MARK B. FINEMAN Psychology

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

The Nature of Visual Illusion. New York: Dover, 1996 (reprint).

The Inquisitive Eye. NY: Oxford University Press, 1981.

CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:

Articles on vision and color vision. In Psychology 73/74, and Psychology 73/74 Encyclopedia, Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Co., 1974.

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

"Complexity of Context and Orientation of Figure in the Corridor Illusion." Perceptual and Motor Skills 53 (1981): 11-14.

"The Eye is Not a Camera." Photomethods (1977): 42-43+.

With Melingonis, M. "The Effect of a Moving Dot Transversal on the Poggendorff Illusion." Perception and Psychophysics 21 (1977): 153-156.

With Carlson, J. "A Comparison of the Ponzo Illusion with a Textural Analogue." Perception and Psychophysics 14 (1973): 31-33.

"Facilitation of Stereoscopic Depth Perception by a Relative Size Cue in Ambiguous Disparity Stereograms." Journal of Experimental Psychology 90 (1971): 215-221.

Rock, I., & Hill, A. L. "Speed Constancy as a Function of Size Constancy." Perception and Psychophysics 4 (1968): 37-40.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

"Animation Simplified." Inside Microsoft PowerPoint Magazine 3:1 (January 1996).

"Using PowerPoint in the Classroom: Test Slide Tips." Inside Microsoft PowerPoint Magazine 2:9 (September 1995).

"PowerPoint Meets the Classroom." Inside Microsoft PowerPoint Magazine 2:8 (August 1995).

The Home Darkroom. Revised edition. New York: Amphoto, 1976.

I have also published numerous articles for popular magazines, including: Popular Mechanics, Model Airplane News, Model Aviation, Aeromodeller, and Petersen's Photographic.

BOOK REVIEWS (total #): 12 in the last three years, 1994 - 1996

I regularly review texts for Allyn & Bacon, West Publishing, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, and Harper Collins. The texts and proposals are in the areas of general psychology, statistics, and perception.

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

Four oral presentations at Connecticut State University Computer Conferences (1991 - 1995), primarily on the use of Visual Basic in creating psychology experiments and the application of presentation software to classroom use.

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

1995: SCSU Summer Curriculum Development Grant

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL (use keywords):

Vision; Perception; Depth; Illusions; Skepticism; Computers

CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

"The Use of Presentation Software to Create Classroom Demonstrations and Experiments." Teaching of Psychology journal (in preparation).

DISSERTATION TITLE:

The Interaction of Relative Size and Disparity in Depth Perception

INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.:

Yeshiva University