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Richard Walker Ph.D.

Chair of Psychology; Specialty: Experimental Psychology and Human Memory

Richard Walker Ph.D.
Contact Info
719.549.2829
Psychology
Office:
CIHHI 214

Bio

Dr. Walker is a professor of psychology, with specializations in experimental psychology and human memory. His research has focused primarily on the topic of autobiographical memory. He has published 3 books and over 50 peer reviewed articles and chapters.

 

B.A.    The Ohio State University
M.S.    Kansas State University
PhD    Kansas State University

Publications

Recent Publications

Berry, E., Marquina, S., & Walker, W.R. (2024) Student Overinvolvement is Correlated with Lower Levels of Academic Engagement. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS), 14(2), 139-148.

Gibbons, J.A., Traversa, M., Chadwick, L., Peterson, E., & Walker, W.R. (2024). Unexpected relations between Deese-Roediger-McDermott recall measures of  false memory and the fading affect bias. Consciousness and Cognition, 125, 103761.

Walker, W.R. (2023) A Psychologist’s Guide to Animal Behavior. Pueblo. Colorado: Pressbooks.

Zimmerman, C., & Walker, W.R. (2022). Positive illusions. In Rüdiger F Pohl (Ed.) Cognitive Illusions: Intriguing Phenomena in Judgement, Thinking and Memory. London: Taylor and Francis.

Walker, W.R., Alexander, H., & Aune, K. (2020).  Higher levels of grit are associated with a stronger Fading Affect Bias. Psychological Reports, 123(1), 124- 140.

Zengel, B., Lee, E., Walker, W.R., & Skowronski, J.J. (2019). Romantic relationships and fading of affect for memories of the shared past. Applied Cognitive  Psychology.

Dr. Walker and students
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