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

 

Education: Ph.D. Experimental Psychology, Auburn University

M.S. Experimental Psychology, Auburn University

B.A. Psychology, Auburn University

 

Curriculum Vitae

Faculty Lineage

Courses:

Introduction to Psychology

Careers & Professional Skills in Psychology

Introduction to Psychological Research

Comparative Psychology

Evolutionary Psychology

 

  Areas of Interest: Comparative Psychology

Spatial Learning, Memory, & Cognition

 

Current Projects: Spatial Pattern Learning

Landmark-Based Navigation

Orientation via Enclosure Size/Shape

 

Collaborators:

Kent D. Bodily

Michael F. Brown

Jeffrey S. Katz

Debbie M. Kelly

Ashraf Saad

Anthony A. Wright

 

Links:

Comparative Cognition Society

Psychonomic Society

Association for Psychological Science

American Psychological Association

Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center

Recent Publications:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sturz, B. R., & Diemer, S. M. (2009). Reorienting when cues conflict: A role for information
content in spatial learning? Behavioural Processes. DOI:10.1016/j.beproc.2009.11.001 PDF

Sturz, B. R., Kelly, D. M., & Brown, M. F. (2009). Facilitation of learning spatial relations among locations by visual cues: Generality across spatial configurations. Animal Cognition. DOI 10.1007/s10071-009-0283-3 PDF

Katz, J. S., Sturz, B. R., & Wright, A. A. (in press). Testing the translational-symmetry
hypothesis of abstract-concept learning in pigeons. Learning & Behavior. PDF

Sturz, B. R., & Kelly, D. M. (2009). Encoding of relative enclosure size in a dynamic three-dimensional virtual environment by humans. Behavioural Processes, 82, 223-227. PDF

Sturz, B. R., Brown, M. F., & Kelly, D. M. (2009). Facilitation of learning spatial relations among locations by visual cues: Implications for theoretical accounts of spatial learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 306-312. PDF

Sturz, B. R., & Katz, J. S. (2009). Learning of absolute and relative distance and direction from discrete visual landmarks by pigeons (Columba livia). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 123, 90-113. PDF

Sturz, B. R., Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., & Kelly, D. M. (2009). Evidence against integration of spatial maps in humans: Generality across real and virtual environments. Animal Cognition, 12, 237-247. PDF

Sturz, B. R., Bodily, K. D., & Katz, J. S. (2009). Dissociation of past and present experience in problem solving using a virtual environment. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 12, 15-19. PDF

Nakamura, T., Wright, A. A., Katz, J. S., Bodily, K. D., & Sturz, B. R. (2009). Abstract-concept learning carryover effects from the initial training set in pigeons (Columba livia).  Journal of Comparative Psychology, 123, 79-89. 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., & Katz, J. S. (2006). Evidence against integration of spatial maps in humans. Animal Cognition, 9, 207-217. PDF

 

Book Chapters:

Sturz, B. R., Bodily, K. D., Hernandez, 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

Katz, J. S., Sturz, B. R., Bodily, K. D., & Hernandez, 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

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