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Sarah Cummins-Sebree Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences - Raymond Walters College Assistant Professor, Psychology Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2003 M.S., University of Georgia, 1999 Address: Behavioral Sciences Dept. - RWC 9555 Plainfield Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45236 phone: 513-936-7156 fax: 513-745-5771 cumminsh@ucrwcu.rwc.uc.edu
Biography: Selected Publications: Tollner, A. M., Riley, M. A., Nelson, W. T., Shockley, K. D., & Cummins-Sebree, S. E. (in press). Change blindness in teams: Are three pairs of eyes better than one? Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting. Brakke, K., Fragaszy, D. M., Simpson, K., Hoy, E., & Cummins-Sebree, S. (in press). The production of bimanual percussion in 12- to 24-month-old children. Infant Behavior & Development. Fragaszy, D. M., & Cummins-Sebree, S. E. (2005). Relational spatial reasoning by a nonhuman: The example of capuchin monkeys. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, 4, 282-306. Cummins-Sebree, S. E., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2005). Choosing and using tools: Capuchins (Cebus apella) use a different metric than tamarins (Saguinus Oedipus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 119, 210-219. Johnson-Pynn, J., Fragaszy, D. M., & Cummins-Sebree, S. (2003). Common territories in comparative and developmental psychology: Quest for shared means and meaning in behavioral investigations. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 16, 1-27. Cummins-Sebree, S., Tollner, A. M., & Schockley, K. (2005). Do children and adults use haptic information when selecting tools for simple power and precision tasks? In H. Heft and K. Marsh (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action (Vol. 8). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Cummins-Sebree, S. E., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2005). Capuchins as stone-knappers?: An evaluation of the evidence. In V. Roux & B. Bril (Eds.), Stone knapping: The necessary conditions for a uniquely hominid behaviour (pp. 171-182). Cambridge: McDonald Institute Monograph Series.
Areas of Expertise: Comparative cognition, cognitive development, ecological psychology
Research Areas: My research focuses on two specific areas: a) development of skilled tool use in capuchin monkeys and young children, and b) development of spatial reasoning in young children. I approach both areas from an ecological psychology background, in that the most appropriate way to understand how these skills develop in human and nonhuman species is through underdstanding the importance of perception-action cycles in learning about the world. < back >