Youmans, R. J. (2010). Reactive task-set switching ability, not working memory capacity, predicts change blindness sensitivity.
Poster presentation for the 2010 Cognitive Science Society, Portland, OR.
*Ramsburg, J. T., & Youmans, R. J. (2010). Enhancing attentional processes and memory: How meditation may enhance student
performance. Poster presentation for the American Psychological Association’s Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
*Damon, A. E., *Wilner, M. P., *Mangini, J. A., *Chang, C. H., & Youmans, R. J. (2010). A usability test on the American
Psychological Association Publication Manual 6th Edition. Poster presentation for the American Psychological Association’s Annual
Conference, San Diego, CA.
Youmans, R. J. (2010). Chair of Conference Symposium: What is required for people to change? The 90th Annual Western
Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico.
*Ramsburg, J. T., & Youmans, R.J. (2010). The effects of meditation on self-regulatory mechanisms. Poster presented at the 90th
Annual Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico.
*Sulzinger, S. M., *Lopez, N. I., *Miller, K. K., & Youmans, R. J. (2010). The relationship between cognitive flexibility and the ability
to notice change. Oral presentation at the 90th Annual Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico.
Youmans, R. J. (2010). Keeping yourself honest: Using Cognitive-Information Feedback to Improve Decision Making. Oral
presentation at the 90th Annual Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico.
*Ramsburg, J. T. & Youmans, R. J. (2010). How Zen-style meditation may enhance self-regulation. Oral Presentation at the 15th
Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium, Northridge, CA.
*Lopez, N. I., *Miller, K. K., *Sulzinger, S. M., *Figueroa, I. J., *Mangini, J. A. & Youmans, R. J. (2010). The relationship between
working-memory capacity and task-set switching. Poster Presentation at the 15th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative
Works Symposium, Northridge, CA.
Youmans, R. J., & *Ramsburg, J. T. (2010). Group Advantages in Creative Design. Poster presentation for the Group Processes
and Intergroup Relations, Society of Personality and Social Psychology Pre-Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
*Figueroa, I., Lopez, N., & Youmans, R. J. (2010) The relationship between working-memory capacity and cognitive flexibility. Oral
Presentation at the 14th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium, Northridge, CA.
*Damon, A. E., *Wilner, M. P., *Mangiini, J. A., *Chang, C. H., & Youmans, R. J. (2010) A usability test on the American
Psychological Association Publication Manual 6th Edition. Oral Presentation at the 14th Annual CSUN Student Research and
Creative Works Symposium, Northridge, CA.
*Miller, K. K., *Sulzinger, S. M., *Lopez, N. I., *Figueroa, I. J., *Mangini, J. A., & Youmans, R. J. (2010). The relationship between
the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and noticing changes in a scene. Poster Presentation at the 14th Annual CSUN Student
Research and Creative Works Symposium, Northridge, CA.
*Mangini, J. A., *Sulzinger, S. M., *Miller, K. K., *Lopez, N. I., *Figueroa, I. J., & Youmans, R. J. (2010). Individual differences in the
ability to notice change. Oral Presentation at the 14th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium,
Northridge, CA.
*Kramarova, O., Terceman, J. & Youmans, R. J. (2010). Evaluating safety and usability of a university parking structure. Oral
Presentation at the 14th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium, Northridge, CA.
*Sobel, J., *Wagner, T., *Linderholm, B., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). When you’re not watching: The effects of Observers on Ethical
Decision Making. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge,
CA.
*Vallejo, C., *Chacon, G, *Yun, N. & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of race on voting behaviors. Poster presented at the 19th
Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Skinner, A. A., *Nunez, C., *Pagdanganan, M., *Mayalall, A., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of humor on memory. Poster
presented at the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Roberts, M. E., *Cordon, M., *Minassian, L., *Gyechkyan, F., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effect of room décor on self-
expression. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Shahmirir, S., *DiNardi, J., Amador, J., Johnson, A. L., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of humor on learning. Poster
presented at the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Gavron, M. & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of lecture content on perceptions of time. Poster presented at the 19th Annual
Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Kramarova, O., Terceman, J., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). Evaluating the safety and usability of a university parking structure.
Poster presented at the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Goebel, C. *Pruitt, C., *Wyatt, A. , *Magallon, C., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of incubation periods on fixation in puzzle
completion: Low cognitive demand vs. high cognitive demand. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research
Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Latham, J., *Divine, R., *Vuong, J., *Balasanyan, M., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of emotional modality on recall and
change blindness. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge,
CA.
Youmans, R. J. (2009). Unannounced quiz makeover: The enhanced learning effects of transparently-determined random quiz
occurrences. Oral presentation at the 12th CSU Regional Symposium on University Teaching, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of prior knowledge of plagiarism-detection systems on plagiarism. Oral presentation at the 60th
Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA.
*Roberson, J., & Youmans, R.J. (2009) Design flaws in instructional material: Suggestions derived from usability testing. Poster
presented at the 9th Annual Stanford University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Northridge, CA.
*Bae, A., & Youmans, R.J. (2009). Towards tolerance: The effects of a diverse environment on student attitudes and behaviors.
Poster presented at the 1st Annual Meeting of the Northridge Presidential Scholars, Northridge, CA.
*Veilleux, A., *Miller, K., *Villagomez, M.., & Youmans, R.J. (2009). False identification: Effect of suggestion and repeated exposure
on eyewitness testimony. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi,
Northridge, CA.
*Perez, C., * Ritz, S., *Maziar, K., & Youmans, R.J. (2009). The effects of priming on conformity. Poster presented at the 18th
Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Evans, A., *Larco, A., *Avila, J., *Benites, L., & Youmans, R.J. (2009). False identification: Effect of suggestion and repeated
exposure on eyewitness testimony. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi
Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Jennings, J., *Booth, T., *Doo, J., *Factiran, E., & Youmans, R.J. (2009). The effect of humorous advertisement on typicality of
memory recall. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Miloyan, B., *Gavron, M., *Worrall, J., *Yermus, M., & Youmans, R.J. (2009). The effect of lexicalization on resume evaluations.
Poster presented at the 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Patihis, L., *Brooks, N., *Escobar, A., *Hill, S., *Latter, H., *Sadsomboon, T., & Youmans, R.J. (2009). False identification: Effect of
suggestion and repeated exposure on eyewitness testimony. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Undergraduate Research
Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Nettelhorst, S.C., & Youmans, R.J. (2009). The effects of advertisement variation on attitude change over time. Poster presented
at the 89th Annual Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
*Bae, A., & Youmans, R.J. (2009). Towards tolerance: The effects of a diverse environment on student attitudes and behaviors.
Poster presented at the 89th Annual Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
*Damon, A., & Youmans, R. J. (May, 2009). Dressed to influence: The effects of clothing on the accuracy of following directions.
Oral Presentation at the 23rd Annual CSU Student Research Competition, Los Angeles, CA.
*Nettelhorst, S. C., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of advertisement variation and need for cognition on memory and attitude
change over time. Oral Presentation at the 13th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair,
Northridge, CA.
*Lopez, N., *Sulzinger, S., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of image generation on long term memory. Oral Presentation at
the 13th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Bellissimo, J. E., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). Conducting a usability test and applying the results to the building and testing of a
modified interactive product model. Oral Presentation at the 13th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium
Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Kitchen, R., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). Google chrome web browser: Usability testing. Oral Presentation at the 13th Annual CSUN
Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Damon, A., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). Dressed to influence: The effects of clothing on the accuracy of following directions. Oral
Presentation at the 13th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Becerra, V., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). Usability testing on psych info database. Oral Presentation at the 13th Annual CSUN
Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Chang, C., Molina, G., Asgodom, Y., Iwata, J., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effect of dual-tasking on reaction time. Poster
presented at the 13th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Lampson, N. D., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). Usability test: Google Maps. Poster presented at the 13th Annual CSUN Student
Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Shokrpour, A., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). Apple iPhone usability test: An easy-touse product? Poster presented at the 13th Annual
CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Kehribarian, H., Niemeyer, K., Wahida, N., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effects of priming on helping behavior. Poster presented
at the 13th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Roberson, J. D., & Youmans, R. J. (2009). Design flaws in instructional material: Suggestion derived from usability testing. Poster
presented at the 13th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Terceman, J., *Archer, R., Youmans, R. J. (2009). The effect of simulating conversations on video game performance. Poster
presented at the 13th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Pirian, N., *Bossom, S., *Haywood, S., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). The effect of humor in advertising on memory. Poster presented
at the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Christy, J., *Nguyen, R., *Dzhabakchourian, M., *Atanesian, A., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). Comprehension based on written skills.
Poster presented at the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Chang, C., *Molina, G., *Asgodom, Y., *Iwata, J., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). The effect of dual-tasking on reaction time. Poster
presented at the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Terceman, J., *Archer, R., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). The effect of simulated conversation on video game performance. Poster
presented at the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Damon, A., *Lee, J., *Staben, N., *Cotillier, C, *Sarkissian, A, & Youmans, R. J. (2008). Dressed to influence: The effects of
clothing on the accuracy of following directions. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition
Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
Youmans, R. J., (2008). Group advantages in shallow and deep error detection. Poster presented to the 88th Annual Western
Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
*Lampson, N.D., *Lopez, N.I., *Sulzinger, S.M., *Willis, M.V., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). The effects of image generation on long-
term memory. Poster session presented at the 16th annual CSUN psychology undergraduate research competition, Northridge,
CA.
*Bae, A. H., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). Leveling an unleveled playing field: Memory techniques to offset the high cost of
standardized test preparation courses. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by
Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Borna, D. F., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). A Mind of its Own: Disruptive Automatic Word Processing. Poster presented at the 16th
Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Borna, D. F., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). A mind of its own: Disruptive automatic word processing. Oral Presentation at the 32nd
Annual Student Research Conference, Long Beach, CA.
*Gonzalez, J., *Hacopians, S., *Hill, M., *Jameson, E., *Shamouri, D., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). Effect of priming on attitudes
towards infidelity. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge,
CA.
*Phelps, S. E. R., *Rosene, K, *Fistrovic, M., *Farahany, F., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). Motor performance and mobile phone use.
Poster presented at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Dilmore, L. *Mundell, T., *Marcelletti, A. E., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). Sample effects and product appeal. Poster presented at the
16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Ramsburg, J., *Adeh, S., *Fidantek, S., *Garcia, J., *Lavee, N., *Uchitel, F. (2008). Is reaction time affected by distraction? Poster
presented at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Emenike, C. *Jew, S., *Hutsler, J., *Estrada, G., *Del Rio, C., Youmans, R. J. (2008). Does brain age improve episodic memory?
Poster presented at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Garcea, M. G., *Aguilar, J. E., *Motiwala, R. K., *Perez, J. M., *Santiago, R., Youmans, R. J. (2008). The effect of distractions
during task performance. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi,
Northridge, CA.
*Garcea, A., *Montagna, C., *Babakhanaloo, T., *Charduck, I., *Grigsby, T., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). The effects of cognitive
training on psychological intelligence. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by
Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Leon, A., *Keenburg, D., *Sadeh, M., *Kim, L., *Greisman, C., & Youmans, R. J. (2008). Sensory congruence and product rating.
Poster presented at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition Sponsored by Psi Chi, Northridge, CA.
*Cabrera, M. L., *Bauer, M. N., *Lambert, J. E., *Grigorian, A., *Mizoe, H., & Youmans, R. J. (2007). Effects of environments on first
impressions. Poster presented at the 12th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair,
Northridge, CA.
*Bae, A. H., & Youmans, R. J. (2007). Leveling an unleveled playing field: Memory techniques to offset the high cost of
standardized test preparation courses. Poster presented at the 12th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works
Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Garcea, M. G., *Aguilar, J. E., *Motiwala, R. K., *Perez, J. M., *Santiago, R., Youmans, R. J. (2008). The effect of distractions
during task performance. Poster presented at the 12th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster
Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Borna, D. F., & Youmans, R. J. (2007). Try not to think about it: Levels of automatic language processing. Oral Presentation at the
12th Annual CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium Poster Fair, Northridge, CA.
*Greene, B., Youmans, R. J., *Robles, E., & Ohlsson, S. (2007). The role of groups and individuals in error detection: Are two
heads really better than one? Presented at the UIC Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Youmans, R. J., & *Beebe, H. (2006). Groups outperform individuals in error detection tasks. Presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Illinois Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
*Beebe, H., Youmans, R. J., & *Greene, B. (2006). Groups outperform individuals when systems malfunction. Presented at the UIC
Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Youmans, R. J., Ohlsson, S. (2005). Training produces suboptimal adaptation to redundant instrument failure in a simulated
human-machine interface. Presented at The Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Italy.
Youmans, R. J., *Oesterreich, J., Ohlsson, S. (2005). Right in front of your nose: How awareness is essential for effective human
machine interaction. Presented at The Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
*Oesterreich, J., Youmans, R. J., Ohlsson, S. (2005). Redundant Instrument Failure in a Simulated Human-Machine Interface.
Presented at the UIC Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Youmans, R. J., Stone, E. (2003) The Restoration of Diluted Judgment. Poster presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision
Making Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Youmans, R. J., Stone, E., *Denton, M., *Meaney, M. (2003) Reconsidering Cognitive Information Feedback. Poster presented at
Wake Forest University Graduate Research Day, WinstonSalem, NC.
Youmans, R. J., Stone, E. (2002) Reconsidering Cognitive Information Feedback. Poster presented at the Society for Judgment
and Decision Making Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO.