Laura A. Powell, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

Education

Sinnott, J., Speaker, A., Powell, L, & Mosteller, K. (2012). Perception of scary Halloween masks by zoo animals and humans. International Journal of Comparative Psychology.25, 83-96.
Sinnott, J.M., Powell, L.A., and Camchong, J. (2006). Using monkeys to explore perceptual 鈥渓oss鈥� vs. 鈥渓earning鈥� models in English vs. Spanish voice-onset-time perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society, 119(3), 1585-1596.
Sinnott, J. M., & McArdle, L. A. (2000). Comparative perception of voicing contrasts. Journal of the Acoustical Society, 107(5), 2856.

Shelly-Tremblay, J. & Powell, L. (October, 2013) A new laboratory course using an open source statistical package 庐 and an eBook to enhance learning, and research methods literacy retention. Society for Teaching of Psychology Best Practices Conference: Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Psychology. Atlanta, Georgia.
Powell, L.A, Kuczaj, S.A., & Langlois, J.H. (2005, December). Dolphins Prefer Attractive Human Faces. 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, CA, USA.
Davis, J., Kuczaj, S., Hendry, J. Powell, L. & Solangi, M. (2004, February). Developmental changes in the social interactions of a captive-born Atlantic bottlenose dolphin calf (Tursiops truncatus). 68th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Biloxi, Mississippi.
Kuczaj, S., Hendry, J., & Powell, L. (2001, November). How a new calf affects the behavior of a group of bottlenose dolphins. 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
McArdle, L. A*. (2000, March). Perceptual differences in English, Spanish, and monkey listeners for voicing contrasts. 6th Annual 秘密研究所 Research Forum, Mobile, Alabama.

* Last name was McArdle until my marriage in 2000

Powell, L.A. & Shelly-Tremblay, J. (October, 2013) Classroom demonstration of experimental method using levels of processing theory. Society for Teaching of Psychology Best Practices Conference: Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Psychology. Atlanta, Georgia.
Powell, L.A. & Shelly-Tremblay, J. (May, 2013) Classroom demonstration of experimental method using levels of processing theory. South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning. Mobile, Alabama.
Powell, L. A. (2001, March). Perceptual differences in English, Spanish, and monkey listeners for voicing contrasts. Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, Florida