Vita

Hajime Otani, Ph.D.

Office Address                     Department of Psychology
                                            Central Michigan University
                                            Mt. Pleasant, MI  48859
                                            Phone (517) 774-6494
                                            Fax (517) 774-2553

Birth                                    Dec. 22, 1960.  Ibaraki-ken, Japan
 

Degrees                              University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1984-1989.
                                           Psychology, Ph.D. 1989. GPA 3.96.
                                           Dissertation: Mechanisms of feeling-of-knowing: The role of
                                           elaboration and familiarity.
                                           Advisers: Dr. Bruce K. Britton/ Dr. Milton H. Hodge.

                                           University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1982-1984.
                                           Psychology, MS 1984. GPA 4.00.
                                           Thesis: The effect of distractor similarity on the recognition
                                           memory of a long word list.
                                           Adviser: Dr. Milton H. Hodge.

                                           LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA 1979-1982.
                                           Social Work and Psychology Major, BA 1982,
                                           Magna Cum Laude. GPA 3.75

Areas of Course Study

                                           Cognitive Psychology and Human Memory
                                           Learning and Performance
                                           Developmental Psychology
                                           Quantitative Methods

Assistantships                     University of Georgia, 1983 - 1987.

                                           Instructor of introductory psychology course. Five quarters,
                                               Winter Quarter 1986-Spring Quarter 1987.
                                           Teaching assistant of introductory course.
                                               Fall Quarter 1985.
                                           Laboratory instructor of undergraduate experimental
                                               psychology course, 1983 - 1985.

Honors/Awards       Univ. of Georgia Merit Enhancement Assistantship, 1986 - 1987.
                                Univ. of Georgia Merit Enhancement Assistantship, 1985 - 1986.
                                Zimmer Research Award, Univ. of Georgia, 1986.
                                Zimmer Research Award, Univ. of Georgia, 1985.
                                Sigma Xi Honor Society (Associate Membership), Univ. of Georgia, 1985.
                                Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Univ. of Georgia, 1984.
                                National Honor Society of Psychology (Psi Chi), Univ. of Georgia, 1983.
                                Recognition of Academic Excellence, LaGrange College, 1982
                                LaGrange College Departmental Award in Psychology, 1982.
                                LaGrange College (LaGrange, GA) Honor Society of Psychology, 1981.

• Professor Supplement, 2000.
• Full Professor, Central Michigan University, 1996 - .
• Tenured, Central Michigan University, 1995.
• Associate Professor, Central Michigan University, 1992 - 1996.
• Graduate Faculty, Central Michigan University, 1990 - .
• Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University, 1989 -1992.
• Part Time Instructor, Kennesaw State College, Kennesaw, GA, 1989. (1 quarter:  Taught Psy101 Introduction).
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (Night School), Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1987 - 1988. (Taught Psy101 Introduction and Psy322 Experimental Psychology).
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1986 - 1987.  (Taught Psy101 independently).

Administrative Experience

• Director of General/Experimental Psychology Program, 1999 - .
• Director of Life-span Developmental Research Center, 1997 - .
• Director of Undergraduate Program in Psychology, 1996 - 1999.

General Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Human  Memory and Cognition, Learning and Motivation, Quantitative Methods, Developmental Psychology, Aging, History and System.
 

Courses Taught at Central Michigan University

                                  PSY 100 - Introductory Psychology
                                  PSY 383 - Learning and Memory
                                  PSY 385 - Applied Research Methods (with Computer Lab.)
                                  PSY 589 - Cognitive Psychology (Undergraduate/Graduate)
                                  PSY 690 - Graduate Research Seminar

                                  PSY 789 - Seminar in Applied Experimental Psychology

Thesis/Dissertation Supervision

Chair:                       Diane Pallas, in progress, (Dissertation)

                                Koichi Kato, in progress.

                                Barbara Pyzik, in progress.

                                Laurie Swan, 2001.
                                Vanessa Barons, 2000.
                                Hyun Choi, 2000.
                                Courtney Crooks, 1999.
                                Jennifer Miksa, 1998.
                                Thomas Hancock, 1997.
                                Joseph Kazen, 1997.
                                Hsin-mei, Liao, 1996.
                                Matt Diemer, 1996, (Honor's thesis).
                                May H. Motlagh, 1994.
                                Brian O'Conner, 1994.
                                Paul J. St. Louis, 1994.
                                George Throne, 1994.
                                Mark J. Stimson, 1993.
                                Gussan Amash, 1992.
                                Howard L. Whiteman, 1992.
 

Member:                  Theron Skidmore, in progress.

                                Timothy Gates, in progress.

                                Jason Lieberman, in progress.

                                Rosalie Kern, 2001, (Dissertation)
                                Steven Viger, 2001.

                                Wetzel, Jacob, 1999.
                                Derek Morton, 1999.
                                Aaron Kling, in progress.
                                Rosalie Thomas, 1998.
                                Kristi Haik, 1998.
                                Jie Dong, in progress.
                                Darcey McEvoy, 1997.
                                Tim Utterback, in progress.
                                Chad Stabler, 1996.
                                Leann Tenbusch, 1995.
                                Matthew Such, 1995, (Honor's thesis).
                                Darcey McEvoy, 1995 (Honor's thesis).
                                Penny Nicols-Whitehead, 1994, (Honor's thesis).
                                James Griffith, 1994.
                                Lamar Neal, 1994 (Dissertation).
                                Pam Billingham, 1994.
                                Josh Landau, 1993.

Publications

• Kern, R. P., Libkuman, T. M., & Otani, H.  (in press).  Memory for arousing and neutral pictorial stimuli using a repeated testing paradigm.  Cognition & Emotion.

• Libkuman, T. M., Otani, H., & Steger, N.  (in press).  Training in timing improves accuracy in golf.  Journal of General Psychology.  

• Libkuman, T. M., & Otani, H.  (2000).  Training in timing and accuracy in golf.  Golf Research News, 2, 10-15.

• Widner, R. L., Jr., Otani, H., & Smith, A.  (2000). Hypermnesia: Differences between young and older adults. Memory & Cognition, 28, 556-564..

• MaloneBeach, E. E., Otani, H., & DeGenova, M. K.  (1999).  Intergenerational solidarity: Norms, affection, and association in caregiving and noncaregiving families.  Korean Journal of Research in Gerontology, 8, 5-16.

• Leonard, S. D., Otani, H., & Wogalter, M. S. (1999).  Comprehension and memory.  In M. S. Wogalter, D. M. DeJoy., & K. R. Laughery (Eds.), Warnings and risk communication (pp. 149-187).  London: Taylor & Francis.

• Otani, H., Widner, R. L. Jr., Whiteman, H. L., & St. Louis, J. P.  (1999).  Hypermnesia:  The role of multiple retrieval cues. Memory & Cognition, 27, 928-934.

• MaloneBeach, E. E., DeGenova, M. K., & Otani, H.  (1998).  Conflict, well-being, and depression:  Young adults in intergenerational caregiving and noncaregiving families.  Korean Journal of Research in Gerontology, 7, 5-16.

• Otani, H., & Griffith, J. D. (1998).  Hypermnesia for prose. Journal of General Psychology, 125, 147-155.

• Otani, H.  (1997).  In search of a perfect textbook in cognitive psychology.  Contemporary Psychology, 42, 892-893.

• Kazen, J. K., & Otani, H.  (1997).  Analyzing category clustering in free recall using an SPSS program.  Educational and Psychological Measurement, 57, 887-892.

• Otani, H., Landau, J. D., Libkuman, T. M., St. Louis, J. P., Kazen, J. K., & Throne, G. W. (1997).  Prospective memory and divided attention. Memory, 5, 343-360.

• Kazen, J. K., & Otani, H.  (1996).  An  SPSS program to compute subjective organization.  Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 28, 476-478.

• Hodge, M. H., & Otani, H.  (1996).  Beyond category sorting and pleasantness rating:  Inducing relational and item-specific processing. Memory & Cognition, 24, 110-115.

• Otani, H. & St. Louis, J. P. (1995).  A further examination of relational and item-specific processing effects on cued recall hypermnesia. Journal of General Psychology, 122, 355-364.

• Otani, H. (1995).  Making cognitive psychology more palatable to our undergraduate students. Contemporary Psychology, 40, 568-569.

• Amash, G., & Otani, H.  (1994).  The relations among feeling of knowing, cued recall, and recognition.  Michigan Academician, 26, 487-495.

• Otani, H., & Whiteman, H. L.  (1994).  Cued recall hypermnesia is not an artifact of response bias. American Journal of Psychology, 107, 401-421.

• Otani, H., & Stimson, M. J.  (1994).  A further attempt to demonstrate hypermnesia in recognition.  The Psychological Record, 44, 25-34.

• Landau, J. D., Otani., H., & Libkuman, T. M.  (1993).  Locus of control and implicit memory. Journal of General Psychology, 120, 499-507.

• Otani, H., & Whiteman, H. L.  (1993).  Word frequency effect: A test of a processing based explanation.  The Psychological Record, 43, 317-327.

• Otani, H.  (1992).  The effect of word frequency on the recognition of a long word list.  Journal of General Psychology, 119, 181-187.

• Otani, H., Leonard, S. D., Ashford, V., Bushroe, M., & Reeder, G.  (1992).  Age differences in perception of risk.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 74, 587-594.

• Otani, H., & Hodge, M. H.  (1991).  Mechanisms of feeling of knowing: The role of familiarity and elaboration.  The Psychological Record, 41, 523-535.

• Otani, H., &  Hodge, M. H.  (1991).  Does hypermnesia occur in recognition and cued recall?   American Journal of Psychology, 104, 101-116.

• Leonard, S. D., Hill, G. W. IV, & Otani, H.  (1990).  Factors involved in risk perception.  Proceedings of the Human Factor Society 34th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factor Society, 1037-1041.

• Otani, H., & Leonard, S. D.  (1989).  Simultaneity in processing of verbal and spatial information.  The Psychological Record, 39, 501-513.

• Otani, H., & Leonard, S. D.  (1988).  Judgments of horizontality of still water: Effects of perceptual and cognitive factors.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 66, 235-245.

• Leonard, S. D., Karnes, E. W., Otani, H., & Hastings, D.  (1987).  Effects of information content on warning signals.  In S. S. Asfour (Ed.) Trends in ergonomics/Human factors IV (pp. 483-490). New York:  North-Holland.

• Otani, H., Kusumi, T., Kato, K., Matsuda, K., Widner, R. L., Jr., & Ohta, N.  (2001, November). Remembering a nuclear accident in Japan:  Age differences in flashbulb memory?  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL.  Abstract published in the program.

• Kusumi, T., Otani, H., Matsuda, K., Widner, R. L., Jr., & Kato, K.  (2001, September).  Does flashbulb memory decline with age?  Memory of the residents near the nuclear accident site in Tokaimura. (Japanese).  Paper presented at the meeting of the Japanese Educational Psychological Association, Nagoya, Japan.

•   Kern, R. P., Libkuman, T. M., Otani, H., & Levett, L. M.  (2001, June).  Arousal, attention, valence and memory for pictorial stimuli.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada.  Abstract published in the program.

• Otani, H., Widner, R. L., Jr., & Kato, K.  (2001, April).  An attempt to demonstrate hypermnesia using an associative recognition test.  Paper presented at the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

• Otani, H., Widner, R. L. Jr., Barrons, V. M., & Choi, H.  (2000, November).  Predicting memory recovery.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.  Abstract published in the Program.

• Viger, S. G., Libkuman, T. M, Thomas, R., Otani, H., Bauer, S., Guzack, D., & Ayala, C.  (2000, June).  Multidimensional normative ratings for photographs from the international affective picture system.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Miami, FL.  Abstract published in the Program.

• Otani, H., Widner, R. L., Jr., Mildenberg,  C. J., Barrons, V. M., & Choi, H.  (2000, June). Recovering memory: Relation between feeling of knowing and reminiscence.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Miami, FL.  Abstract published in the Program.

• Otani, H., Rankin, L., & Pate, J. L.  (2000, April).  The influence of the number of isolated items on the von Restorff effect.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

• Otani, H., Jaffa, M., Widner, R. L. Jr., Ayala, C., Worback, B., Ginter, M., & Golota, G.  (2000, April).  Oxygen and recall:  Preliminary results using a repeated testing paradigm.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

• Barrons, V., Otani, H., Graves, E., Cooks, M., Piegols, F., Engelhardt, C., & Choi, H.  (2000, March).  Age differences and self-reported error-proneness.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Saginaw, MI.

• Widner, R. L., Otani, H., & Falconer, C.  (1999, November).  The contribution of the prefrontal cortex to feeling-of-knowing and tip-of-tongue reports.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angels, CA.  Abstract published in the Program.

• Otani, H., Widner, R. L., Engelhardt, C. L., & Barrons, V. M. (1999, November).  Hypermnesia:  Processing versus multiple retrieval cues.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angels, CA.  Abstract published in the Program.

• Thomas, R., Holmes, K., Libkuman, T. M., & Otani, H. (1999, June).  Divided attention does not alter memory for arousing stimuli.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.

• Otani, H., Libkuman, T. M., Widner, R. L., Graves, E., Cooks, M., & Piegols, F. H.  (1999, June).  Do older adults remember emotional material better than emotionally neutral material?  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.

• Widner, R. L., Otani, H., Hancock, T. H., & Crooks, C.  (1999, June).  Recovering memory: What do we know about unretrieved items?  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.

• Otani, H., & Pate, J. L. (1999, April). The effect of dual processing on the von Restorff effect.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, KY.

• Otani, H., Widner, R. L., & Mildenberg, C. J.  (1999, April).  Does working memory play a role in successful directed forgetting.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, KY.

• Otani, H., Widner, R. L., & Mildenberg, C. J.  (1999, April).  Working memory and reminiscence.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, KY.

• Otani, H., Widner, R. L. Jr., Kling, A., & Rubenacker, A.  (1998, November).  Working memory capacity and directed forgetting.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Dallas, TX. Abstract published in the program.

• Widner, R. L., Jr., Otani, H., Adams, D., & Mueller, M.  (1998, November).  Age-related differences between young and older adults in the attentional blink. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Dallas, TX. Abstract published in the program.

• Thomas, R. P., Libkuman, T. M., Otani, H., & Holms, K.  (1998, May).  The effects of arousal on hypermnesia for pictorial stimuli.  Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.  Abstract published in the program.

• Hancock, T., & Otani, H.  (1998, May).  False memories in implicit and explicit memory tests. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC. Abstract published in the program.

• Otani, H., & Miksa, J.  (1998, April). The role of multiple retrieval cues in hypermnesia.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

• Otani, H., Goggan, J. D., Swender, S. & Kling, A. (1998, April). Inoculating against forgetting. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

• Widner, R. L. Jr., Otani, H., & Mason, D. A.  (1997, November).  The role of working memory in producing reminiscence.  Paper presented at the meeting of Psychonomic Society, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract published in the program.

• Widner, R. L. Jr., & Otani, H.  (1997, May).  Hypermnesia: A comparison of young and elderly adults. Paper presented at the meeting of American Psychological Society, Washington DC.  Abstract published in the program.

• Otani, H., Allan, J. K., Evans, J. M., Miksa, J., Stites, L. & Totonchi, D.  (1997, March).  Using process dissociation paradigm to investigate prospective memory.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.  Abstract appeared on the SSPP Web page.

• Griffith, J. D., Libkuman, T., Poole, D., & Otani, H.  (1996, June).  Repressed memories:  The effect of expert testimony on mock juror’s decision making. Paper presented at the meeting of American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.  Abstract published in the program.

• Otani, H., Hancock, T., Jenson, J., & Styr, K. A.  (1996, June).  Examining the generality of relational and item-specific processing effects on free recall hypermnesia.  Paper presented at the meeting of American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.  Abstract published in the program.

• Widner, R. L. Jr., Smith, A. D., & Otani, H.  (1996, April). Hypermnesia: An examination of age differences.  Paper presented at the Cognitive aging conference, Atlanta, GA.

• Otani, H., & Griffith, J.  (1996, April).  Hypermnesia for prose.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Nashville, TN.

• Widner, R. L. Jr. Otani, H., & Kazen, J. K.  (1995, November).  The dynamics of multi-trial free recall.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angels, CA.  Abstract published in the program.

• O'Conner, B., & Otani, H.  (1995, July).  An examination of the von Restorff effect:  A processing approach.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York, New York.  Abstract published in the program.

• Motlagh, M. H. & Otani, H. (1995, May).   The effect of mood on explicit and implicit memory.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Abstract published in the Program, Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting, Midwestern Psychological Association.

• Otani, H., Landau, J. D., Libkuman, T. M., St. Louis, J. P., Kazen, J. K., Throne, G., & Claramunt, W.  (1995, April).   Capacity differences in working memory do not affect prospective memory.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Virginia Beach, VA..

• Otani, H. & Motlagh, M. H.  (1994, November).  A comparison of cumulative recall in free and cued recall.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.  Abstract published in the program.

• Landau, J., Libkuman, T. M., Otani, H., & Poole, D. A., (1994, July).  Repeated testing and the misinformation effect.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC. Abstract published in the program.

• Stimson, M. J., Otani, H., Whiteman, H. L., & Swender, S. L.  (1994, July).  Hypermnesia is possible in recognition. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.  Abstract published in the program.

• St. Louis, J. P., Otani, H., & Blyth, L. J.  (1994, July).  Multiple cues increase the amount of hypermnesia.   Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC. Abstract published in the program.

• Otani, H. & Throne, G.  (1994, May).  Cued recall hypermnesia:  A further test of multiple-cue hypothesis.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.  Abstract published in the Program, Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting, Midwestern Psychological Association.

• Otani, H., St. Louis, J. P., & Blyth, L. J.  (1994, April). A further examination of relational and item-specific processig effects on hypermnesia.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

• Stephan, L. & Otani, H.  (1994, March).  Mood and decision: When does mood influence our decision to take a risk?.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Lansing, MI.  Abstract published in Michigan Academician, 26, p. 375.

• Libkuman, T. M., Otani, H., & Landau, J. D. (1993, June). Demonstration of recognition hypermnesia in a multiple choice test.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.  Abstract published in the program.

• Stimson, M., Otani, H., & DeWitt, M.  (1993, June).  A further examination of recognition hypermnesia.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.  Abstract published in the program.

• Landau, J. D., Otani, H., & Libkuman, T. M.  (1993, May).  Locus of control and implicit memory.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.  Abstract published in the Program, Sixty-Fifth Annual Meeting, Midwestern Psychological Association.

• Hodge, M. H., Otani, H., & Plummer, K. H.  (1993, April). A further demonstration of cued recall hypermnesia.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

• Amash, G., Otani, H., & Nichols, J. (1993, March).  Processing strategy and feeling of knowing.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Kalamazoo, MI.

• Whiteman, H. L, Otani, H., & Owen, V.  (1992, November).  Cued recall hypermnesia: A test of multiple retrieval cues hypothesis, Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.  Abstract published in the Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 30.

• Otani, H., Throne, G., Motlagh, M., Handley, J.  (1992, May). A further examination of cued recall hypermnesia.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.  Abstract published in the Program, Sixty-Fourth Annual Meeting, Midwestern Psychological Association, p. 106.

• Otani, H., Whiteman, H. L., Soltysiak, B., & Brassil, S.  (1992, May).  Response bias is not a problem in cued recall hypermnesia.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.  Abstract published in the Program, Sixty-Fourth Annual Meeting, Midwestern Psychological Association, p. 107.

• Otani, H., Hodge, M. H., Stimson, M., Moore, J., Wolf, J. (1992, April).  A processing explanation of recognition decline.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Memphis, TN.

• Haas, J. M. & Otani, H.  (1992, March).  Hypermnesia is influenced by subjects' motivation.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

• McKenna, J. M. & Otani, H.  (1992, March).  Spatial memory: Another test of automaticity hypothesis.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

• Otani, H., Whiteman, H. L., Lovelace, K., Bourlier, M., & Williams, S.  (1991, November). Hypermnesia in forced and standard cued recall.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, CA.  Abstract published in the Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 29, p. 508.

• Whiteman, H. L., Otani, H., & Motlagh, M.  (1991, June).  Cued recall hypermnesia is a genuine phenomenon.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington DC.  Abstract published in the program of the convention.

• Otani, H., Hodge, M. H., Hammontree, S., Whiteman, H. L., Shea, J., & Motlagh, M.  (1991, May). Free versus cued recall hypermnesia: Basic mechanism.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.  Abstract published in the Program, Sixty-third Annual Meeting, Midwestern Psychological Association, p. 45.

• Otani, H., & Dunn, L. B.  (1991, March).   Recognition of a long word list: The role of elaboration and familiarity.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

• Otani, H., Gardecki, B., Whiteman, H. L., White, J. M., Wallace, M., Monte, K., & Thiel, P. A.  (1991, March).  Is anagram a generation task.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

• Leonard, S. D., Ertzberger, W. S., Otani, H., & Amash, G.  (1991, March).  Bizarre imagery does reduce interference  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

• Otani, H., & Whiteman, H. L. (1990, November). Word frequency effect: A test of processing explanation.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.  Abstract published in the Bulletin of Psychonomic Society, 28.

• Leonard, S. D., Hill, G. W., & Otani, H.  (1990, October).  Factors involved in risk perception.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Human Factor Society, Orlando, FL.

• Leonard, S. D., Backman, A., & Otani, H.  (1990, April).  When bizarre imagery used?  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, KY.

• Otani, H., Ashford, V. L., White, J. M., & Whiteman, H. L.  (1990, April).  The role of relational and item-specific processing in word frequency effect.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, KY.

• Otani, H. & Hodge, M. H.  (1990, April).  Mechanisms of feeling of knowing: Roles of elaboration and familiarity.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, KY.

• Otani, H., & Hodge, M. H.  (1989, April).  Does hypermnesia occur in cued recall?  Presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.  Abstract published in Proceedings and abstracts of the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, 60, 57.

• Hodge M. H., Otani, H., & Lewis, S.  (1988, November).  Implicit memory is sensitive to type of processing. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.  Abstract published in Bulletin of Psychonomic Society, 26, 513.

• Hodge, M. H. & Otani, H.  (1988, April).  Processing strategies and recognition hypermnesia.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Miami, FL.

• Otani, H., Leonard, S. D. & Kraemer, C. P.  (1988, April).  Cognitive and perceptual aspects of water-level horizontality task.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Miami, FL.

• Leonard, S. D., Karnes, E. W., Otani, H., & Hastings, D.  (1987, June). Effects of information content on warning signals. Paper presented at the Annual International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference, '87, Miami, FL.

• Leonard, S. D., Otani, H., & Ward, J.  (1987, April).  Simultaneous processing of verbal and spatial information: A different approach.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

• Otani, H., Leonard, S. D., & Palmer, L.  (1987, April). Perception of water levels: Fact or artifact.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

• Otani, H., Hormann, C. A., & Hodge, M. H.  (1987, April).  Accuracy of metamemory judgment: Fact or fiction?  Paper presented at the Annual UGA Convention for the Behavioral Sciences, Athens, GA.

• Leonard, S. D., & Otani, H.  (1986, November).  Effect on item and position recall of stimulus type and sex.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA. Abstract published in Bulletin of Psychonomic Society, 24, 324.

• Otani, H., Leonard, S. D., & Selman, F.  (1986, April).  Sex differences in verbal and spatial short-term memory.  Paper presented at the Annual UGA Convention for the Behavioral    Sciences, Athens, GA.

• Otani, H., Leonard, S. D., & Selman, F.  (1986, March).  Simultaneous processing of verbal and spatial information.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for    Philosophy and Psychology, Knoxville, TN.

• Otani, H., Hodge, M. H., & Britton, B. K. (1985, May).  The effects of distractor similarity on the recognition memory of a long word list.  Paper presented at the Annual UGA Convention for the Behavioral Sciences, Athens, GA.

• Leonard, S. D., Otani, H., & Deiderich, V.  (1985, April).  Difference in immediate recall of numbers and letters.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

• Otani, H.  (2001).  Psychology and me.  Shinrigaku World, July Issue, p. 33. (Japanese)

• “An attempt to demonstrate hypermnesia using an associative recognition test,” with Koichi Kato and Robert L. Widner, Jr, Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exhibition, April, 2001.

• “Space fortress: acquisition of complex skills,” with Bryan Jones, Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exhibition, April, 2000.

• "Hypermnesia: Why does memory improve over repeated tests?"  The 23rd meeting of memory researchers, Tokyo, Japan.

• "Simulating Elderly Adults' Directed Forgetting Performance," Creativity Day, March, 1999.

• “Hypermnesia,” Graduate Research Seminar, September, 1998.

• “Hypermnesia: The role of multiple retrieval cues,” Graduate Research Seminar, October, 1997.

• “Age differences in hypermnesia,” Cognitive Reading Group, Michigan State University, October, 1997.

• “Hypermnesia and prospective memory,” Graduate Research Seminar, October, 1996.

• Poster presentation of the sabbatical project, EHHS All College meeting, August, 1996.

• “Cued Recall and Recognition Hypermnesia,” Cognitive Group, UNC at Greensboro, December, 1995.

• "Prospective memory," Graduate Research Seminar, September, 1995.

• "Hypermnesia for prose," Creativity Day, March, 1995.

• "Current research in human memory," Graduate Research Seminar, October, 1994.

• "What we know about cued recall hypermnesia so far," Graduate Research Seminar, October, 1993.

• "Hypermnesia: Repeated testing improve one's memory," Creativity Day,  March, 1993.

• "Projects at the Otani mental performance lab," Graduate Research Seminar, September, 1992.

• "Hypermnesia," Graduate Research Seminar, September, 1991.

• "Taking a test twice is better than once, three times is even better: Studies of hypermnesia in recognition and cued  recall memory,"  Colloquium, January, 1989.

• "Effects of processing strategies on recognition and cued recall hypermnesia," Ashland College, Ashland, OH, April, 1988.

• Co-PI, Michigan Masonic Home, 1999-2000.  Amount Awarded $11,000.

• Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Committee Research Grant, 1997-98.  Amount Awarded $4168.

• Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Committee Research Grant, 1993-94.  Amount Awarded $3000.

• Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Committee Research Grant, 1991-92.  Amount Awarded $1,422.35.

• Co-PI, Grant No. USE-905132.  National Science Foundation ILI Grant to establish Psychology Computer Lab, 1990.  Amount Awarded $30,380.  Central Michigan University matched $30,380.

• Reviewer of a book prospectus for Prentice-Hall, 2000.

• Reviewer, Memory & Cognition, 2000.

• Reviewer, American Psychological Association Division 20 Student Paper Competition, 2000.

• Consulting Editor, Journal of General Psychology, 2000 - .

• Treasurer of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,  2000 - .

• Session chair, Perception and Vigilance, at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA, 2000.

• Reviewer of “Minority and Cross-Cultural Aspects of Neuropsychological Assessment,” 1999.

• Chair, the Recruitment Committee, the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1999 - 2001.

• Session chair, "Theoretical Issues," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, KY, 1999.

• Panel Discussant, "Issues Forum: Media Portrayals of Asian-American," Asian Heritage Week, Central Michigan University, January, 1999.

• Contributor to Mid-terms and finals Guide: Introduction to Psychology, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1998.

• Consulting reader, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998.

• Session chair, "Forum on Future of Psychology in the SSPP," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA, 1998.

• Session chair, "A Lecture by a Distinguished SSPP Member," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA, 1998.

• Session chair, "Cognition II," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA, 1998.

• Session chair, "Invited Address," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA, 1998.

• Consulting reader, Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 1998.

• Reviewer of a textbook, Hockenbery and Hockenbery (1997), for the Worth Publisher, 1997.

• Session chair, "Invited Address," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA, 1997.

• Session chair, "Cognition II," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA, 1997.

• Chair, the Program Committee, the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1997-1998.

• Assistant chair, the Program Committee, the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1996-1997.

• Chair, the Recruitment Committee, the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1996-1997.

• Session chair, "Attention and Perception," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Nashville, TN., April, 1996.

• Consulting reader, Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 1995.

• Session chair, "Cognition I," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Virginia Beach, VA., March, 1995.

• Council member, the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1994 - 1996.

• Session chair, "Learning, Memory, and Cognition I," at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA., March, 1994.

• Consulting reader, Michigan Academician, 1991.

• Consulting reader, Memory & Cognition, 1991.

• Consulting reader, Psychological Reports, 1988.

• Consulting reader, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1988.

American Psychological Society.
Associate member of the Psychonomic Society.
Michigan Academy of Science.
Midwestern Psychological Association.
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology.

Committee Services  (University and College)

• College Curriculum Committee, 2001 -  .

•   Dissertation Research Support Committee, 1999 -  .

• Research Professorship Committee, Ad hoc member, 1999 - 2000.

• Library Committee, 1998 - .

• College Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1998

• Chair of Honors Program Review Committee, 1996 - 1998.

• Assessment Committee for UP program Group III, 1996.

• EHHS College Reorganization Committee, 1996.

• Gerontology Search Committee, 1995.

• Outcome Assessment Committee for the Cognitive Science Program, 1994.

• International Recruitment Advisory Committee, 1993.

• Honor's Program Review Committee, 1990 - 1991.

• Chair of Quantitative Psychology Search Committee, 2000 -  .

• Doctoral Advisory Committee for the Experimental Program, 1997 -  .

• Chair, Undergraduate Program Review Committee, 1998.

• Edited Department Alumni Newsletter, 1998.

• Clinical Search Committee, 1997.

• Organized Psychology Speaker Series, 1997.  Funded by the University Seminar and Conference committee and CHSBS seminar funds.

• Revised the brochure for the Department, 1997.

• Edited Department Alumni Newsletter, 1997.

• Chair of Cognitive Search Committee, 1997.

• Organizer, Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, 1996.

• Chair of Quantitative Psychology Search Committee, 1995-1997.

• Life-span Developmental Search Committee, 1995-1997.

• Social Psychology Search Committee, 1995-1996.

• Revised General MA's Brochure, 1994.

• Departmental Alternate of Institutional Review Board, 1994 - .

• Search Committee to hire a Cognitive Developmental Psychologist, 1993.

• Faculty Advisor of Subject Pool, 1993 - 1995.

• Admissions Committee for General MA program, 1993 -  .

• Faculty Advisor of Psi Chi Honor Society, 1991 - 1993.

• Doctoral Program Study Committee to study the possibility of a doctoral program in Experimental Psychology, 1991 - 1992.

• Developmental Search Committee, 1989 - 1990.

• Professional Development Award from the CHSBS Summer Faculty Scholars program, 1998.

• LaGrange College (LaGrange, GA) Wall of Outstanding Alumni, 1998.

• Sabbatical Leave, 1995.  One semester off.

• Research Professorship Award, 1994.  One semester off with $1000 stipend.

References

• Dr. Bruce K. Britton, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Phone (706) 542-3094

• Dr. G. William Hill, Department of Psychology, Kennesaw State College, P.O. Box 444, Marietta, GA  30061.  Phone (706) 423-6200

• Dr. S. David Leonard, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Phone (706) 542-3041

• Dr. Terry M. Libkuman, Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI  48859.  Phone (517) 774-3001

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