Damian G. Stephen: Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

2010 (proj.)    Ph.D., Experimental Psychology                            University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

2009              Certificate in Quantitative Research Methods        University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

2005-2009   University of Connecticut      Outstanding Scholarship Program Fellowship

2005              College of William & Mary     Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter
2005              College of William & Mary     Magna cum laude
2005              College of William & Mary     Williams Award for Outstanding Psychology Student
2005              College of William & Mary     Highest Departmental Honors (Psychology)
2001-2005     College of William & Mary     James Monroe Scholar

Stephen, D. G., Dixon, J. A., & Isenhower, R. W. (in press). Dynamics of representational change: Entropy, action, and cognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance.

Dixon, J. A., Stephen, D. G., Boncoddo, R. A., & Anastas, J. (in press). The self-organization of cognitive structure. Psychology of Learning & Motivation.

Stephen, D. G., Boncoddo, R. A., Magnuson, J. S., & Dixon, J. A. (2009). The dynamics of insight: Mathematical discovery as a phase transition. Memory & Cognition, 37, 1132-1149.

Stephen, D. G., & Arzamarski, R. (2009). Self-training of dynamic touch: Striking improves judgment by wielding. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 71, 1717-1723.

Blau, J. J. C., Stephen, D. G., Frank, T. D., Turvey, M. T., & Carello, C. (2009). Nonlinear attractor dynamics and symmetry breaking in prism adaptation and re-adaptation. In J. Wagman, & C. Pagano (Eds.) Studies in perception and action X: Proceedings from the fifteenth International Conference on Perception and Action (pp. 1-4). New York: Erlbaum.

Dotov, D. G., & Stephen, D. G. (2009). Variability of uni-manual pendulum oscillation at and away from resonance. In J. Wagman, & C. Pagano (Eds.) Studies in perception and action X: Proceedings from the fifteenth International Conference on Perception and Action (pp. 8-11). New York: Erlbaum.

Stephen, D. G., Mirman, D., Magnuson, J. S., & Dixon, J. A. (2009). Lévy-like diffusion in eye movements during spoken-language comprehension. Physical Review E, 79, 056114. (Reprinted in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, 17, June 1, 2009, URL: http://www.vjbio.org).

Blau, J. J. C., Stephen, D. G., Carello, C., & Turvey, M. T. (2009). Prism adaptation of underhand throwing: Rotational inertia and the primary and latent aftereffect. Neuroscience Letters, 456, 54-58.

Stephen, D. G., & Dixon, J. A. (2009). The self-organization of insight: Entropy and power laws in problem solving. Journal of Problem Solving, 2, 72-101. (Invited review).

Stephen, D. G., Stepp, N., Dixon, J. A., & Turvey, M. T. (2008). Strong anticipation: Sensitivity to long-range correlations in synchronization behavior. Physica A, 387, 5271-5278.

Stephen, D. G., & Dixon, J. A. (2007). Fractality and the attunement of perceptual systems. In S. Cummins-Sebree, M. A. Riley, & K. Shockley (Eds.), Studies in perception and action IX: Proceedings from the fourteenth International Conference on Perception and Action (pp. 172-175). New York: Erlbaum.

Dotov, D. G., & Stephen, D. G. Long-range correlated fluctuations in the continuous trajectory of a wrist-pendulum system driven at resonant and non-resonant rates. (Submitted to Physica A)

Stephen, D. G., Arzamarski, R, & Michaels, C. F. The role of fractality in perceptual learning: Exploration in dynamic touch. (Revise-and-resubmit at Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance)

Stephen, D. G., & Mirman, D. Interactions dominate the dynamics of visual cognition. (Revise-and-resubmit at Cognition)

Dixon, J. A., Holden, J. G., Mirman, D., & Stephen, D. G. Development of cognition from the multifractality of perception-action. (For upcoming debate issue in Topics in Cognitive Science).

Hajnal, A., & Stephen, D. G. Transfer of calibration between hand and foot.

Stephen, D. G., & Dixon, J. A. Strong anticipation: Multifractal cascade dynamics modulate synchronization behaviors. (Draft available)

Stephen, D. G., & Hajnal, A. Fractality predicts the transfer of learning across anatomically different limbs. (Draft available)

Stephen, D. G., & Van Orden, G. C. Complexity science in cognitive science. (For upcoming debate issue in Topics in Cognitive Science).

Stephen, D. G., Whitney, P. G., Green, J. A., & Dixon, J. A. Self-organization of newborn crying. (Draft available)

Spring 2008    Course in Teaching Experimental Psychology

Fall 2009        Introductory Psychology Laboratory Instructor
Spring 2009   Research Methods Laboratory Instructor
Fall 2008        Research Methods Laboratory Instructor
Spring 2008   Cognition Laboratory Teaching Assistant
Fall 2007        Statistics Consultant for Research Methods Laboratory
Fall 2006        Graduate Statistics Teaching Assistant
Spring 2006   Introductory Psychology Discussion Leader
Fall 2005        Introductory Psychology Laboratory Instructor

Introductory Psychology (Undergraduate)
Research Methods (Undergraduate)
Statistics (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Cognition (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Learning & Memory (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Sensation & Perception (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Developmental Psychology (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Special Topics in Complexity, Emergence, and Embodiment (Graduate)

Stephen, D. G., & Arzamarski, R. C. (2008, February). A nonlocal anatomy of error and learning. Invited colloquium for the Perception-Action Workshop at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Stephen, D. G. (2007, December). Dynamics of problem solving. Invited colloquium for the Workshop for Complexity, Cognition, and Coordination at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Blau. J. J. C., Turvey, M. T., Carello, C., & Stephen, D. G. (2007, November). Perception and action in the context of prism adaptation and weighted limbs. Invited colloquium for the Perception-Action Workshop at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Stephen, D. G. (2007, February). Cognitive representation as a thermodynamic phenomenon. Invited colloquium for the Perceptual-Motor Dynamics Lab at University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

Stephen, D. G. (2007, January). Cognitive representation as a thermodynamic phenomenon. Invited colloquium for the Perception-Action Workshop at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Stephen, D. G., Dixon, J. A., & Isenhower, R. W. (2006, March). In search of the dynamics of representation. Invited colloquium for Perception-Action Workshop at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Stephen, D. G. (2008, July). Cognition as the breaking and reforming of constraints. Invited symposium paper presented at the 29th annual meeting of the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

Stephen, D. G., Sullivan, R. A., Dixon, J. A., & Isenhower, R. W. (2007, July). Dynamics in development: New structures through self-organization. Invited symposium paper presented at the 14th biannual International Conference of Perception and Action, Yokohama, Japan.

Blau, J. J. C., Stephen, D. G., & Carello, C. (2009, July). Fractal structure in event perception: Lessons from film editing. Paper presented at the 15th biannual International Conference of Perception and Action, Minneapolis, MN.

Stephen, D. G., & Dixon, J. A. (2009, July). A multifractal approach to development in D. discoideum. Paper presented at the 15th biannual International Conference of Perception and Action, Minneapolis, MN.

Dotov, D. G., Stephen, D. G., Frank, T. D., & Turvey, M. T. (2009, March). Dynamics of rhythms at resonance: Variability of Unimanual pendulum oscillation at and away from resonance. Paper presented at the 19th annual meeting of New England Sequencing and Timing at Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT.

Dixon, J. A., & Stephen, D. G. (2008, August). Thermodynamics of a developmental system. Paper presented at the 3rd annual Workshop for Dynamics and Cognition at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Stephen, D. G., Mirman, D., Kukona, A. P., Magnuson, J. S., Rueckl, J., & Dixon, J. A. (2008, August). Scale-invariant foraging at the vision-language interface. Paper presented at the 3rd annual Workshop for Dynamics and Cognition at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Stephen, D. G., Boncoddo, R. A., Dixon, J. A., & Magnuson, J. S. (2007, November). Cognitive dynamics from eye-movements: Representational change as a phase transition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

Boncoddo, R. A., Stephen, D. G., & Dixon, J. A. (2007, August). Dynamics of representational change in preschoolers. Paper presented at the 2nd annual Workshop for Dynamics and Cognition at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Stephen, D. G., Stepp, N., Dixon, J. A., & Turvey, M. T. (2007, August). Strong anticipation strikes back: Data and more. Paper presented at the 2nd annual Workshop for Dynamics and Cognition at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Stephen, D. G., & Dixon, J. A. (2006, August). Negentropy and the emergence of novel representation. Paper presented at the Workshop for Dynamics and Cognition at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Boncoddo, R. A., Stephen, D. G., & Dixon, J. A. (2008, November). Embodied relations self-organize into representations. Poster session at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

Boncoddo, R. A., Stephen, D. G., & Dixon, J. A. (2008, May). Self-organization and embodiment: Evidence from preschoolers’ problem solving. Poster session at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Stephen, D. G., & Dixon, J. A. (2007, July). Fractality and the attunement of perceptual systems. Poster session at the 14th biannual International Conference of Perception and Action, Yokohama, Japan.

Stephen, D. G., Whitney, P. G., Green, J. A., Dixon, J. A. (2007, March). Dynamical organization of infant crying. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Stephen, D. G., Dixon, J. A., & Isenhower, R. W. (2006, November). Dynamic emergence of new cognitive structure. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston, TX.

Dixon, J. A., & Stephen, D. G. (2006, May). Getting time on your side: Modeling microgenetic data with longitudinal methods. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

Stephen, D. G., & Ball, C. T. (2005, February). What are the cognitive determinants of a coincidence? Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Winston-Salem, NC.

Analysis of variance
Multiple regression
Hierarchical linear modeling (also known as growth-curve or multi-level modeling)
Survival analysis (also known as event-history analysis)
Vector autoregression

Phase-space reconstruction
Recurrence quantification analysis
Detrended fluctuation analysis
Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis
Diffusion entropy analysis