Dr. Sturz
Name: Bradley R. Sturz, Ph.D.
Rank: Assistant Professor
Office Phone: 912-344-3278
Office Location: 229 Science Center
E-mail address:

bradley.sturz@armstrong.edu

 

  Degrees: Ph.D. – Experimental Psychology, Auburn University

M.S. –  Experimental Psychology, Auburn University

B.A. –  Psychology, Auburn University

 

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Courses:

Introduction to Psychology

Careers & Professional Skills in Psychology

Introduction to Psychological Research

Animal Behavior

Evolution and Behavioral Science

 

  Areas of Interest: Comparative Psychology

Spatial Learning, Memory, & Cognition

 

  Current Projects: Spatial Pattern Learning

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Collaborators:

Kent D. Bodily

Michael F. Brown

Felix Hamza-Lup

Jeffrey S. Katz

Debbie M. Kelly

Ashraf Saad

Anthony A. Wright

 

Links:

Comparative Cognition Society

Psychonomic Society

Recent Publications:

Sturz, B. R., & Katz, J. S. (in press). Learning of absolute and relative distance and direction from discrete visual landmarks by pigeons (Columba livia). Journal of Comparative Psychology. PDF

Sturz, B. R., Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., & Kelly, D. M. (in press). Evidence against      integration of spatial maps in humans: Generality across real and virtual environments. Animal Cognition. PDF

Nakamura, T., Wright, A. A., Katz, J. S., Bodily, K. D., & Sturz, B. R. (in press). Abstract-concept learning carryover effects from the initial training set.  Journal of Comparative Psychology. PDF

Zhu, L., Wong, J., Sturz, B. R., Shi, Y., & Tang, C. (2008). An integrated evaluation method for module-based undergraduate information retrieval. Journal Computing Sciences in Small Colleges, 23, 148-156. PDF

Sturz, B. R., Bodily, K. D., Hernández, M., Schmidtke, K. A., & Katz, J. S. (2008). Animal cognition. In S. F. Davis & W. Buskist (Eds.) 21st century psychology: A reference handbook (pp. 285-293). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. PDF

Sturz, B. R., Bodily, K. D., & Katz, J. S. (2006). Evidence against integration of spatial maps in humans. Animal Cognition, 9, 207-217. PDF

Katz, J. S., Sturz, B. R., Bodily, K. D., & Hernández, M. (2006). Independent study: A conceptual framework. In W. Buskist & S. F. Davis (Eds.) Handbook of the teaching of psychology (pp. 131-136). Malden, MA: Blackwell. PDF