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Dr William 'Deak' Helton

Psychology

Researcher Summary

Prior to joining us towards the end of 2008 Deak was an Associate Professor at the Michigan Technological University in the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences.  At Michigan Tech, Deak directed an interdisciplinary Human-Robot Interaction laboratory funded by the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research.  He is currently a co-Principal Investigator on projects funded by the US Department of Education and National Science Foundation. His research areas are in the field of cognitive ergonomics, in particular the detection of fatigue, the role of attention in performance, and the development of expertise.  In applied domains this has translated into the development of training programs using simulations for construction managers, the use of biometric devices for the detection of mental fatigue, and the design of control systems for robots.  Deak’s research crosses the species barrier and he has done research on working dogs from an ergonomic perspective. He has worked with engineers on integrative canine machine systems in the area of landmine detection.  
Deak is the editor of the first scientific book about working dogs: Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs (published April 2009)

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Projects

Publications


  • Kemp, S., Helton, W.S., Richardson, J.J., Blampied, N.M. and Grimshaw, M. (2013) How does a series of earthquakes affect academic performance? In K. Pfeifer and N. Pfeifer (Ed.), Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses: 1-17. London: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5000-5 4. (Chapter in Book)
  • Green, A., Helton, D. and Draper, N. (2013) The impact of negative valence in a secondary task on complex motor performance: A dual-task climbing study. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (under review) (Journal Article)
  • Warm, J.S., Tripp, L.D., Matthews, G. and Helton, W.S. (2012) Cerebral Hemodynamic Indices of Operator Fatigue in Vigilance. In G. Matthews, P. Desmond, C. Neubauer and P. Hancock (Ed.), The Handbook of Operator Fatigue: 197-208. New York: Ashgate. (Chapter in Book)
  • Helton, W.S. and Maginnity, M. (2012) Increased attentiveness is associated with hemispheric asymmetry measured with lateral tympanic membrane temperature in humans and dogs. Experimental Brain Research 219(3): 321-326. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-012-3093-9. (Journal Article)
  • Head, J., Russell, P.N., Dorahy, M.J., Neumann, E. and Helton, W.S. (2012) Text-speak processing and the sustained attention to response task. Experimental Brain Research 216(1): 103-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2914-6. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S. (2011) Animal Expertise: Evidence of Phase Transitions by Utilizing Running Estimates of Performance Variability. Ecological Psychology 23(2): 59-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10407413.2011.564537. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S. and Green, A. (2011) Climbing and dual-tasking. Queenstown, New Zealand. Queenstown, New Zealand: New Zealand Psychological Society Annual Conference 2011, 20-23 Aug 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S., Dorahy, M.J. and Russell, P.N. (2011) Dissociative tendencies and right-hemisphere processing load: Effects on vigilance performance. Consciousness and Cognition 20(3): 696-702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2010.09.019. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S. (2011) Dual-task performance in climbing. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: International Rock Climbing Research Congress, 28 Nov-2 Dec 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Green, A.L. and Helton, W.S. (2011) Dual-task performance in rock climbing. Las Vegas, NV, USA: 9th Annual Meeting fo the Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments, 18-19 Sep 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. and Russell, P.N. (2011) Feature absence-presence and two theories of lapses of sustained attention. Psychological Research 75(5): 384-392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00426-010-0316-1. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S., Head, J. and Russell, P.N. (2011) Relationship between a Self-Reported ADHD Questionnaire and Sustained Attention to Local and Global Target Features. Las Vegas, NV, USA: 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), 19-23 Sep 2011. In Proceedings 55(1) 904-908. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181311551188. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S., Head, J. and Russell, P.N. (2011) Reliable- and unreliable-warning cues in the Sustained Attention to Response Task. Experimental Brain Research 209(3): 401-407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2563-9. (Journal Article)
  • Kemp, S., Helton, W.S., Richardson, J., Blampied, N.M. and Grimshaw, M. (2011) Sleeplessness, Stress, Cognitive Disruption and Academic Performance Following the September 4, 2010, Christchurch Earthquake. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies 2011(2): 11-18. http://trauma.massey.ac.nz/issues/2011-2/AJDTS_2011-2_Kemp.pdf. (Journal Article)
  • Harré, N., Milfont, T.L., Helton, W.S. and Mead, A. (2011) Sustainability and the psychologically literate citizen: A New Zealand perspective. In D. Dunn and J. Cranney (Ed.), The Psychologically Literate Citizen: Foundations and Global Perspectives: 220-233. New York: Oxford University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Head, J.R., Helton, W.S., Neumann, E., Russell, P.N. and Shears, C. (2011) Text-Speak processing. Las Vegas, NV, USA: 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), 19-23 Sep 2011. In Proceedings 55(1) 470-474. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181311551097. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Russell, P.N. (2011) The Effects of Arousing Negative and Neutral Picture Stimuli on Target Detection in a Vigilance Task. Human Factors 53(2): 132-141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018720811401385. (Journal Article)
  • Ossowski, U., Malinen, S. and Helton, W.S. (2011) The effects of emotional stimuli on target detection: Indirect and direct resource costs. Consciousness and Cognition 20(4): 1649-1658. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2011.08.015. (Journal Article)
  • Pereira, A., Miller, M., Helton, W., Bohmann, L. and VanArsdale, C. (2010) An Examination of Industry's Desired Traits for Engineering Graduates and Gender Differences. Louisville, KY, USA: 2010 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, 20-23 Jun 2010. In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference 117 9pp. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Miller, M., Pereira, A., Hutchins, M., Helton, W., Bohmann, L. and VanArsdale, C. (2010) Correlations Between Mechanical Apititude, Prior Experiences, and Attitude Toward Egineering. Louisville, KY, USA: 2010 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, 20-23 Jun 2010. In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference 117 (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. (2010) Does perceived trainability of dog (Canis lupus familiaris) breeds reflect differences in learning or differences in physical ability? Behavioural Processes 83(3): 315-323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2010.01.016. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S., Weil, L., Middlemiss, A. and Sawers, A. (2010) Global interference and spatial uncertainty in the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART). Consciousness and Cognition 19(1): 77-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2010.01.006. (Journal Article)
  • Pereira, A., Miller, M., Hutchins, M., Helton, W., VanArsdale, C. and Bohmann, L. (2010) Measurement of Hands-On Ability. Louisville, KY, USA: 2010 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, 20-23 Jun 2010. In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference 117 (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Helton, N.D. (2010) Physical size matters in the domestic dog's (Canis lupus familiaris) ability to use human pointing cues. Behavioural Processes 85(1): 77-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2010.05.008. (Journal Article)
  • Funke, M., Warm, J., Matthews, G., Finomore Jr., V., Vidulich, M., Knott, B., Helton, W., Shaw, T. and Parasuraman, R. (2010) Static and Dynamic Discriminations in Vigilance: Effects on Cerebral Hemodynamics and Workload. In T. Marek, W. Karwowski and V. Rice (Ed.), Advances in Understanding Human Performance: Neuroergonomics, Human Factors Design and Special Populations: 1-10. Boca Raton: CRC Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Funke, M., Warm, J., Matthews, G., Finomore Jr, V., Vidulich, M., Knott, B., Helton, W., Shaw, T. and Parasuraman, R. (2010) Static and Dynamic Discriminations in Vigilance: Effects on Cerebral Hemodynamics and Workload. Miami, FL, USA: 3rd International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2010), 17-20 Jul 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Helton, W.S. (2010) The relationship between lateral differences in tympanic membrane temperature and behavioral impulsivity. Brain and Cognition 74(2): 75-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2010.06.008. (Journal Article)
  • Woo,T.C., Helton, W.S. and Russell, P.N. (2010) The role emotion and gender play in the choice of commuting by bicycle: A preliminary study from Christchurch, New Zealand. San Francisco, CA, USA: 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2010), 27 Sep-1 Oct 2010. In Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Proceedings 1067-1071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1518/107118110794005924. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Woo, T.C., Helton, W.S. and Russell, P.N. (2010) The role emotion plays in the choice of commuting by bike. Melbourne, Australia: 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 11-16 Jul 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. and Russell, P.N. (2010) The Short Stress State Questionnaire and High Event Rate Target Detection. San Francisco, CA, USA: 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2010), 27 Sep-1 Oct 2010. In Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Proceedings 798-801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1518/107118110794006950. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Kemp, S. (2010) What basic-applied issue is there? San Francisco, CA, USA: 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2010), 27 Sep-1 Oct 2010. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting - 2010 239-243. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Van Arsdale, C., Pereira, A., Bohmann, L., Miller, M. and Helton, W. (2010) What do Prior Experience and Student Attitudes say about ECE Lab Ability? Louisville, KY, USA: 2010 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, 20-23 Jun 2010. In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference 117 (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. (2009) Attention in Dogs: Sustained Attention in Mine Detection as Case Study. In W.S. Helton (Ed.), Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs: 115-134. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis. (Chapter in Book)
  • Helton, W.S. (2009) Canine Ergonomics: Introduction to the New Science of Working Dogs. In W.S. Helton (Ed.), Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs: 1-16. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis. (Chapter in Book)
  • Helton, W.S. (Ed.) (2009) Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis. 348pp. (Edited Book)
  • Helton, W.S. (2009) Canines as perceptual workers. San Antonio, TX, USA: 53rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 19-23 Oct 2009. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society(53) 585-589. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. (2009) Conclusion: Working Dogs and the Future. In W.S. Helton (Ed.), Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs: 325-332. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis. (Chapter in Book)
  • Miller, M., Bohmann, L., Helton, W. and Pereira, A. (2009) Determining the importance of hands-on ability for engineers. Austin, TX, USA: 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE 2009), 14-17 Jun 2009. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W. (2009) Evidence of animal consciousness in recent cognitive science research: automaticity and attention. Newcastle, Australia: The 2009 International Academic & Community Conference on Animals & Society: Minding Animals, 13-19 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. (2009) Impulsive responding and the sustained attention to response task. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 31(1): 39-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803390801978856. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S. (2009) Overview of Scent Detection Work: Issues and Opportunities. In W.S. Helton (Ed.), Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs: 83-97. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis. (Chapter in Book)
  • Helton, W.S., Feltovich, P.J. and Velkey, A.J. (2009) Skill and Expertise in Working Dogs: A Cognitive Science Perspective. In W.S. Helton (Ed.), Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs: 17-42. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis. (Chapter in Book)
  • Helton, W.S., Kern, R.P. and Walker, D.R. (2009) Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs and the Role of Emotional Stimuli on the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART). San Antonio, TX, USA: 53rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 19-23 Oct 2009. In Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society(53) 1052-1056. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S., Matthews, G. and Warm, J.S. (2009) Stress state mediation between environmental variables and performance: The case of noise and vigilance. Acta Psychologica 130(3): 204-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.12.006. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S., Hayrynen, L. and Schaeffer, D. (2009) Sustained attention to local and global target features is different: Performance and tympanic membrane temperature. Brain and Cognition 71(1): 9-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2009.03.001. (Journal Article)
  • Kern, R., Helton, W., Schaeffer, D. and Landow, M. (2009) The Effect of Emotion and Theme Congruent Sound on Memory for Pictures. Savannah, GA, USA: 101st Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 12-15 Apr 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. and Kern, R. (2009) The Relationship between Memory for Emotional Stimuli and Subjective State. Evanstan, IL, USA: 14th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), 18-22 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S., Kern, R.P. and Walker, D.R. (2009) Tympanic membrane temperature, exposure to emotional stimuli and the sustained attention to response task. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 31(5): 611-616. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803390802375565. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S., Shaw, T., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G. and Hancock, P.A. (2008) Effects of warned and unwarned demand transitions on vigilance performance and stress. Anxiety, Stress and Coping 21(2): 173-184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615800801911305. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S. (2008) Evidence of Phase Transitions in Canine Skill Development. Chicago, IL, USA: 18th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, 1-3 May 2008. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. (2008) Expertise acquisition as sustained learning in humans and other animals: commonalities across species. Animal Cognition 11(1): 99-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-007-0093-4. (Journal Article)
  • Levin, E., Helton, W.S., Lumakka, R. and Gienko, G. (2008) Eye movement analysis in the visual inspection of geospatial data. Portland, OR, USA: American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2008 Annual Conference, 28 Apr-2 May 2008. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Ellis, K. (2008) Human Judgments of Stress State in Performance Settings. New York, NY, USA: 52nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 22-26 Sep 2008. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Ellis, K. (2008) Judgments of Stress State. Chicago, IL, USA: 18th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, 1-3 May 2008. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W. (2008) Keeping Watch: State-of-the-Art in Sustained Attention Research. Cincinnati, OH, USA: Festschrift for Professor Joel S. Warm, 15-16 May 2008. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S., Lopez, N. and Tamminga, S. (2008) Performance on a Sustained Attention to Response Task. New York, NY, USA: 52nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 22-26 Sep 2008. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Holmstrom, R. (2008) Relationships Between Caffeine Consumption, Cognitive Slips-Failures, Daily Stress, and Sleep. New York, NY, USA: 52nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 22-26 Sep 2008. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S., Begoske, S., Pastel, R. and Tan, J. (2007) A Case Study in Canine-Human Factors: A Remote Scent Sampler for Landmine Detection. Baltimore, MD, USA: 51st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1-5 Oct 2007. In Proceedings 582-586. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. (2007) Deliberate Practice in Dogs: A Canine Model of Expertise. Journal of General Psychology 134(2): 247-257. (Journal Article)
  • Pastel, R., Himes, P., Harper, M. and Helton, W.S. (2007) Gravity mouse design and evaluation: effects of distracters and target size. Baltimore, MD, USA: 51st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1-5 Oct 2007. In Proceedings 444-448. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S., Miller, M. and Pastel, R. (2007) Human factors education: bridges, barriers and the trolls under the bridges.. Houghton: American Society of Engineering Education North Midwest Section, September 20-21. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S., Tamminga, S. and Lopez, N. (2007) Sustained attention to response with global and global-local letter targets.. Chicago, IL: Midwestern Psychological Association, May. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S., Hollander, T.D., Tripp, L.D., Parsons, K., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G. and Dember, W.N. (2007) The abbreviated vigilance task and cerebral hemodynamics. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 29(5): 545-552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803390600814757. (Journal Article)
  • Pastel, R., Champlin, J., Harper, M., Paul, N. and Helton, W.S. (2007) The difficulty of remotely navigating corners. Baltimore, MD, USA: 51st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1-5 Oct 2007. In Proceedings 489-493. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Helton, N.D. (2007) The intrinsic value of nature and moral education. Journal of Moral Education 36(2): 139-150. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S. (2006) Canine models of expertise.. Berlin Germany: Expertise in Context, July. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. (2006) Canine Models of Occupational Expertise. San Francisco, CA, USA: 50th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 16-20 Oct 2006. In Proceedings 875-879. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Holmstrom, R. (2006) Cognitive Slips-Failures and Daily Stress: Further Investigations With the Short Stress State Questionnaire - Daily (SSSQ-D). San Francisco, CA, USA: 50th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 16-20 Oct 2006. In Proceedings 1240-1244. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. (2006) Expertise in Trained Dogs. Vancouver, Canada: Cognitive Science Society Conference, 26-29 Jul 2006. In Proceedings 28 1488-1493. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Garland, G. (2006) Short Stress State Questionnaire: Relationships With Reading Comprehension and Land Navigation. San Francisco, CA, USA: 50th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 16-20 Oct 2006. In Proceedings 1731-1735. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S., Fields, D. and Thoreson, J.A. (2005) Assessing Daily Stress With the Short Stress State Questionnaire (SSSQ): Relationships with Cognitive Slips-Failures. Orlando, FL, USA: 49th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 26-30 Sep 2005. In Proceedings 886-890. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S., Matthews, G., Warm, J.S. and Dember, W.N. (2005) Being Optimistic May Not Always Be Advantageous: the Relationship Between Dispositional Optimism, Coping, and Performance. Orlando, FL, USA: 49th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 26-30 Sep 2005. In Proceedings 1224-1228. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. (2005) Canine Factors: Bridging the Gap Between Human Factors and Comparative Psychology. Orlando, FL, USA: 49th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 26-30 Sep 2005. In Proceedings 876-880. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Helton, N.D. (2005) Changing Animal and Environmental Attitudes with Evidence of Animal Minds. Applied Environmental Education and Communication 4(4): 317-323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15330150500302114. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S., Hollander, T.D., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G., Dember, W.N., Wallart, M., Beauchamp, G., Parasuraman, R. and Hancock, P.A. (2005) Signal regularity and the mindlessness model of vigilance. British Journal of Psychology 96: 249-261. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S., Neu, J.M., Shell, T.A., Ramsey, A.J. and Myers, D.M. (2004) Assessing and Improving User Satisfaction in Higher Education: A Role for Human Factors. New Orleans, LA, USA: 48th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 20-24 Sep 2004. In Proceedings 1054-1058. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. (2004) Concsious or not, animals are often experts.. New Orleans LA USA: Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, April. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S., Matthews, G., Warm, J.S. and Dember, W.N. (2004) Coping is a mediator in the relationship between optimism and task performance.. New Orleans LA USA: Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, April. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. (2004) Deep ecology: religion or science? Biloxi MS USA: North American Association of Environmental Education, November. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S., Shaw, T.H., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G., Dember, W.N. and Hancock, P.A. (2004) Demand transitions in vigilance: Effects on performance efficiency and stress. In D.A. Vincenzi, M. Mouloua and P.A. Hancock (Ed.), Human performance, situation awareness and automation: Current research and trends: 258-262. Mahwah: Erlbaum. (Chapter in Book)
  • Garland, G., Bailey, J. and Helton, W.S. (2004) Exploring the self-reported stress and workload of orienteering.. Bowling Green State University, OH: Midwest Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium, February. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. (2004) The Development of Expertise: Animal Models? Journal of General Psychology 131(1): 86-96. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S. (2004) Utilizing genetic algorithms and neural nets in expert systems: what animals teach us. Nottingham, UK: Annual Meeting of Recent Advances in Soft Computing, Dec 2004. In Recent Advances in Soft Computing 5 177-182. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. (2004) Validation of a Short Stress State Questionnaire. New Orleans, LA, USA: 48th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 20-24 Sep 2004. In Proceedings 1238-1242. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. and Duerrschnabel, N.B. (2003) Animal Minds: Changing Environmental Attitudes with Psychology. Boston, MA, USA: 32nd Annual Meeting of the North American Association of Environmental Education, Dec 2003. In Proceedings of NAAEE2003 40-46. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. Duerrschnabel. and N.B. (2003) Animal minds: changing environmental attitudes with psychology.. Boston MA: Annual Meeting of North American Association of Environmental Education, December. In Proceedings of the NAAEE 32 40-46. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Hollander, T.D., Helton, W.S., Tripp, L.D., Parsons, K., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G. and Dember, W.N. (2003) Cerebral vascularity and performance on an abbreviated vigilance task. Denver, CO, USA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Oct 2003. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47 1673-1677. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S., Hollander, T.D., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G., Dember, W.N. and Parasuraman, R. (2003) Challenges to the mindlessness model of vigilance through signal regularity. Denver, CO, USA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Oct 2003. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47 1663-1667. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S., Shaw, T.H., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G., Dember, W.N. and Hancock, P.A. (2003) Effects of transitions of signal salience on vigilance performance and stress.. Atlanta, GA, USA: Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, April. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Duerrschnabel, N.B. and Helton, W.S. (2003) Social networks in the urban dog park.. Leuven, Belgium: Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning – Association of European Schools of Planning 3rd Joint Congress, July. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Duerrschnabel, N.B. and Helton, W.S. (2003) Social networks in the urban dog park.. Leuven, Belgium: Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning – Association of European Schools of Planning 3rd Joint Congress, July. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Matthews, G., Warm, J.S. and Helton, W.S. (2003) Subjective state scales and performance in stressful environments.. Graz Austria: International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, July. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Matthews, G., Warm, J.S. and Helton, W.S. (2003) Subjective state scales as predictors of performance in stressful environments.. Atlanta, GA, USA: Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, April. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. (2003) Towards a modest evolutionary psychology: the case of learned helplessness.. Atlanta, GA, USA: Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, April. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Tripp, L.D., Parsons, K.S., Hamilton, R., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G., Dember, W.N. and Helton, W.S. (2003) Transcranial cerebral oximetry and sustained attention.. Atlanta, GA, USA: Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, April. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S., Warm, J.S., Mathews, G., Corcoran, K. and Dember, W.N. (2002) Further tests of the abbreviated vigil: effects of signal salience and noise on performance and stress. Baltimore, MD, USA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Oct 2002. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46 1546-1550. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Helton, W.S. (2002) Noise and signal salience: Effects on an abbreviated vigilance task.. Nashville, TN: Southern Society for Phillosophy and Psychology, April. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. (2002) Religion: deep ecology and/or social justice? Boston MA USA: North American Association of Environmental Education, August. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. (2002) Socially desirable responding and the environmental attitude scale.. LA USA: Annual Convention of the Association of American Geographers, March. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Helton, W.S. (2001) Expertise: an evolutionary continuum? New Orleans LA USA: Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, April. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Schwimmer, J., Evans, D., Helton, W.S., Bean, J.A., Ryckman, F., Alonso, M., Balisteri, W. and Bucavalas, J. (2000) Linear growth after liver transplantation for biliary atresia varies by the child’s age at transplantation.. San Diego, CA USA: Digestive Disease Week, May. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Helton, W.S., Dember, W.N., Warm, J.S. and Matthews, G. (2000) Optimism, Pessimism, and False Failure Feedback: Effects on Vigilance Performance. Current Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social 18(4): 311-325. (Journal Article)
  • Helton, W.S., Dember, W.N., Warm, J.S. and Matthews, G. (1998) Optimism-pessimism and false failure feedback: effects on vigilance performance and stress.. Washington DC USA: American Psychological Association, May. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)