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2010 Scialfa, C., Deschenes, M., Horswill, M., Wetton, M., & Ference, J. Hazzard perception in older drivers. Cognitive Aging Conference, April, 2010, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2009 Scialfa, C., Ference, J., Boon, J., Tay, R., & Hudson, C. Predicting older drivers' difficulties using the Roadwise Review. Driving Assessment 2009, Big Sky, MT, USA.
2007 Hudson, C., & Scialfa, C. Age Differences in Web Navigation: Is Learning Facilitated by Navigational Aids? Cognitive Aging Conference-Down Under, Adelaide, Australia.
2007 Lavalliere, M., Ngan, N., Tremblay, M., Laurendeau, D., Scialfa, D., Simoneau, M., & Teasdale, N. Age-related deficits in the frequency of gaze responses to the mirrors and blind-spot during lane change maneuvers of various complexity. Driving Assessment, Portland, OR, USA.
2007 Wheatley, D., Scialfa, C., Boot, W., & Kramer, A. Age Differences in Attentional Capture with Two Concurrent Tasks. Cognitive Aging Conference-Down Under, Adelaide, Australia.
2006 Hudson, C., Scialfa, C., Diaz-Marino, R., & MacKillop, S. The effects of Web design, age and memory in Web navigation performance. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2006 Wheatley, D., Scialfa, C., & MacKillop, S. Older and younger adults comprehension and memory for medication schedule information: Text vs. Timeline formats. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2006 MacKillop, S. & Scialfa, C. The effect of hyperlink colour and aging on visual search of web sites. . Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2006 White, C., Fern, L., Caird, J., Kline, D., Chisholm, S., Scialfa, C., & Mayer, A. The effects of DVD modality on drivers performance. Association of Canadian Ergonomists. Banff, AB. November.
2006 Croft, J., Pittman, D., & Scialfa, C. Gaze behavior of experienced and novice spotters during air-to-ground search. European Conference on Visual Perception, Barcelona, Spain.
2005 Caird, J., Smiley, A., Scialfa, C., Kline, D., & Ho, G. A meta-analysis of driving performance and crash risk associated with use of cellular telephones while driving. Driving Assessment 2005, Rockport, ME.
2005 Scialfa, C. Vision and aging: Setting our sight on communication. Communication and Aging Symposium, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON.
2004 Boot, W.R., Kramer, A.F., McCarley, J.S., Peterson, M.S., & Scialfa, C.T. Older adults display a larger memory span than younger adults in visual search. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2004 Cheal, J.L., Ho, G., & Scialfa, C.T. The role of aging in semantic category search. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2004 Ho, G., Scialfa, C., & Dennis, W. Age differences in feature selection in triple conjunction search. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2004 Laberge, J., Scialfa, C., White, C., & Caird, J. The effect of passenger and cellular phone conversations on driver distraction. Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
2003 Brooks, B.L., Weaver, L.E., and Scialfa, C.T. Contribution of measures of executive functioning to the diagnosis of dementia. Canadian Association on Gerontology, Toronto, ON.
2003 Scialfa, C. The development of expertise with applications to medical education. Invited talk. University of Calgary School of Medicine. Calgary, AB.
2003 Scialfa, C. The breadth of attention while reading a Web page. Invited talk. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
2002 Laberge, J., Johnson, B., & Scialfa, C. & Dennis, W. A Web-based resource for introductory courses in behavioral statistics and methodology. Alberta Teaching of Psychology ATOP), Camrose, AB.
2002 Katz. L., Change, E.B., Lyndon, J., Scialfa, C., Rezaei, C, Aizenman, C., & Kopp, G. Approaches to pere-to-peer learning in the adult disadvantaged population. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in education (ICCE), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer (IEEE). Auckland, New Zealand.
2002 Scialfa, C.T., McCarley, J., Kramer, A., Wang, F., & Colcombe, A. Older adults have better memory for location in visual search. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2002 Castel, A., Chasteen, A., Scialfa, C., & Pratt, J. Adult age differences in the time course of inhibition of return. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2001 McCarley, J., Kramer, A., Scialfa, C., & Colcombe, A. Attentional Priming in Visual Search: Age-based Differences in Feature Priming, Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
2001 Scialfa, C.T., Perceptual aging, communication and health. Invited address, Fifth International Conference on Communication, Aging, and Health, Vancouver, B.C.
2001 Scialfa, C.T. La technologie et l'enseignement a l'universitè. ENSEA, Abidjan, Cote dèIvoire.
2001 Scialfa, C., Ho, G., McPhee, L., & Denis, W. Age differences in triple-conjunction visual search. Canadian Society for Brain, Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, Laval, PQ.
2001 McPhee, L., Ho, G., Dennis, W., Scialfa, C., & Caird, J. Age Differences in the Effects of a Simulated Cellular Phone Conversation on Visual Search for Traffic Signs. International Association of Gerontology, Vancouver, B.C.
2000 Scialfa, C.T., McPhee, L., & Ho, G. The effects of a simulated cellular phone conversation on search for traffic signs in an elderly sample. Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium 2000, Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
2000 Scialfa, C.T. Relations between sensceptual and cognitive aging. Invited address, Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
1999 Ellard, J., Johnson, B. Mueller, J., Nairn, S., Scialfa, C., Simms, C., Wenger, L., and Dobson, M. Concept-mapping and outlining in introductory psychology, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Calgary, AB.
1999 Ellard, J. Johnson, B., Mueller, J., Nairn, S., Scialfa, C. Simms, C., Self-Efficacy in a First-Year Introductory Psychology Course, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Calgary, AB.
1999 Mueller, J., Ellard, J., Scialfa, C., Nairn, S., Simms, C,., & Johnson, B. Concept mapping, outlining, and computers in introductory psychology. Critical Visions of New Technologies in Higher Education, Calgary, AB.
1999 Ellard, J., Nairn, S., Scialfa, C., and Simms, C. At the core of introductory psychology: A content analysis. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS.
1999 Siakaluk, P., Ho, G., & Scialfa, C. Feature-based selection in triple-conjunction search. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behavioural, and Cognitive Sciences, Edmonton, AB.
1999 Scialfa, C., An item analysis of test questions from introductory psychology, Third Annual Teaching of Psychology Conference, Calgary, AB.
1999 Scialfa, C. Evaluating outlining and concept-mapping in introductory psychology, Invited colloquium, Lessons Learned, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
1999 Scialfa, C., Ho, G., Caird, J., & Graw, T. Traffic sign conspicuity: The effects of clutter, luminance, and age. Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Houston, Texas.
1999 Scialfa, C., Johnson, B., Ellard, J., Mueller, J., Nairn, S., Dobson, M., & Saunders, P. Evaluating outlining and concept-mapping in introductory psychology, European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction, Goteborg, Sweden.
1999 Scialfa, C., Wenger, L., Legare, C., & Dingley, L. Assessing Content Difficulty in Introductory Psychology, National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.
1999 Johnson, B., Dobson, D., Ellard, J., Scialfa, C., Nairn, S. Concept Mapping and Essay Writing as Learning Aids in Introductory Psychology, National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.
1998 Scialfa, C. Age Differences in Visual Search: Challenges to Theories of Visual Attention and Aging. Invited colloquium, Department of Psychology, Brock University.
1998 Scialfa, C. Age Differences in Visual Search: Challenges to Theories of Visual Attention and Aging. Invited colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto.
1998 Scialfa, C., Nairn, S., Ellard, J. Content Analysis of Introductory Psychology Texts. Second Annual Teaching of Psychology Conference, Edmonton, AB.
1998 Scialfa, C., & Johnson, B. Mapping the Territory: The Content of Introductory Psychology, Second Annual Teaching of Psychology Conference, Edmonton, AB.
1998 Scialfa, C., Legare, C., Wenger, L., & Dingley, L. What They Get and What They Don't: Differential Understanding of the Content of Introductory Psychology, Second Annual Teaching of Psychology Conference, Edmonton, AB.
1998 Scialfa, C.T., & Hamaluk, E. Age differences in texture segmentation as a function of display duration. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
1997 Scialfa, C.T., Hamaluk, E., & Pratt, J. Age differences in saccadic averaging as a function of distractor location. Ninth European Conference on Eye Movements, Ulm, Germany.
1997 Scialfa, C.T., Joffe, K.M., & Jenkins, L. Age differences in feature and conjunction search: Implications for theories of visual search and generalized slowing. Ninth European Conference on Eye Movements, Ulm, Germany.
1996 Scialfa, C.T. Age differences in reaction time and saccadic eye movements in visual search: Evidence for a reduced useful field of view. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
1995 Scialfa, C.T., & Joffe, K.M. Eye movements and visual search: Feature search, conjunction search and theoretical implications. Eighth European Conference on Eye Movements, Derby, UK.
1994 Scialfa, C.T., & Joffe, K.M. Studies in texture processing: Foveal deficits and selective preservation of target orientation. Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Sarasota, FL.
1993 Scialfa, C.T. Effects of similarity and duration on age differences in visual search. World Congress of Gerontology, Budapest, Hungary.
1993 Scialfa, C.T. Excursions in Ecologicial Validity: Confessions of an Experimental Psychologist. The Impact of an Aging Population on Society. The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
1993 Scialfa, C.T., & Esau, S. P. Age differences in feature and conjunction search as a function of display size and target-distractor similarity. Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans.
1993 Scialfa, C.T., & Thomas, D. M. Age differences in Same-Different judgements as a function of multidimensional similarity. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, PQ.
1992 Scialfa, C.T., Harpur, L.L., & Thomas, D. Effects of similarity and duration on age differences in visual search. Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.
1992 Harpur, L.L. & Scialfa, C.T. Age similarities and differences in a visual search task. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, PQ.
1992 Scialfa, C.T. Aging and driving performance: Behavioral ecology in the fast lane. Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO.
1991 Esau, S.P. & Scialfa, C.T. Age differences in visual search as a function of display size and target-distractor similarity. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, AB.
1991 Harpur, L. & Scialfa, C.T. Visual search and similarity effects as functions of age and exposure duration. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, AB.
1991 Scialfa, C.T. Similarity effects in visual search: Data in search of a model. Invited presentation, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
1991 Scialfa, C.T. Age differences in judgements of automobile distance and velocity. Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
1991 Scialfa, C.T. Age differences in visual search: Selective attention or sensitivity. Invited presentation, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
1990 Kline, D.W., Scialfa, C.T., Lyman, B.J., & Schieber, F. Age differences in the temporal continuity of gratings as a function of their spatial frequency. Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Minneapolis, MN.
1990 Scialfa, C.T., Harpur, L.L., Kline, D.W., & Dewar, R.E. Age differences in estimates of vehicle distance. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology. Victoria, B.C.
1990 Scialfa, C.T. Static and dynamic contrast sensitivity in older adults. Banff Annual Seminar in Cognitive Sciences (BASICS), Banff, Alberta.