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Title: "I distinctly remember you!": an investigation of memory for faces with unusual features.
Creator: Keif, Autumn., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Many errors in recognition are made because various features of a stimulus are attended inefficiently. Those features are not bound together and can then be confused with other information. One of the most common types of these errors is conjunction errors. These happen when mismatched features of memories are combined to form a composite memory. This study tests how likely conjunction errors, along with other recognition errors, occur when participants watch videos of people both with and...
Show moreMany errors in recognition are made because various features of a stimulus are attended inefficiently. Those features are not bound together and can then be confused with other information. One of the most common types of these errors is conjunction errors. These happen when mismatched features of memories are combined to form a composite memory. This study tests how likely conjunction errors, along with other recognition errors, occur when participants watch videos of people both with and without unusual facial features performing actions after a week time lag. It was hypothesized that participants would falsely recognize actresses in the conjunction item condition over the other conditions. The likelihood of falsely recognizing a new person increased when presented with a feature, but the conjunction items overall were most often falsely recognized.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342207
Subject Headings: Face perception, Human face recognition, Facial expression, Physiological aspects, Recollection (Psychology)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: "Tiger Stripe" Phenomena in Indian River Lagoon Dolphins.
Creator: Stevens, Jessie, Lum, Bryanna, Blocker, Cameron, Ferch, Molly, Mazzoil, Marilyn S., Reif, John S., Murdoch, M. Elizabeth, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: A previously undescribed skin abnormality, which we refer to as “tiger stripes,” has been identified in Indian River Lagoon bottlenose dolphins through photo-identification surveys. The condition presents as parallel stripes on the ventral and lateral aspects on the torso of the dolphin with varying length and depth. The condition may be indicative of rapid weight loss, similar to human "stretch marks”, debilitating illnesses resulting in emaciation or a result of starvation due to lack of...
Show moreA previously undescribed skin abnormality, which we refer to as “tiger stripes,” has been identified in Indian River Lagoon bottlenose dolphins through photo-identification surveys. The condition presents as parallel stripes on the ventral and lateral aspects on the torso of the dolphin with varying length and depth. The condition may be indicative of rapid weight loss, similar to human "stretch marks”, debilitating illnesses resulting in emaciation or a result of starvation due to lack of prey. Goals of this study were to determine if tiger stripes are: (1) a marker of rapid weight loss, (2) more prevalent in post-partum females, and to (3) examine the spatial and temporal distribution in the IRL. Preliminary findings indicate that tiger striping is a useful marker suggestive of rapid weight loss. The next phase of research is to determine if the condition can be utilized as a pre-mortem marker of emaciation in IRL dolphins.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005212
Subject Headings: College students --Research --United States.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 1/f structure of temporal fluctuation in rhythm performance and rhythmic coordination.
Creator: Rankin, Summer K., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Abstract/Description: This dissertation investigated the nature of pulse in the tempo fluctuation of music performance and how people entrain with these performed musical rhythms. In Experiment 1, one skilled pianist performed four compositions with natural tempo fluctuation. The changes in tempo showed long-range correlation and fractal (1/f) scaling for all four performances. To determine whether the finding of 1/f structure would generalize to other pianists, musical styles, and performance practices, fractal...
Show moreThis dissertation investigated the nature of pulse in the tempo fluctuation of music performance and how people entrain with these performed musical rhythms. In Experiment 1, one skilled pianist performed four compositions with natural tempo fluctuation. The changes in tempo showed long-range correlation and fractal (1/f) scaling for all four performances. To determine whether the finding of 1/f structure would generalize to other pianists, musical styles, and performance practices, fractal analyses were conducted on a large database of piano performances in Experiment 3. Analyses revealed signicant long-range serial correlations in 96% of the performances. Analysis showed that the degree of fractal structure depended on piece, suggesting that there is something in the composition's musical structure which causes pianists' tempo fluctuations to have a similar degree of fractal structure. Thus, musical tempo fluctuations exhibit long-range correlations and fractal scaling. To examine how people entrain to these temporal fluctuations, a series of behavioral experiments were conducted where subjects were asked to tap the pulse (beat) to temporally fluctuating stimuli. The stimuli for Experiment 2 were musical performances from Experiment 1, with mechanical versions serving as controls. Subjects entrained to all stimuli at two metrical levels, and predicted the tempo fluctuations observed in Experiment 1. Fractal analyses showed that the fractal structure of the stimuli was reected in the inter-tap intervals, suggesting a possible relationship between fractal tempo scaling, pulse perception, and entrainment. Experiments 4-7 investigated the extent to which people use long-range correlation and fractal scaling to predict tempo fluctuations in fluctuating rhythmic sequences., Both natural and synthetic long-range correlations enabled prediction, as well as shuffled versions which contained no long-term fluctuations. Fractal structure of the stimuli was again in the inter-tap intervals, with persistence for the fractal stimuli, and antipersistence for the shuffled stimuli. 1/f temporal structure is suficient though not necessary for prediction of fluctuations in a stimulus with large temporal fluctuations.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2705083
Subject Headings: Music, Psychological aspects, Emotions in music, Perceptual-motor learning, Computational neuroscience, Synchronization, Musical perception
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2009-2010 Program Review Biological Sciences.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2009-2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007672
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2009-2010 Program Review Chemistry.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2009-2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007673
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2009-2010 Program Review Complex Systems.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2009-2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007674
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2009-2010 Program Review Geosciences.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2009-2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007675
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2009-2010 Program Review Mathematics.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2009-2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007676
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2009-2010 Program Review Physics.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Physics, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2009-2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007677
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2009-2010 Program Review Psychology.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2009-2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007678
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2010-2011 Program Review Biological Sciences.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2010-2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007679
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2010-2011 Program Review Chemistry.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2010-2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007680
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2010-2011 Program Review Complex Systems.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2010-2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007681
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2010-2011 Program Review Geosciences.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2010-2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007682
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2010-2011 Program Review Mathematics.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2010-2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007683
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2010-2011 Program Review Physics.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Physics, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2010-2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007684
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2010-2011 Program Review Psychology.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2010-2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007685
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2012-2013 Program Review Biological Sciences.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2012-2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007686
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2012-2013 Program Review Chemistry.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2012-2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007687
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 2012-2013 Program Review Complex Systems.
Creator: Florida Atlantic University, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued: 2012-2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007688
Format: Document (PDF)

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