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Education
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2015
Ph D, Cognitive Psychology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Aging and Task Representation Updating."
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2012
MA, Cognitive Psychology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Metacognitive Age Differences in Strategy Shift: Retrieval Avoidance or General Shift Reluctance?"
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2005
BA, Psychology
Kent State University
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Awards and Honors
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2021
Texas A&M University-Commerce
CLASS Award
Awarded to faculty who have excelled in the areas of teaching, research, and service. Nominations made by the department head.
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2019
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Presidential GAR Initiative
Awarded based on proposed research and provided funds for a graduate research assistant for the upcoming year.
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Professional Positions
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2022 -
Youngstown State University
Assistant Professor
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2017 - 2022
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Assistant Professor
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2015 - 2017
Case Western Reserve University
Post-Doctoral Researcher
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Intellectual Contributions
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2023
"Higher Judgments of Learning for Emotional Words: Processing Fluency or Memory Beliefs?"
B. Pierce, J. McCain, A. Stevens, D. Frank
Cognition and Emotion, volume 4, p. 714-730
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2023
"A discriminant function analysis of NFL combine predictors on NFL player success."
D. Frank, M. King, C. Dennard, B. Mcnamara
Journal of Expertise, volume 6, issue 2, p. 130-163
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2021
"How do task characteristics affect learning and performance? The roles of simultaneous, interactive, and continuous tasks."
D. Frank, B. Macnamara
Psychological Research, volume 85, p. 2364–2397
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2020
"The role of individual differences in risk learning: Who learns to place optimal wagers?"
D. Frank, H. Demaree, B. Macnamara
Learning & Motivation, volume 71
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2020
"Retrieval shifts in spatial skill acquisition are collective rather than item-specific."
D. Frank, B. Macnamara
Memory and Cognition, volume 47, issue 7, p. 1344-1358
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2020
"Louder = Larger = Clearer: Examining the Consistency of Metamemory Illusions"
B. Kuhlmann, D. Frank, D. Danner
Zeitschrift für Psychologie, volume 228, issue 4, p. 296-300
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2018
"How do task characteristics affect learning and performance? The roles of variably mapped and dynamic tasks."
B. Macnamara, D. Frank
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, volume 44, issue 5, p. 764-778
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2017
"More than just beliefs: Experience and beliefs jointly contribute to volume effects on metacognitive judgments."
D. Frank, B. Kuhlmann
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, volume 40, issue 10, p. 680-693
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2017
"Does the acquisition of spatial skill involve a shift from algorithm to memory retrieval?"
D. Frank, B. Macnamara
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, volume 43, issue 12, p. 1845-1856
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2017
"Deliberate practice and the deliberate practice view."
B. Macnamara, D. Hambrick, D. Frank, M. King, A. Burgoyne, E. Meinz
Psychology Press, Routledge
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Professional Service
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2023 - present
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Memory and Cognition -
2023 - present
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications -
2022 - present
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
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