Robert C. Becklen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology.
School of Social Science and Human Services.
Address: Ramapo College of New Jersey.
505, Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430-1680
Phone: Office: (201)-684-7624 Fax: (201)-684-7508
E-Mail: <rbecklen@ramapo.edu>,
Scholarly Interests:
- Perceptual Psychology - Visual Motion Perception, Stereoscopic Depth
Constancy, Color Perception, Rod-Cone Processes, Vision and Art, Ecological
Approaches to Perception.
- Cognitive Psychology - Selective Attention, Basic Memory
Processes, Memory for Actions and Events, Nonverbal Memory,
Neural Networks and Cognition.
- History of Psychology - Historical Parallelisms between
Science and Art in the understanding of Visual Processes. History of
Color Vision. History of Space Perception. Teleology and Mechanism as
"Explanatory Modes" in History.
- Statistics and Research Methodology - Epistemological Issues in the
Theory of Probability, Multivariate Modeling and Simulation, Partial
Least Squares Approach, Computer-Intensive vs Traditional Approaches.
Courses Taught:
Introductory Psychology.
Research Methods in Psychology.
Psychology of Perception (Art
Version).
Psychology of Perception (Neuroscience
Version).
Cognitive Psychology.
Historical Roots of Psychology.
Advanced Topics in Psychology.
This page last updated March 2, 1997 by Robert C. Becklen.
<rbecklen@ramapo.edu>,