Developmental Psychology
Department of Psychology
The University of Houston
126 Heyne Building
Houston, TX 77204-5022
Phone: 713-743-8500
News

Latest news
- Woods Awarded Competitive Dissertation Completion Grant
- Brown Bag Lunch: "Neural Activity Associated With Sport and Non-Sport Sounds in Athletes"
- New book by Bruno G. Breitmeyer explores what we cannot see
- Brown Bag Lunch: "Is Exercise Beneficial After Stroke? A Review of the Literature"
- Professor joins ranks of fellows at prestigious psychological association
- Assistant professor wins CLASS' Ross M. Lence Award for Teaching Excellence
- Professor collaborates on article that revisits metacontrast dissociation
- Grant will help examine lexical processing of second language learners
Brown Bag Lunch Series
2009-2011 Publications
Adriana A. Alcantara
Published Articles:
Alcantara, A.A., Lim H.Y., Floyd C.E., Garces J., Mendenhall J.M., Lyons C.L., & Berlanga M.L. (2011). Cocaine- and Morphine-Induced Synaptic Plasticity in the Nucleus Accumbens. Synapse. 65(4):309-320. doi: 10.1002/syn.20849.
Bruno G. Breitmeyer
Published Articles:
Tapia, E., & Breitmeyer. B. G. (2010). Role of task-directed attention in nonconscious and conscious response priming by form and color. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36, 74-87.
Ro, T., Singhal, N. S., Breitmeyer, B. G., Garcia, J. O. (2009). Unconscious processing of color and form in metacontrast masking. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 95-103.
Kafaligönül, H., Breitmeyer, B. G., & Ögmen, H. (2009). Effects of contrast polarity in paracontrast masking. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 1576-1587.
Ansorge., U., Becker, S., & Breitmeyer, B. (2009). Revisiting the metacontrast dissociation: Comparing sensitivity across different measures. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62, 286-309.
Books:
Breitmeyer, B. (2010). Blindspots: The Many Ways We Cannot See. New York: Oxford University Press.
Jack M. Fletcher
Published Articles:
Dennis, M., Francis, D.J., Cirino, P.T., Schachar, R., Barnes, M.A.., & Fletcher, J.M. (2009). Why IQ is not a covariate in cognitive studies of neurodevelopmental. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 1-13.
Tolar, T. D., Lederberg, A. R., & Fletcher, J. M. (2009). A structural model of algebra achievement: Computational fluency and spatial visualization as mediators of the effect of working memory on algebra achievement. Educational Psychology, 29, 239-266.
Vaughn, S., Fletcher, J.M., Francis, D.J., Denton, C.A., Wanzek, Cirino, P.T., Barth, A.E., & Romain, M.A. (2009). Response to intervention with older students with reading difficulties. Learning and Individual Differences, 18, 338-345.
Fletcher, J.M., & Vaughn, S. (2009). Response to intervention: Preventing and remediating academic deficits. Child Development and Perspectives, 3, 30-37.
Hannay, H.J., Walker, A.M., Dennis, M., Kramer, L.A., Blaser, S., & Fletcher, J.M. (2009). Auditory interhemispheric transfer in relation to patterns of partial agenesis and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum in spina bifida meningomyelocele. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 31, 180-194.
Hasan, KM, Kamali, A., Kramer, L.A., Papanicolaou, A.C., Fletcher, J.M., & Ewing-Cobbs, L. (2009). Diffusion tensor quantification of the human midsagittal corpus callosum subdivisions across the lifespan. Brain Research, 1249, 91-100.
Powell, S.R., Fuchs, L.S., Fuchs, D., Cirino, P.T., & Fletcher, J.M. (2009). Effects of fact retrieval tutoring on third-grade students with math difficulties with and without reading difficulties. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 24, 1-11.
Powell, S.R., Fuchs, L.S., Fuchs, D., Cirino, P.T., & Fletcher, J.M. (2009). Word problem-solving differences of students with mathematical difficulties with and without reading difficulties. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42, 99-110.
Simos, P.G., Pugh, K., Mencl, E., Frost, S., Fletcher, J.M., & Papanicolaou, A.C. (2009). Temporal course of word recognition in skilled readers: A magnetoencephalography study. Behavioural Brain Research, 197, 45-54.
Fletcher, J.M., Francis, D.J., O'Malley, K., Copeland, K., Mehta, P., Caldwell, C., Kalinowski, S., Young, V., & Vaughn, S.R. (2009). Effects of a bundled accommodations package on high stakes testing for middle school students with reading disabilities. Exceptional Children, 75, 412-428.
Hannay, H.J., Dennis, M., Kramer, L., Blaser, S., & Fletcher, J.M. (2009). Partial agenesis of the corpus callosum in spina bifida meningomyelocele and potential compensatory mechanisms. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 31, 180-194.
Book Chapters:
Yeates, K.O., Fletcher, J.M., & Dennis, M. (in press). Spina bifida and hydrocephalus. In J.E. Morgan & J.H. Ricker (Eds.), Handbook of neuropsychology. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Grills-Taquechel, A.E., Fletcher, J.M., & Polifroni, R. (in press). Interview and report writing. In J.L. Matson, F. Andrasik, & M.L. Matson (Eds.), Assessing childhood psychopathology and developmental disabilities. New York, NY: Springer.
Fletcher, J.M., & Lyon, G.R. (2009). Learning disabilities. In B. Maria (Ed.), Current therapy in child neurology (4th Ed.; pp. 277-285). Hamilton, Ontario: B.C. Decker.
Fletcher, J.M., & Dennis, M. (in press). Spina bifida and hydrocephalus: Modeling variability in outcome domains. In K.O. Yeates, M.D. Ris, & H.G. Taylor (Eds.) Pediatric neuropsychology: Research, theory, and practice (2nd Ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Arturo E. Hernandez
Published Articles:
Hernandez, A.E. (in press). Language switching in the bilingual brain: What's next? Brain & Language.
