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Dr. Guyot

In 2006, Dr. Guyot completed his last year as Department Chair after 19 years of service. Dr. Guyot's main research interests are still attachments, empathy, and prosocial behavior. He recently published two book chapters in the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, edited by Mark Bekoff. One chapter was on attachment behvaior and the other was on the domestic cat. Dr. Guyot is currently looking at gender crossover with age (when females become more independent and males become more nurturing) in relation to prosocial behvavior and empathy. He is also researching the relationship between field Independence and information processing.

Father Shelton

Fr. Charlie Shelton, S.J. has focused his research interests on the topic of moral development. More specifically, he has explored in his most recent book, ACHIEVING MORAL HEALTH (2000), how conscience functions in an individual's everyday relationships whether they involve personal intimacy or work settings. Moreover, he currently is researching the role that positive emotions play in helping people live moral lives. More specifically, he is studying the emotion of gratitude and how living a grateful life fosters healthy emotional functioning and ethicial living. To this end, he has recently published articles in THE HANDBOOK OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY and in an edited volume focusing on the emotion of gratitude (THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GRATITUDE). Currently, he is completing a book on the meaning of and how to live a grateful life.

Dr. McCall

Dr. McCall returned to Regis in the fall of 2005 after a one year leave and one year sabbatical. While on her leave/sabbatical Dr. McCall co-authored a paper entitled "What does it mean to be smart? The development of children's beliefs about intelligence in Germany and the United States." In the May 2006 she took over as Chair of the Psychology Department. From November 2006-August 2008 she served as the Director of the Neuroscience Program. She continues to focus on early childhood development. The second phase of her work looking at women who are on the tenure-track and on the mommy-track simultaneously began in during the fall of 2008. Dr. McCall is hoping to go return to her work investigating why kids drop out of school, by focusing this time on why high achieving and gifted and talented kids drop out. She really appreciates hearing from all of the former graduates and hopes they will stop by if they are in town to tour the new Psychology/Neuroscience facilities after the 2007 building renovations. .

Dr. Lafosse

Dr. Lafosse is a neuropsychologist whose primary research interest is the area of dementia syndromes, including Alzheimer's disease, vascular (stroke-related) dementia, and Parkinson's disease. Dr. Lafosse is particularly interested in the neuropsychological effects of damage to the brain's white matter (as seen in Multiple Sclerosis) and how it differs from damage to the brain's cortical and subsortical gray matter. In addition, he is interested in the neuropsychological effects of sports-related brain injury. Dr. Lafosse is also a licensed clinical psychologist.

Dr. Basham

Dr. Basham became director of the Neuroscience Program in the fall of 2008. His primary research interests involve examining the neural plasticity associated with learning and memory. He is particularly interested in the mechanisms that promote and restrict re-wiring of the brain during motor learning. He is looking forward to maintaining a vibrant research program at Regis that will use animal models to investigate these questions.

Conferences and Publications

Recent Publications

Guyot, G.W. (2004). Attachments Behaviors. In M Bekoff. (Ed.) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Vol 1. West, CT: Greenwood Publishing (pp. 175-177).

Guyot, G.W. (2004). Domestic Cats. In M Bekoff. (Ed.) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Vol 1. West, CT: Greenwood Publishing (pp. 227-230).

Kurtz-Costes, B., McCall, R.J., Kinlay, C.R., Weisen, C.A., Joyner, M. H.(2005). What does it mean to be smart? The development of children's beliefs about intelligence in Germany and the United States. APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 26, 217-233.

Shelton, C. M. (2003). Gratitude: Considerations from a moral perspective. In R. A. Emmons & M. E. McCullough (Eds.), GRATITUDE: A VOLUME IN THE AFFECTIVE SCIENCES (pp. 257-281). New York: Oxford University Press.

Emmons, R. A., & Shelton, C. M. (2002). Gratitude and the Science of positive psychology. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), HANDBOOOK OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (pp. 459-471). New York: Oxford University Press

Recent Presentations

Guyot, G.W. & Nelson, E. (2002). Information processing, cue salience, and field independence. Rocky Mountain Psychological Assocaition, Park City, UT.

Mine, M. & Guyot, G.W. (2002). Individualism, collectivism, and peer attachment. Rocky Mountain Psycholigical Association, Park, City, UT.

Guyot, G.W., nelson, E., Tran, L., Mine, M., & Tokumaru. (2003). Empathy and generativity in Americans and Asians. Rocky mountain Psychological Association. Denver, CO.

Guyot, G.W., & Nelson, E.J. (2003). Religious involvement, religiosity, and helping behavior. Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Guyot, G.W., Nelson, E.J., Mine, M. & Tran, L. (2003). Empathy and generativity in Americans, Asians and American-Asian students. Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Guyot, G.W., Wade, C., & Watkins, A. (2004). Parental Attachment, Empathy, Control and Prosocial Behavior in Normative and Social Agency populations. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Reno, NV.

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