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Bruce Brown PhD

Professor
Psychology, Psychology

1098 KMBL
Provo, UT 84602

Biography

I was born and raised in American Fork, Utah. My missionary service was in the Western Canadian Mission. I attended the University of Utah, graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. degree and an M.S. degree, and obtained my PhD in psychology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. I did post-doctoral work in mathematical psychology at University of Michigan.

Research Interests

My primary current research focus is the development of methods for neuropsychological measurement. In particular, our research team has been investigating the extraction of cognitive components from event-related potentials (EEG waves) as biomarkers for neuropsychiatric illnesses. We are currently working with Dr. Kyle Bills, the Associate Dean of Research at the Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine and his technical team analyze longitudinal EEG recordings and neuropsychological data continuously gathered from their patients.

I am also mentoring a small group of P492R students and P430R capstone students in doing research on vocal emotion using a very large corpus (11,387 recordings) of emotion vocalizations created as part of a recent dissertation in our lab.

Teaching Interests

Currently, my primary teaching areas are quantitative methods, and the history of psychology. Together with three colleagues, I wrote a graduate text in multivariate statistical methods, published by Wiley in 2012. Two colleagues and I, Joseph A. Olsen and C. Victor Bunderson, received the proof copy of chapter 1 in December 2022 and are submitting the final materials to John Wiley and Sons this month for our psychometrics book: Petr Blahus, Joseph A. Olsen, C. Victor Bunderson, and Bruce L. Brown, Psychometrics, Test Theory, and the Latent Factors Model.

Education

  • PhD, Psychology , McGill University (1969)
  • MS, Psychology , Brigham Young University (1968)
  • BS, Psychology , Brigham Young University (1965)

Memberships

  • Phi Kappa Phi (1982 - Present)
  • American Name Society (2005 - 2012)
  • Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (1998 - 2008)
  • American Statistical Association (1990 - 2008)
  • American Psychological Association (1972 - 2008)

Professional Citizenship

  • Board Member, Deutsche Gessellschaft fur Schnell-Lesen (German Society for Speed Reading) (2011 - Present)

Courses Taught

Publications

Brad Wilcox Wendy Baker Smemoe Sharon Black Bruce L. Brown Chris H Miller Dawson Ward Hedges Bruce Leonard Brown Joseph A Olsen Eli Baughn K L Cole A K Boehme Evan L Thacker W T Longstreth Bruce Leonard Brown Shawn D Gale Dawson Ward Hedges J K Anderson M SV Elkind Lance David Erickson David S White Pierce Bassett Shawn D Gale Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Lance David Erickson Pierce Bassett David S White Shawn D Gale Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Lance David Erickson Dawson Ward Hedges Allison Stone Bruce Leonard Brown Bradley Embley Shawn D Gale Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Lance David Erickson Dawson Ward Hedges Bruce Leonard Brown Bradley Embley Shawn D Gale Samuel P. Dickson Suzanne B. Hendrix Bruce Leonard Brown Perry Gene Ridge Jessie Nicodemus-Johnson Marci L. Hardy Allison M. McKeany Steven B. Booth Ryan R. Fortna John Sai Keong Kauwe Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Shawn D Gale Dawson Ward Hedges Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Evan L Thacker Elizabeth L. Mitchell Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Jacqueline E Kunzelman Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Lance David Erickson Shawn D Gale Jacqueline E Anderson Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Dawson Ward Hedges Lance David Erickson Shawn D Gale Jacqueline E Anderson Bruce Leonard Brown Bradley Ray Wilcox Bruce Leonard Brown Wendy Baker Smemoe Sharon Jean Black Dennis Lee Eggett Dawson Ward Hedges Lance David Erickson Jackie Kunzelman Bruce Leonard Brown Shawn D Gale Dawson Ward Hedges Andrew N Berrett Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Evan L Thacker Shawn D Gale Shawn D Gale Andrew N Berrett Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Andrew N Berrett Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Andrew N. Berrett Lance David Erickson Shawn D Gale Allison Stone Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Dawson Ward Hedges Andrew N Berrett Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Shawn D Gale Suzanne B Hendrix Bruce Leonard Brown Jeffrey L Cummings Constantine G Lyketsos Anton P Porsteinsson Paul B Rosenberg Mary Sano Andrew N Berrett Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Mengfei Cai Jared R Chapman Bruce Leonard Brown Sharon Jean Black Bradley Ray Wilcox Wendy Baker Smemoe Bruce Leonard Brown Andrew Berrett Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Andrew N Berrett Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Shawn D Gale Andrew Berrett Bruce Leonard Brown Lance David Erickson Dawson Ward Hedges Mengfei Cai Jared R Chapman Bruce Leonard Brown Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Andrew Berrett Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Bruce Leonard Brown Suzanne B Hendrix Marco Cecchi Jessica M Scott Jack W Silcox Kevin D Brighton Dawson Ward Hedges Lance David Erickson Shawn D Gale Andrew Berrett Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Michael Zhang Shawn D Gale Lance David Erickson Bruce Leonard Brown Parker Woody Dawson Ward Hedges Dawson Ward Hedges Rebecca Janis Stephen Mickelson Cierra Keith David P Bennett Bruce Leonard Brown Shawn D Gale Bruce Leonard Brown Lance David Erickson Andrew Berrett Dawson Ward Hedges Jared Ray Chapman Bruce Leonard Brown Shawn D Gale Bruce Leonard Brown Andrew Berrett Lance David Erickson Dawson Ward Hedges Ryan H Shatzer Paul Caldarella Pamela Rust Hallam Bruce Leonard Brown Wendy Baker Smemoe Bradley Ray Wilcox Bruce Leonard Brown Pual H. Hoskisson Sky nuttle Kristine Monteith Bruce Leonard Brown Dan Aaron Ventura Tony R Martinez Bradley Ray Wilcox Wendy Baker Smemoe Sharon Jean Black Bruce Leonard Brown Bradley Ray Wilcox Bruce Leonard Brown Wendy Baker Smemoe Sharon Jean Black Justin Bray W. B. Barclay Jared Ray Chapman Bruce Leonard Brown Michael Zhang Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Dawson Ward Hedges Thomas J Farrer Bruce Leonard Brown Bradley Ray Wilcox Bruce Leonard Brown Wendy Baker Smemoe Dennis Lee Eggett Sharon Jean Black Justin Bray Bruce Leonard Brown Suzanne B Hendrix Dawson Ward Hedges Timothy B Smith

Presentations

K Cole A Boehme Evan L Thacker W Longstreth Bruce Leonard Brown Dawson Ward Hedges Shawn D Gale J Kunzelman M Elkind
Jacqueline E Kunzelman Rachel M Gabor Monica Scrobotovici Natalie J Blades W T Longstreth Susan E Heckbert Bruce M Psaty Alice M Arnold Annette L Fitzpatrick David J Llewellyn Elzbieta Kuzma Hooman Kamel Mandip S Dhamoon Sarwat I Chaudhry John A Dodson Dawson W Hedges Shawn D Gale Lance D Erickson Bruce L Brown Evan L Thacker
Jacqueline E Kunzelman Rachel M Gabor Monica Scrobotovici Natalie J Blades W T Longstreth Susan E Heckbert Bruce M Psaty Alice M Arnold Annette L Fitzpatrick David J Llewellyn Elzbieta Kuzma Hooman Kamel Mandip S Dhamoon Sarwat I Chaudhry John A Dodson Dawson W Hedges Shawn D Gale Lance D Erickson Bruce L Brown Evan L Thacker
Jacqueline E Kunzelman Rachel M Gabor Monica Scrobotovici Natalie J Blades W T Longstreth Susan E Heckbert Bruce M Psaty Alice M Arnold Annette L Fitzpatrick David J Llewellyn Elzbieta Kuzma Hooman Kamel Mandip S Dhamoon Sarwat I Chaudhry John A Dodson Dawson W Hedges Shawn D Gale Lance D Erickson Bruce L Brown Evan L Thacker