Dr. Lauren F. V. Scharff  (lauren.scharff@afacademy.af.edu) Research Interests List of Publications / Presentations Professional Experience Scharff home My current research area is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Please see my list of publications for links to that work. Respect for Human Dignity Research with Dr. Michelle Butler Samuels Prior to 2010, my major areas of Vision Science related research have included: Readability of Text Displays Readability and Usability of Websites Visual Search incorporating depth Critical Disparity Gradient for Stereopsis I also work with students on a wide variety of other topics (some theses and some independent projects): Attitudes Towards Individuals with Mental Disorders: The Effect of Career Choice and Previous Experience with Psychological Services (Abstract for Masters Thesis: Carrie Cahal) The Neural Mechanism for Sleep Initiation in the Mammalian Brain [.pdf format file] (Undergraduate Honors Thesis by Christopher Brown) Stereoscopic Semantic Activation Reveals Unconscious Influence on Word Stem Completion (abstract from Psychonomics Convention). (Masters Thesis: Lucas Cantu) Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Visual and Auditory Recognition Tasks (Undergraduate Research Project: Desiree Raidy; published in Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2005, Vol. 101, 451-467 ) Neural Plasticity in the Central Nervous System (Independent research project paper by Jeff Cummins) Influence of Voting Convenience, Poll Point-spread, and Age on Reported Voting Behavior (Undergraduate Research Project: Rebecca Dryden; published in the Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research (2006), 11(4), 147-153 ) Mood and Memory (Masters Thesis: Phuong Nguyen) Developmental Issues in Readability (two studies published with graduate students) The influence of illustrations on children's preferences and comprehension Font size and style influences on text legibility for children Two studies of Cross-Modal Interactions between vision and audition Expanding Cross-Modal Research Using Auditory Glides and Stereoscopic Depth (Masters Thesis: Amy Wilkerson) Effects of Rhythmic Sound Rates on a Visual Counting Task (Undergraduate Research Project: Kristi Davis; published in Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 8 (3), 100-107 ) An East Texas Regional Breastfeeding Survey (Undergraduate Psi Chi Project) A project investigating Visual Aging and Resources Available for the Elderly (Undergraduate Research Project: Donia Nolan)   [Return to the top] [Scharff Home Page] [Psy Dept.] [SFASU]