Faculty

Cheryl Techentin

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Education:
B.Sc. (Hons), Mount Saint Vincent University
MA/PhD (Experimental Psychology), University of New Brunswick (Fredericton)

Office: EA3045
Phone: 403.440.8535
E-mail: ctechentin@mtroyal.ca

TEACHING

  • PSYC 1103/1104 Introductory Psychology
  • PSYC 2265 Cognitive Psychology
  • PSYC 3369 Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 3305 History of Psychological Thought

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Hemispheric Laterality; Dichotic Listening; Language and Emotional Processing; Processing of Sarcastic Speech

SELECTED PUBLICATION

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Techentin, C., & Voyer, D. (2011). Word frequency and familiarity effects in a non-fused dichotic words task. Laterality, 16, 313-332.

Voyer, D. & Techentin, C. (2010). Subjective acoustic features of sarcasm: Lower, slower, and more. Metaphor and Symbol,25, 227-242.

Techentin, C., Voyer, D., & Klein, R. (2009). Between- and within-ear congruency and laterality effects in an auditory word/emotion conflict task. Brain and Cognition, 70, 201-208.

Voyer, D., & Techentin, C. (2009). Dichotic listening with consonant-vowel pairs: The role of place of articulation and stimulus dominance. Journal of Phonetics, 37. 162-172.

Voyer, D., Bowes, A., & Techentin, C. (2008). On the perception of sarcasm in dichotic listening. Neuropsychology, 22, 390-399.

Techentin, C. & Voyer, D. (2007). Congruency, attentional set and laterality effects with emotional words. Neuropsychology, 21, 646-655.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Schimke, K. (2016). Honesty is the Best Policy - Or is it?. Research 2016. (Role: Co-Author).

Plumtree, A., Techentin, C. (2014). Laterality of Basic and Social Emotional Facial Expressions. Canadian Society of Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences, Toronto, ON. (Role: Co-Author)

Alcock, S., LaRosee, A., Berntson, K., Techentin, C. (2014). Do the Eyes Follow the Ears? Eye Movements and Laterality Effects. Canadian Society of Brain Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences, Toronto, ON. (Role: Co-Author)

Giroux, A., Cheema, A., Techentin, C. (2014). Gender Differences in Identifying Basic and Social Emotional Facial Expressions. Canadian Society of Brain Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences, Toronto, ON. (Role: Co-Author)

Berntson, K., Alcock, S., Techentin, C. (2014). Eye Movements and Laterality Effects in Dichotic Listening. BASICS, Banff, AB. (Role: Co-Author)

Cheema, A., Techentin, C. (2014). Gender Differences in the Identification of Emotional Faces. BASICS, Banff, AB. (Role: Co-Author)

Plumtree, A., Techentin, C. (2014). Laterality of Emotional Facial Expressions. BASICS. (Role: Co-Author)

Techentin, C. (2014). Lost in Cyberspace: Orienting Students to the On-Line Course. MRU E-Learning Showcase, MRU. (Role: Invited Speaker)

Techentin, C. (2014). Sarcasm: What a Concept!. MRU Colloquium, MRU. Faculty, students and community members. (Role: Presenter)