MSHF Theses Abstracts

Psychology Master’s Theses Abstracts MS – Human Factors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(beginning 2007)     

Summer 2022

Mather, Gregory     
Spectral Centroid and Auditory Warnings   
(not yet published) 

Pham, Cindy     
Privacy Policies: Does Timing Help Consumers Pay Attention when Shopping Online?   
(not yet published) 

Wilson, Jordan     
Are Response Biases to Haptic Stimulation Based On Natural Wrist Position?   
(not yet published) 

Spring 2022 

Fandetti, Ryan     
Attention Restoration Theory: Urban Versus Natural Stimuli Effects on Working Memory   
(not yet published) 

Keeler, Jillian     
Effects of UAS Lost Link Procedures on ATC Communication Complexity   
(not yet published)   

Su, Cindy     
Memory Of Information In Online Articles     
(not yet published)  

Fall 2021   

Chompff, Rebecca     
The Effects Of Virtual Training Methods And Temporal Load On The Donning And Doffing Performance Of Personal Protective Equipment   

Esguerra, Alden   
Roles Of Visual Clutter, Perceptual Load, and Multitasking on Monitoring Display Systems   

Lim, Lilian    
The Effect of Auxiliary Communication Tool Presence on Memory of Lecture Materials   

Trujillo, Yuri   
Does Eye Gaze Orientation Methods Affect Pre-Planned Eye and Motor Movements    

White, Jarred   
The Effect of Update Interval on Relative Judgements in Air Traffic Control Displays    

Summer 2021   

Blay, Jessica   
How Does Age of Acquisition and Fluency Affect the Bilingual Advantage? 

Bui, Uyen   
Factors that Influence the Memorability of System-Generated Passwords   

Rosas, Monica  
Assessment of Change Detection Performance Using A Luminance-Segmented Head-Up Display (HUD) Simulation  

Spring 2021   

Boudreau, Alexander    
Stimulus-Response Compatibility and the Simon Effect in a Simulated Driving Cockpit   

Kim, Jennie   
Effectiveness of Pharmacy Auxiliary Labels: An Examination of Stimulus Similarity Effect and Interference on Working Memory    

Winter 2021   

Sanchez, Karen    
Personality and Working Memory in Multitasking Performance    

Fall 2020   

Alvarez, Armando    
Human Autonomy Teaming Effects on Workload, Situation, Awareness, and Trust    

Taylor, Anika    
Joint Simon Effect with Mixed Automation    

Wong, Yin    
Spatial Perspective Taking     

Summer 2020  

Bai, Xiaolu        
Online Learning: Does Integrated Video Lecture Help You Learn More Efficiently?    

Spring 2020  

Katz, Noam   
Stimulus-Response Compatibility Effects on Driver Response Direction    

Martinez, Kristina   
Using a Cell Phone Camera to Improve Performance While Walking and Texting    

Salayev, Anar    
Anxiety and Its Effects on Driving Performance Under Heavy Cognitive Load   

Sanchez, Jaime    
The Influence of Availability on Technology as an Offloading Tool   

Winter 2019  

Nare, Matthew    
Effects of Mental Workload on Vigilance Performance in Cardiac Telemetry Monitoring      

Van Luven, Jonathan   
Does Customization Improve the Reading Experience of Older Adults    

Fall 2019  

Bechara, Shiba  
Self-Determination Theory and Video Game Performance: The Effects of Motivation, Basic Psychological Needs, Stress, and Workload  

Summer 2019

Diep, Timothy   
The Role of Sharing in Remembering Social Media News  

Flores, Andrea Nicole   
Effect of Stimulus Eccentricity and Cognitive Load on Detective-Response-Task and Driving Performance  

Latham, Amber   
Effectiveness of Expert Feedback during Training of Novices as Petrochemical Refinery Field Operators  

Skovron, Ezekiel   
Predicting Attitudes Towards Advertisement Strategy based on Personality   

Spring 2019   

Yorba, Laura   
Assessing the Effectiveness of Variants of the Nutrition Facts Label for Promoting User Comprehension  

Winter 2019  

Barakezyan, Vanui  
The Relation between Urgency and Distance-over-Speed Bias in Time-to-Contact Estimation   

Fall 2018   

Cunningham, James     
Cognitive Effects of Using Eye-Gaze as a Control: A Study to Identify Effects on Visual Perception        

Summer 2018   

Moran, Sabrina  
Performance and Attentional Abilities of Automobile Drivers with Head-Up and Head-Down Displays   

Spring 2018    

Barraza, Edward    
Measuring the Effects of a Cognitive Aid in Deep Space Network Operations      

Battiste, Henri    
A Comparison of Graphics-Based vs Text-Based Online Probe Questions for Measuring Situation Awareness of Air Traffic Controller   

Fritz, Ryan     
Customization: The Path to a Better and More Accessible Web Experience    

Knarr, Abram    
Do Peripheral HUD Warnings Affect Driving Ability?     

Winter, Alice     
Response-Effect Compatibility Defines the Natural Zooming Direction with Indirect Manipulation Devices       

Summer 2017    

Tesoro, Andriana    
Response-Effect Compatibility with Spatial Frames of Reference     

Winter 2017    

Curtis, Samuel   
Disruptions Love Company: Investigating Flow Disruption Clusters in Robotic Surgery    

Miramontes, Adriana    
Examining Eye Fixation Patterns During the Situation Present Assessment Method (SPAM) under Varying Levels of Workload   

Sun, Yu Ting   
Assessment of the Newly Developed Methods for Accessibility Evaluations of E-Textbooks   

Spring 2016

Arnsdorff, G. Blake
Effects of Part-Whole and Whole-Task Training on Air Traffic Controller Communication Complexity

Sweet, John     
The Comparative Benefits and Hazards of EFBs and Paper Documents in the Cockpit

Winter 2016

Chong, Isis Arlen
The Role of Language Profiles in Complex Driving Environments

Fall 2015

Hallett, Elyse
Reading without Bounds: How Different Magnification Methods Affect the Performance of Students with Low Vision

Summer 2015

Grigoleit, Tristan   
Toward a Descriptive Measure of Situation Awareness in Petrochemical Refining

Koltz, Martin   
The Effects of a Force Feedback Enabled Secondary Task on Driver Performance on a Simulated Lane Change Task

Silva, Hector         
On the Measurement of Situation Awareness in Petrochemical Refining    

Tannaz, Mirchi    
Trust in Automation in a Nextgen Environment     

Spring 2015

Morales, Gregory   
Effects of Communication and Control Latency on Air Traffic Controller Acceptance of Unmanned Aircraft Operations   

O’Connor-Dreher, Ryan    
Effects of Force Feedback on Distractor Navigation Strategy and Movement Time in an Aimed Movement Task

Winter 2015

Roberts, Zachary
Communication Complexity Involving Unmanned Aerial Systems in a Simulated NAS Environment

Sturre, Lindsay
Evaluation of Eye Movement During the Situation Present Assessment Method for Measuring Situation Awareness

Summer 2014

Hayrapetian, Michael      
Icons in Motion are not Inherently Distracting      

Spring 2014

Billinghurst, Sabrina 
Touch Screen Gestures 

Nguyen, Jimmy       
Pilot Performance with Multi-View Displays and Crew Data-Comm Methods under Trajectory Based Operations      

Ziccardi, Jason 
A Comparison of Probe Techniques for Assessing Situation Awareness Across Levels of Automation

Winter 2014

Monk, Kevin
Effects of Distractors and Force Feedback on an Aimed Movement Task in a CDTI Environment

Fall 2014

Easwara Moorthy, Aarthi
Voice Activated Personal Assistant: Privacy Concerns in the Public Space

Summer 2013

Higham, Tiana-Lynn 
Training Trust in Automation within a Nextgen Environment

Lee, Samuel     
Control-Display Alignment Modulates Dimensional Salience 

Stal, Mikhail      
Why are Overheard Cell Phone Conversation Distracting? 

Winter 2013

Herron, Meghann 
Prescription Labels: Do You Know What Medication You Are Taking?

Morgan, Corey
An Investigation into the Potential Sources of Interference in Situation Awareness Probe Techniques

Rorie, R Conrad
An Investigation Into the Effects of Force Feedback and Movement Direction on an Aimed Movement Task

Fall 2012

Hills, Martina
The Effectiveness of Password Restrictions and Mnemonics on Memory of Older Adults 

Summer 2012

Kraft, Jerome
Population Stereotypes and Three-Dimensional Rotational Tasks 

Spring 2012

Kiken, Ariana
Effectiveness of Training Methods on Near-Term NextGen Air Traffic control Performance, Workload, and Situation Awareness

Fall 2011

Bacon, Lauren P.
Measuring Situation Awareness: Can the Presentation of an Online Probe Question Change an Operator’s Situation Awareness?

Kraut, Joshua
Effects of Data Communications Failure on Air Traffic Controller Sector Management Effectiveness, Situation Awareness, and Workload

Summer 2011

Chambers, Vanessa
Auditory Spatial Facilitation: Effects of Cue Reliability and Amplitude Variation on Visual Search Performance

Kenyon, Lisa J.
Effects of Positive Mood Induction on Operator Performance and Subjective Workload Levels for Compatible and Incompatible Display-Control Mappings

Spring 2011

Minakata, Katsumi
Can a CrossModal-Accessory Stimulus Elicit the Top-Bottom Prevalence Effect?

Summer 2010

Bertolotti, Hugo
Audio and Audiovisual Cueing in Visual Search: Effects of Target Uncertainty and Auditory Cue Precision

Fall 2009

Sulaitis, John
Examining the Effects of an Animated Word-Tracer as a Reading Aid for Electronic Text

Spring 2009

Garcia, Fredrick
Effects of Practice with Foot- and Hand-Operated Secondary Input Devices on Word Processing Task Performance

McMath, Julie
A Comparison of Differences in the Hierarchal Placement of Radiographic Findings Among Different Health Care Specialists and an Analysis of the Effects on Proper Case Management and Referral Decisions

Nelson, Deborah
Use of Image-based Mnemonic Techniques to Enhance the Memorability of User-Generated Passwords

Wiebe, Jeff
Application of Population Stereotypes to Computerized Tasks

Spring 2007

Dion, Marshall E.
Effects of Contrast Polarity Between Background and Foreground in Air Traffic Control Displays For Time-To-Contact Judgments