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Welcome to the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, the newest college at Middle Tennessee State University. We were created to focus on preparing research-based service providers, and I think you'll find that MTSU provides the best education in health, mental health, and human services in the state. I'm glad you're visiting us, and I look forward to seeing you on our campus.

Harold D. Whiteside, Ph.D., Dean, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

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    The relationship of academic cramming to flow experience
    (Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Psychology, 2001) Brinthaupt, Thomas M. ; Chin, Chul M.
    Research has neglected to examine the experiential aspects of academic cramming. In the present study, we assessed the relationship between cramming and Csikszentmihalyi's (1990, 1997) flow state. We expected that experiencing such a state would be more likely for students who typically cram than for non-crammers. One hundred sixty-one undergraduates participated in the study. Following a simulation of a cramming session, they completed a measure of flow experienced during the task. Results indicated that students who normally cram performed better on the test and reported higher flow scores than the non-crammers. Implications for research on flow and study habits are presented.
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    Words and Melody Are Intertwined in Perception of Sung Words: EEG and Behavioral Evidence
    ( 2010-02-26) Gordon, Reyna L. ; Schön, Daniele ; Magne, Cyrille ; Astésano, Corine ; Besson, Mireille ; Rodriguez-Fornells, Antoni
    Language and music, two of the most unique human cognitive abilities, are combined in song, rendering it an ecological model for comparing speech and music cognition. The present study was designed to determine whether words and melodies in song are processed interactively or independently, and to examine the influence of attention on the processing of words and melodies in song. Event-Related brain Potentials (ERPs) and behavioral data were recorded while non-musicians listened to pairs of sung words (prime and target) presented in four experimental conditions: same word, same melody; same word, different melody; different word, same melody; different word, different melody. Participants were asked to attend to either the words or the melody, and to perform a same/different task. In both attentional tasks, different word targets elicited an N400 component, as predicted based on previous results. Most interestingly, different melodies (sung with the same word) elicited an N400 component followed by a late positive component. Finally, ERP and behavioral data converged in showing interactions between the linguistic and melodic dimensions of sung words. The finding that the N400 effect, a well-established marker of semantic processing, was modulated by musical melody in song suggests that variations in musical features affect word processing in sung language. Implications of the interactions between words and melody are discussed in light of evidence for shared neural processing resources between the phonological/semantic aspects of language and the melodic/harmonic aspects of music.
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    What the best online teachers should do
    (Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Psychology, 2011-12) Brinthaupt, Thomas M. ; Fisher, Lawanna S. ; Gardner, Justin G. ; Raffo, Deana M. ; Woodward, Jennifer B.
    As a core project, a university eLearning Pedagogy Faculty Learning Community (FLC) chose to apply recommendations for the “art” of good teaching to the online realm. There is relatively little discussion of this issue in the literature. In this paper, we use Bain‟s (2004) book What the Best College Teachers Do to discuss some of the major ways that the practices of effective teaching in general can be applied to online teaching in particular. Specifically, we explore methods of fostering student engagement, stimulating intellectual development, and building rapport with students when teaching online. This analysis provides a much-needed “art of teaching” set of recommendations that complements the “science of teaching” best practices approach to online pedagogy.
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    24-h Fluid Kinetics and Perception of Sweat Losses Following a 1-h Run in a Temperate Environment
    ( 2013-12-10) O’Neal, Eric K. ; Caufield, Christina R. ; Lowe, Jordan B. ; Stevenson, Mary C. ; Davis, Brett A. ; Thigpen, Lauren K.
    This study examined 24-h post-run hydration status and sweat loss estimation accuracy in college age runners (men = 12, women = 8) after completing a 1-h self-paced outdoor run (wet bulb globe temperature = 19.9 ± 3.0 °C). Sweat losses (1353 ± 422 mL; 1.9% ± 0.5% of body mass) were significantly greater (pp less than 0.001) than perceived losses (686 ± 586 mL). Cumulative fluid consumption equaled 3876 ± 1133 mL (218 ± 178 mL during) with 37% of fluid ingested lost through urine voids (1450 ± 678 mL). Fluid balance based on intake and urine production equaled +554 ± 669 mL at 12 h and +1186 ± 735 mL at 24 h. Most runners reported euhydrated (pre-run urine specific gravity (USG) = 1.018 ± 0.008) with no changes (p = 0.33) at hours 12 or 24 when both genders were included. However, USG was higher (p = 0.004) at 12 h post-run for men (1.025 ± 0.0070 vs. 1.014 ± 0.007), who consumed 171% ± 40% of sweat losses at 12 h vs. 268% ± 88% for women. Most runners do not need intervention concerning between bout hydration needs in temperate environments. However, repeated USG measurements were able to identify runners who greatly under or over consumed fluid during recovery. Practitioners can use multiple USG assessments as cheap method to detect runners who need to modify their hydration strategies and should promote assessment of sweat losses by change in body mass, as runners had poor perception of sweat losses.
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    Outcomes Magazine Spring 2014
    (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014) The College of Behavioral and Health Sciences
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    Human Body Form - What does it Mean?
    (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-10) Cottle, Frederick S. ; Behavioral & Health Sciences
    Conference presentation on human body form related to apparel sizing.
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    Framework of Understanding Somatological Constructs Relative to the Fit of Apparel
    (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-10-21) Cottle, Frederick S. ; Ulrich, Pamela V. ; Teel, Karla P. ; Behavioral & Health Sciences
    Past research in the field of somatology (human body measurement) related to the fit of apparel has focused on the current apparel manufacturing process flow. In the current system, three dimensional (3D) body form is converted to one dimensional (1D) sizes and two dimensional (2D) shapes in order to utilize shaping methodology in the conversion of 2D fabrics into a 3D garment that fit the 3D human body form. The somatological constructs of size, build, shape, and form are often used interchangeably in academia and industry. This treatise intends to clarify definitions and bring deeper meaning to these constructs. This clarity and meaning will be used to develop a framework of understanding to use as a lens to view apparel product development and manufacturing as they relate to the fit of garments to the human body. The framework of understanding has the potential to revolutionize the apparel industry by refocusing development efforts toward a more effective process flow and to change the way the fit of garments is measured and evaluated.
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    From suits to robes: The use of African inspired apparel as a communication tool in the American avant-garde jazz community
    (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015) Cottle, C. Adam ; Cottle, Frederick S. ; Bell, Thomas W. ; Behavioral & Health Sciences
    Many musicians working in the avant-garde of American jazz in the post-Civil Rights era publicly aligned themselves with black power cultural ideologies. The Afrocentric fashions worn by some of these musicians were a visual representation of their cultural beliefs and endure as a major component of the musical form’s legacy. This article reevaluates these performers’ standing in popular culture, recognizing them as fashion innovators on top of being musical revolutionaries. These musicians’ adventurous style lives on in popular culture through fashion statements in hip hop, neo soul and other musical genres. This article was first published in Intellect. The publisher's full-text version is available at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/fspc/2015/00000002/00000002/art00004
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    Outcomes Magazine Spring 2015
    (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015) The College of Behavioral and Health Sciences
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    Outcomes Magazine Spring 2016
    (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016) The College of Behavioral and Health Sciences
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    Thematic Apperception Test Narrative Archive
    (Digital Scholarship Initiatives, Middle Tennessee State University, 2022-08-10) Brown, Cindi ; Parker, Heather ; Brinthaupt, Thomas M.
    We describe the development and contents of an archive of narratives collected in response to the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), to be shared with psychology researchers, teachers, and students. This archive holds demographic data of respondents as well as the complete text of the narratives themselves. Some of the included narratives are historical, archived from previously published sources and from the records of clinicians; others will be newly collected from introductory psychology students at Middle Tennessee State University. We discuss possible uses and the strengths and weaknesses of the archive. This document describes the creation of an open-data archive of narratives collected in response to the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), and illustrates some of the archive’s potential uses for researchers, teachers, and students. KEYWORDS: open science, archival data, Thematic Apperception Test, narratives