Mark Alcorn
Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences
- A.B.: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
- Ph.D.: University of Southern California
Courses Taught:
Cognition, Human Growth and Development, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Cognitive Development
Specialization:
Cognitive Development
Recent Publications/Presentations:
Granrud, C.E., Nawrot, E., Alcorn, M.B., & Brink, B. (2009) Children's Perception of Distant Object Size: Effects of Relative Size Information. Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO, April, 2008.
Mutter, B, Alcorn, M.B., and Welsh, M. (2006). Theory of mind and executive function: Working-memory capacity and inhibitory control as predictors of false-belief task performance. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 102, 819-835.
Norton, K., Alcorn, M. B., Welsh, M., & Granrud, C. (2004). Children’s understanding of modality-specific knowledge may be related to their social-cognitive problem solving. American Psychological Society, Chicago, Illinois.