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Dr. David Nichols

Professor, Chairperson

Department:
Psychology
Location:
509H Life Science
Phone:
(540)375-5251

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (research focus: psychophysics, computational modeling), Florida Atlantic University, 2006
  • M.A. in Experimental Psychology (research focus: ambiguous motion perception), Florida Atlantic University, 2003
  • B.A. in Experimental Psychology (research focus: adaptation in apparent motion/psychophysics), Florida Atlantic University, 2000

Research & Teaching Interests

  • TEACHING INTERESTS:
  • Neuroscience
  • Sensation and Perception
  • Research Methods
  • Computer Programming
  • RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Visual Psychophysics
  • Computational Modeling
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Publications

  • Nichols, D.F. (2020). Validation of critical ages in regional adult brain maturation. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 6(ar39), 1-18. Nichols, D.F., & Powell, D.N. (2019). How to make publishing with undergraduate co-authors at liberal arts college with a teacher-scholar model worth your time. https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/mentortoldme
  • Shields, S.M.*, Morse, C.E.*, Applebaugh, E.D.*, Muntz, T.L.*, & Nichols, D.F. (2016). Are electrode caps worth the investment? An evaluation of EEG methods in undergraduate neuroscience lab courses and research. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. Supplementary Materials.
  • Nichols, D.F., Betts, L.R., & Wilson, H.R. (2016). Position selectivity in face-sensitive visual cortex to facial and nonfacial stimuli: an fMRI study. Brain and Behavior, 1-12.
  • Nichols, D.F. (2015). A series of computational neuroscience labs increases comfort with Matlab. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 14(1), A74-A81. Supplementary Materials.
  • Kennedy, L.*, Dorrance, S.*, Stoneham, T.*, Bryant, M.*, Boyd, K.*, Flippen, K.*, & Nichols, D.F. (2014). Event-related brain potentials for emotional words versus pictures. Impulse, 1-16.
  • Hurless, N.*, Mekic, A.*, Peña, S.*, Humphries, E.*, Gentry, H.*, & Nichols, D.F. (2013). Music genre preference alters alpha and tempo alters beta wave activity patterns in human non-musicians. Impulse, 1-11.
  • Hock, H.S., & Nichols, D.F. (2012). Motion perception induced by dynamic grouping: A probe for the compositional structure of objects. Vision Research, 59, 45-63.
  • Daniels, L.B., Nichols, D.F., Seifert, M.S., & Hock, H.S. (2012). Changes in pupil diameter entrained by cortically initiated changes in attention. Visual Neuroscience, 29, 131-142.
  • Nichols, D.F., Betts, L.R., & Wilson, H.R. (2010). Decoding of faces and face components in face-sensitive human visual cortex. Frontiers in Psychology, 1-28. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00028/full
  • (* student authors)