• Karpowitz, C., Mendelberg, T., and Howell, S. R.(2009). Deliberation, Gender, and Speaking Behavior. Proceedings of the
2009 Conference of the American Political Science Assocation, Toronto, Ontario.
• Howell, S. R., Jankowicz, D., & Becker, S. (2005). A Model of Grounded Language Acquisition: Sensorimotor Features Improve Lexical and Grammatical Learning, Journal of Memory and Language, 53(2), 258-276. (Was 11th most downloaded article on ScienceDirect in the category Arts and Humanities, October to December 2005)
• Howell, S. R., & Becker, S. (In press). Grammar from the Lexicon: Evidence from Neural Network Simulations of Language Acquisition. To appear in: Bartsch, S., and Bittmer, D. (Eds.) Lexical Bootstrapping.
• Howell, S. R., Becker, S., & Jankowicz, D. (2001). Modelling Language Acquisition: Lexical Grounding Through Perceptual Features. Proceedings of the Developmental and Embodied Cognition Conference, 2001
• Howell, S. R. & Becker, S. (2001). Modelling Language Acquisition: Grammar From the Lexicon? Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 2001.
• Howell, S. R. & Becker, S. (2000). Modelling Language Acquisition at Multiple Temporal Scales. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 2000.
• Howell, S. R., Jankowicz, D., & Becker, S. (2005). A Model of Grounded Language Acquisition: Sensorimotor Features Improve Lexical and Grammatical Learning, Journal of Memory and Language, 53(2), 258-276. (Was 11th most downloaded article on ScienceDirect in the category Arts and Humanities, October to December 2005)
• Howell, S. R., & Becker, S. (In press). Grammar from the Lexicon: Evidence from Neural Network Simulations of Language Acquisition. To appear in: Bartsch, S., and Bittmer, D. (Eds.) Lexical Bootstrapping.
• Howell, S. R., Becker, S., & Jankowicz, D. (2001). Modelling Language Acquisition: Lexical Grounding Through Perceptual Features. Proceedings of the Developmental and Embodied Cognition Conference, 2001
• Howell, S. R. & Becker, S. (2001). Modelling Language Acquisition: Grammar From the Lexicon? Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 2001.
• Howell, S. R. & Becker, S. (2000). Modelling Language Acquisition at Multiple Temporal Scales. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 2000.
• Howell, S.R. & Becker, S. (Submitted). Grounding words in meaning indirectly: A connectionist model of the propagation
of grounding. To appear in: Bartsch, S., and Bittmer, D. (Eds.) Semantic Bootstrapping.
• Howell, S. R. Schumacker, J., Mummert, A. and Bukowski, A. (In preparation). Life Legacies; An objective method of recording personalities and accumulated wisdom.
• Ryan, R., and Howell, S. R. (In preparation). Category Induction of Statistical Tests required for real-world research scenarios: The effect of interleaved versus blocked training. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
• Howell, S. R., Corrado, J., and Lovenberg, J. (In preparation). A neural network examination of personality factors in serial crime.
• Howell, S. R., Mendelberg, T., and Karpowitz, C. (In preparation). Methodology for multi-track recording and semi-automatic transcription of small group deliberations. Behavior Research Methods, Instrumentation, and Computers.
• Howell, S. R., Joanisse, M., and Seidenberg, M.S. (In Revision). Impairments in verb morphology after brain injury: A connectionist model using distributed semantics.
• Howell, S. R., MacDonald, M. M., and Seidenberg, M. S. (In Revision). Learning noun syntactic classes from semantic representations
• Howell, S. R. & Becker, S. (In Revision). SRNEngine: A Windows-based neural network simulation tool for the non-programmer. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers
• Howell, S. R. Schumacker, J., Mummert, A. and Bukowski, A. (In preparation). Life Legacies; An objective method of recording personalities and accumulated wisdom.
• Ryan, R., and Howell, S. R. (In preparation). Category Induction of Statistical Tests required for real-world research scenarios: The effect of interleaved versus blocked training. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
• Howell, S. R., Corrado, J., and Lovenberg, J. (In preparation). A neural network examination of personality factors in serial crime.
• Howell, S. R., Mendelberg, T., and Karpowitz, C. (In preparation). Methodology for multi-track recording and semi-automatic transcription of small group deliberations. Behavior Research Methods, Instrumentation, and Computers.
• Howell, S. R., Joanisse, M., and Seidenberg, M.S. (In Revision). Impairments in verb morphology after brain injury: A connectionist model using distributed semantics.
• Howell, S. R., MacDonald, M. M., and Seidenberg, M. S. (In Revision). Learning noun syntactic classes from semantic representations
• Howell, S. R. & Becker, S. (In Revision). SRNEngine: A Windows-based neural network simulation tool for the non-programmer. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers
Published Work
Work In Progress
Conference Presentations
• Ryan, R. S., Howell, S. R., Shaw, H. A., Kappus, D. W., Wilde, M. E., Crist, S. L. (2010). Using interleaved examples to teach
inferential statistics, Presented at the 1st Annual PASSHE Potluck Psychology Conference, Indiana, PA, Oct, 2010
• Howell, S. R., Karpowitz, C., and Mendelberg, T. (Accepted). A method for computer processing of small group verbal behavior, 22nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, 2010.
• Ryan, R.S., Howell, S. R., Shaw, H.A. (2010). Does interleaving rather than blocking facilitate learning examples in statistics? Presented at the 22nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, 2010.
• Karpowitz, C., Mendelberg, T. and Howell, S. R. (2010). Deliberation, Gender, and Speaking Behavior, Presented at the NYU Experiments Conference, NYU, Feb 5-6, 2010.
• Jankowicz, D., Becker, S. & Howell, S. R. (2003). Modelling Category-Specific Deficits using Topographic, Corpus-Derived Representations. Poster presented at the 44th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, B.C., November 6-9 2003.
• Jankowicz, D., Becker, S., & Howell, S. R. (2003). A model of sensorimotor grounding in lexical learning. Presented at the Behavior, Brain, and Cognitive Sciences Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, 2003.
• Howell, S. R., Becker, S., & Jankowicz, D. (2003). A model of sensorimotor grounding in lexical learning. Presented at the Behavior, Brain, and Cognitive Sciences Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, 2003.
• Jankowicz, D., Becker, S., & Howell, S. (2003). Modeling category-specific deficits using topographic, corpus-derived representations. Presented at the Conference of the Southern Ontario Neuropsychology Group, St. Catherines, Ontario, 2003.
• Howell, S. R., Schmidt, L., Trainor, L., Santesso, D. L. (2002). Neural Network Categorization of Emotion in Infant Directed and Adult Directed Speech. Proceedings of the International Society for Infant Studies Conference, 2002
• Howell, S. R., Schmidt, L. (2002). Neural Network Categorization of EEG Measurements of Infant Emotional States. Proceedings of the International Society for Infant Studies Conference, 2002
• Howell, S. R. (1999) Gender Differences in Relationship Conflict: The Role of Self-Construal. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS.
• McKinnon-Doan, H. & Howell, S. R. (1998). Antecedents to Parenthood - A. Presented at the Canadian Psychological Association National Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.
• McKinnon-Doan, H. & Howell, S. R. (1998). Antecedents to Parenthood - B. Presented at the Canadian Psychological Association National Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.
• McKinnon-Doan, H., Zimmerman, A. & Howell, S. R. (1997). Antecedents to Parenthood - Preliminary Results. Presented at the Canadian Psychological Association National Conference, Toronto, Ontario
• Howell, S. R., Karpowitz, C., and Mendelberg, T. (Accepted). A method for computer processing of small group verbal behavior, 22nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, 2010.
• Ryan, R.S., Howell, S. R., Shaw, H.A. (2010). Does interleaving rather than blocking facilitate learning examples in statistics? Presented at the 22nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, 2010.
• Karpowitz, C., Mendelberg, T. and Howell, S. R. (2010). Deliberation, Gender, and Speaking Behavior, Presented at the NYU Experiments Conference, NYU, Feb 5-6, 2010.
• Jankowicz, D., Becker, S. & Howell, S. R. (2003). Modelling Category-Specific Deficits using Topographic, Corpus-Derived Representations. Poster presented at the 44th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, B.C., November 6-9 2003.
• Jankowicz, D., Becker, S., & Howell, S. R. (2003). A model of sensorimotor grounding in lexical learning. Presented at the Behavior, Brain, and Cognitive Sciences Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, 2003.
• Howell, S. R., Becker, S., & Jankowicz, D. (2003). A model of sensorimotor grounding in lexical learning. Presented at the Behavior, Brain, and Cognitive Sciences Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, 2003.
• Jankowicz, D., Becker, S., & Howell, S. (2003). Modeling category-specific deficits using topographic, corpus-derived representations. Presented at the Conference of the Southern Ontario Neuropsychology Group, St. Catherines, Ontario, 2003.
• Howell, S. R., Schmidt, L., Trainor, L., Santesso, D. L. (2002). Neural Network Categorization of Emotion in Infant Directed and Adult Directed Speech. Proceedings of the International Society for Infant Studies Conference, 2002
• Howell, S. R., Schmidt, L. (2002). Neural Network Categorization of EEG Measurements of Infant Emotional States. Proceedings of the International Society for Infant Studies Conference, 2002
• Howell, S. R. (1999) Gender Differences in Relationship Conflict: The Role of Self-Construal. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS.
• McKinnon-Doan, H. & Howell, S. R. (1998). Antecedents to Parenthood - A. Presented at the Canadian Psychological Association National Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.
• McKinnon-Doan, H. & Howell, S. R. (1998). Antecedents to Parenthood - B. Presented at the Canadian Psychological Association National Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.
• McKinnon-Doan, H., Zimmerman, A. & Howell, S. R. (1997). Antecedents to Parenthood - Preliminary Results. Presented at the Canadian Psychological Association National Conference, Toronto, Ontario
• June 2001. Invited Speaker, Symposium on Language and Memory, Canadian Society for Brain and Behavioral Sciences
Conference 2001. Symposium Organizer: Dr. Ken McCrae.
Invited Talks