Mentee Accomplishments
Daniel C. Krawczyk, Ph.D
Gave following presentations at the Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in San Francisco:
Didehbani, N., Toon, T., McClelland, M., Kandalaft, M., Adams, C., Chapman, S.,& Krawczyk, D.C. (2009). Measuring social cognition and theory of mind across diseased populations using fMRI. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, [suppl] 184.
Edens, J., Yang, F.G. & Krawczyk, D.C. (2009). Finding an optimal task for testing language deficits in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder children. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, [suppl]. 84.
Shokri Kojori, E., McClelland, M., Motes, M., Rypma, B., & Krawczyk, D.C. (2009). Investigation of functional connectivity in a visuo-spatial reasoning task using Granger causality. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, [suppl]. 108.
Simpson, C., Yang F.G., Marquez de la Plata, C., Zakeri, K., & Krawczyk, D.C. (2009). Working memory and semantic competence in older adults’ complex language comprehension. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, [suppl]. 150.
Yang F.G., Khodaparast N., Zakeri, K., & Krawczyk, D.C. (2009). Semantic memory and Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, [suppl]. 135.
Candice Mills, Ph.D.
Webpage:http://www.utdallas.edu/research/thinklab/
Professor Candice Mills is an assistant professor of developmental psychology. Dr. Mills received her Ph.D. from Yale University and has been at UT Dallas since 2005. Her research examines the development of critical thinking skills, with particular focus on how children evaluate information from varied sources.
Received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences here at UTD for 2009.
Wrote a paper that is in press with Developmental Science:
Mills, C. M., & Grant, M. G. (in press). Biased decision-making: Developing an understanding of how positive and negative relationships may skew judgments. Developmental Science.
Gave a presentation for the community for the Center for Children and Families:
https://pipeline.utdallas.edu/news/2009/04/21-002.php
Presented research at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Cognitive Development in April:
Mills, C. M. (April 2009). Preschoolers direct questions to knowledgeable sources over ignorant ones to solve problems. In C. M. Mills and M. M. Chouinard (Chairs), Questioning Minds: How Preschoolers Use Questions as a Tool to Acquire Information. Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, Colorado.
Mills, C. M., Grant, M. G., Al-Jabari, R., & Archacki, M. A. (April 2009). Why do people disagree? Explaining and endorsing that partial judgments are possible. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, Colorado.
Grant, M. G., & Mills, C. M. (April 2009). Children’s predictions and explanations of other people’s intentions. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, Colorado.
Xin Li
Webpage: http://www.utdallas.edu/~xxl068000
Her paper entitled “Social Comparisons and Contributions to Online Communities: A Field Experiment on MovieLens” (with Yan Chen, F. Maxwell Harper and Joseph Konstan) has been accepted and is forthcoming at the American Economic Review.
Presentation: “Social Identity and Inequality: An Experimental Study on the Hukou System in China”, presented at the China Economic Society annual meeting (Nanning, Guangxi province, China)
Denise Paquette Boots, Ph.D.
Webpage: http://www.utdallas.edu/~dpb062000/
Received the Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award here at UTD for 2009
Official Letter from Board of Regents: Tenure-Track%20Faculty
Updated: July 14, 2009
