. 4, published through the
Society for Teaching of Psychology Discussion List
(PSYCHTEACHER@list.kennesaw.edu). Scharff, L. (2002). Learning Science
Through Independent Research Projects.
Part of an STP Symposium on Introducing Students to Research. Presented
at the American Psychological Society Convention. Davis, S., Osborne, R., &
Scharff, L. (2002). Preparing the New Psychology Professoriate:
Developing your Teaching Philosophy and Style. STP/CTUP Workshop
presented at Southwestern Psychological Association Convention. Scharff, L. (2001).
Incorporating Writing in All Levels of the Psychology Curriculum.
Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Scharff, L. and Wilkerson, A.
(November 1999). Seminar Courses: Successes and Challenges. Southwest
Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Horsley, A., Scharff, L., and
Lamb, T. (November 1999). Reaching Students with Different Learning
Styles. Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology. Regeth, R., Scharff, L.,
Horsley, A., and Mitchell, L. (November 1999). Perspectives from Both
Sides: Graduate Student Teaching Seminar. Southwest Regional Conference
for Teachers of Psychology. Anson, J., Scharff, L. ,
Cottle, H., Tunnicliff, P., Davis, S., Smith, B. and Gates, L. (April
1998). Training Graduate Teaching Assistants: Trainer and Trainee
Perspectives. Workshop presented at Southwest Psychological Association
Annual Convention. Scharff, L.V. and Allen, D.
(November 1997). Considerations When Using Writing and Debates as
Active-Learning Techniques. Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers
of Psychology. Anson, J., Scharff, L. and
Davis, S. (April 1997). Training Graduate Teaching Assistants: Current
and Future Needs. Workshop presented at Southwest Psychological
Association Annual Convention. Scharff, L.V. (November 1996).
Service-Learning: Taking Classroom Teachings Out to the Community.
Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology.
Nicholson, L. & Scharff, L.
V. (2007). The effects of procrastination and self-awareness on
emotional responses. The Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate
Research, 12 (4), 139-145. Dryden, Rebecca & Scharff,
Lauren (2006). Influence of voting convenience, poll point-spread, and
age on reported voting behavior. The
Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 11(4), 147-153. Brockie, Kathleen &
Scharff, Lauren (accepted with revisions). Personality influence on
friendship development in first-semester college students. The Psi
Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research. Davis, Kristi (supervised by
Scharff, L. V.) (2004). Effects of rhythmic sound rates on a visual counting task. The Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 8
(3), 100-107. Aiza, Aaron. (supervised by
Scharff, L. V.) (1999). Visual Searches Combining Dimensionality and
Number of Targets. Proceedings of the Thirteenth National
Conference on Undergraduate Research, II 535-539. Youngman, Melissa. (supervised
by Scharff, L. V.) (1998). Text Width and Border Space Influences on
Readability of GUIs. Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference
on Undergraduate Research, II 786-789. Hill, Alyson. (supervised by
Scharff, L. V.) (1997). Readability of screen displays with various
foreground/background color combinations, font styles, and font types. Proceedings
of the Eleventh National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Vol
II, 742-746. Rustad, Robin. (supervised by
Scharff, L. V.) (1995). Chromatic information in human stereoscopic
vision. Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference on
Undergraduate Research, 1, 448-451. |
