Steve Charlton
E-mail:steve.charlton@kwantlen.ca
Phone: 604.599.2802(R) vm 9127
Office Location: 2673 Richmond
List of courses taught:
- Psyc 1100 Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes
- Psyc 1200 Introduction to Psychology: Areas and Applications
- Psyc 2330 Social Psychology
- Psyc 2375 Perception
- Psyc 2385 Cognition
- Psyc 2400 Experimental Psychology: Research Methodology
- Psyc 3451 Psychology and Law
- Psyc 3930 Consumer Psychology: Research and Applications
- Psyc 4900 Special Topics in Psychology
- Psyc 5000 Honours Thesis I
- Psyc 5001 Honours Thesis II
Areas of Interest & Investigation: Memory; Perception; Spatial ability; Face perception and memory; Law and psychology; Consumer behaviour and advertising; Hemispheric Specialization Some examples of recent reserach are music and advertising, complexity and advertising, face recognition and surveillance technology and face recognition and passport identification. "I am willing to supervise honours students."
Educational background: B.A. (Brock.), M.A. (S.Fraser), Ph.D. (S.Fraser)
Selected References:
- Charlton, S. (2006) Degree of lateralization, face recognition, mental rotations and verbal ability: A test of the crowding hypothesis. Submitted for publication.
- Charlton, S. and Tong, A. (2006) Face recognition and surveillance technology. In preparation.
- Charlton, S. (1998). Creating an eyewitness tape. In Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology, (Ed.) Ludy Benjamin, American Psychological Association: New York
- Moretti, M., Charlton, S. and Taylor, S. (1996). The effects of hemispheric asymmetries and depression on the perception of emotion. Brain and Cognition, 32, 67-82.
