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B Biographical Sketches
Pages 383-386

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... His research interests in the area of applied cognition focus on techniques for improving communication, learning, and performance. His specific research topics include cooperative learning among peers and node-link maps as alternatives to standard texts, and he has served as principal investigator in 13 federally funded research projects.
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From page 384...
... His research interests focus on factors that influence negotiating behavior, and on ways to improve the negotiation process through situation design and training. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Negotiation Journal, and the Journal of Applied Social Psychology and is an associate editor of Simulation & Gaming.
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... He previously held positions at Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin and has held visiting appointments at Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and Macquarie University in Australia. His research interests focus on cognition in a personal and social context with a special emphasis on the relations between conscious and nonconscious mental life.
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From page 386...
... She has studied how people's abilities to perceive through nonvisual modalities and plan action change with training. She has served as chair of the American Psychological Association's Committee on Scientific Awards, and she currently serves on the National Research Council's Committee on Human Factors and the governing board of the Psychonomic Society.
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