Research

Below are example publications and presentations sorted by topic area (*=undergraduate student):

Artificial Intelligence, Misinformation, Social Media, and Analytical Thinking

  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W. (2024). Training ethical and skilled use of AI as a tool. Talk presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA.
  • [Grant, P.I.] Stone, B. W. (2024-2025). AI Innovation Partnership Grant. BSU College of Innovation and Design.
  • [Grant, P.I.] Stone, B. W. (2024-2025). Misinformation and values: Does priming different values affect content moderation preferences. Institute for Advancing American Values.
  • [Grant, P.I.][Fellowship] Stone, B. W. (2024-2025). AI Research Fellowship. Boise State University eCampus Center.
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W. (2024). Uncertainty and AI: Data on ethics, inequality, and need for training. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, USA. [Univ. Press Release]
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W. (2024). Working and learning with A.I.: Behaviors, Ethics, and Inequalities. Talk presented at the STP Annual Conference on Teaching, USA.
  • [Grant, P.I.][Fellowship] Stone, B. W. (2024). Fellow and Wiki Scholar. Idaho OPAL Fellowship.
  • [Grant, P.I.][Fellowship] Stone, B. W. (2023-2024). Learning with artificial intelligence. ECC Faculty Research Fellowship.
  • [Award][Presentation] Stone, B. W. (2023). Generative artificial intelligence: Promises and pitfalls for learning. Talk presented at the APA PsychTerms Conference, USA. [Conference award for talk]
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W., & *Brown, B. (2022). Analytical thinking, social media usage, and discernment of fake from real news: What predicts performance? Presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • [Presentation] *Brown, B., & Stone, B. W. (2022). Swiping fast and thinking fast: TikTok usage is correlated with heuristic thinking. Presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • [Publication] Spezzano, F., Shrestha, A., Fails, J. A., & Stone, B. W. (2021). That’s fake news! Investigating how readers identify the reliability of news when provided title, image, source bias, and full article. Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction, 5, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3449183 [PDF]
  • [Presentation] Shrestha, A., Spezzano, F., Fails, J. A., & Stone, B. W. (2021). That’s fake news! Reliability of news when provided title, image, source bias and full article. Presented CSCW’21: ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing [virtual].
Training ethical and skilled use of AI as a tool, conference talk, 2024

Design, Accessibility, and Teaching/Learning

  • [Publication] Stone, B. W., & Brown, D. (2023). Anyone can learn universal design. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 36(1), 65-74. [PDF]
  • [Grant, Co-P.I.] Sydney Boutros, Cindy McCrea, & Stone, B. W. (2023-2024) Enhancing undergraduate student and community learning about neural connectivity through technology-enabled experimentation using the see-one, do-one, teach-one framework. Association for Psychological Science.
  • [Presentation] *Perryman, E., *Mong, H., *Manning, C., *Walker, M., *Storey, N., *Echols, E., & Stone, B. W. (2022). Dark patterns: User perceptions. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Showcase, Boise, ID, USA.
  • [Publication] Stone, B. W., & Brown, D. (2021). Changing attitudes about visual impairment in the college classroom. Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.5241/11-200
  • [Publication] Stone, B. W., *Kay, D., *Reynolds, A., & Brown, D. (2020). 3D printing and service learning: Accessible open educational resources for students with visual impairment. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 32(2), 336-346. https://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/IJTLHE3752.pdf [PDF]
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W. (2020). 3D printing for accessibility: Students as makers, collaborators, and leaders. Presented at National Society for Experiential Education, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W. (2020). 3D printed OER for introductory psychology. Talk accepted at TIP Northwest, Des Moines, WA, USA. [Accepted but travel suspended for COVID-19]
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W., & Brown, D. (2020). Accessibility and attitudes in higher ed curriculum. Presented at the Great Ideas for Teaching and Learning Symposium, Boise, ID, USA.
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W. (2019). A project-based service learning course creating 3D-printed models for blind and visually impaired learnings: A model for changing attitudes and integrating accessibility into the psychology curriculum. Presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA.
  • [Presentation] *Babuata, A., & Stone, B. W. (2019). Can media depictions change attitudes toward people who are blind or visually impaired? Presented at the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research, Boise, ID, USA.
  • [Grant, P.I.] Stone, B. W. (2018). Teach Access Grant. Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
  • [Grant, P.I.] Stone, B. W. (2018). APS Small Grant Program. Association for Psychological Science.
  • [Presentation] Brown, D., & Stone, B. W. (2018). 3D printed models: An opportunity for deeper understanding for all. Presented at the Success Through Access conference, Boise, ID, USA.
  • [Grant, Collaborator] Department of Psychological Science, Stone, B. W. (2017). Evidence-based Instructional Practices. NSF WIDER-PERSIST grant.
  • [Book Chapter] Amlung, M., Simpson, E. A., Dengler, M., Stone, B. W., *Williams, G., & Domizi, D. (2016). With a little help from my friends: The role of peer mentoring in graduate student teaching assistant development. In G. Wright (Ed.), The mentoring continuum: From graduate school through tenure. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
  • [Presentation] Amlung, M., Dengler, M., Simpson, E., Stone, B. W., *Williams, G., & Domizi, D. P. (2012). The role of peer mentoring in psychology teaching assistant development. Presented at the 120th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL, USA.
  • [Fellowship] Stone, B. W. (2010). Future faculty fellow. University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Student next to conference poster entitled Does the media change attitudes toward people who are blind or visually impaired?
Does the media change attitudes toward people who are blind or visually impaired?

Aphantasia and Mental Imagery

  • [Presentation] *McNinch, C., *Watson, C., *Van Sligtenhorst, M. R., *Bukkhegyi, M., *Jacoba, M. J., *Levesque, S. B., & Stone, B. W. (2022). Visualization strategies in the workplace. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Showcase, Boise, ID, USA.
  • [Presentation] *Levesque, S. R., *Bukkhegyi, M., *Jacoba, M. J., *Watson, C., *Van Sligtenhorst, M. R., *McNinch, C., & Stone, B. W. (2022). Sensory experience in dreams for aphantasics. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Showcase, Boise, ID, USA.
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W., *Lyons, C., *Vrapi, B., *Barvo, M., & *Herrera, C. L. (2018). Aphantasia: A life without mental imagery. Presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA.
  • [Presentation] *Lyons, C., *Vrapi, B., *Barvo, M., *Herrera, C., Stone, B. W. (2017). Born blind in the mind’s eye: Investigating congenital aphantasia. Presented at Undergraduate Research Conference, Boise, ID, USA.
Student standing by conference poster entitled born blind in the mind's eye: Investigating congenital aphantasia
Born blind in the mind’s eye: Investigating congenital aphantasia

Perception and Action

  • [Presentation] *Semko, J., & Stone, B. W. (2018). Seeing is what you hear: Inducing visual hallucinations via Pavlovian conditioning. Presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA.
  • [Presentation] *Semko, J., & Stone, B. W. (2018). Hijacking the predictive brain: Inducing visual hallucinations. Presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference, Boise, ID, USA.
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W. (2017). What determines disruption of afterimages in darkness? Presented at Rethinking the Senses, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • [Publication] Stone, B. W., & *Tinker, J. (2016). Multisensory tracking of objects in darkness: Capture of positive afterimages by the tactile and proprioceptive senses. PLOS ONE, 11(3), e0150714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150714 [PDF]
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W., & *Tinker, J. (2014). Auditory feedback of movement alters visual afterimage of an object. Presented at Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting, Long Beach, CA, USA.
  • [Award][Presentation] Stone, B. W. (2013). Post-human bodies: What sensory psychology tells us about the future of integrating biology and technology. Presented at 13th Annual UGA Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Athens, GA, USA. [People’s Choice Award for best talk]
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W., & *Tinker, J. (2013). ABSTRACT: Capture of positive afterimages by the other senses: Extension of the body schema? Journal of Vision, 13(9), 1327
Dr. Stone and student by conference poster entitled Seeing is what you hear: Inducing visual hallucinations via pavlovian conditioning
Seeing is what you hear: Inducing visual hallucinations via pavlovian conditioning

Tool Use

  • [Publication] †Fragaszy, D. M., †Kuroshima, H., & †Stone, B. W. (2015). Vision for action in young children aligning multi-featured objects: Development and comparison with nonhuman primates. PLOS ONE, 10(10), e0140033. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140033 †authors contributed equally [PDF]
  • [Publication] La Cour, L. T., Stone, B. W., Hopkins, W., Menzel, C., & Fragaszy, D. (2014). What limits tool use in nonhuman primates? Insights from tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) aligning three-dimensional objects to a surface. Animal Cognition, 17(1), 113-125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-013-0643-x [PDF]
  • [Publication] Fragaszy, D. M., Stone, B., Scott, N. M., & Menzel, C. (2011). How tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella spp) and common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) align objects to surfaces: Insights into spatial reasoning and implications for tool use. American Journal of Primatology, 73(10), 1012-1030.https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20966 [PDF]
  • [Publication] Pan, J., Kennedy, E. H., *Pickering, T., Menzel, C. R., Stone, B. W., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2011). Development of maze navigation by tufted capuchins (Cebus apella). Behavioural Processes, 86(2), 206-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2010.11.006 [PDF]
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W., Fragaszy, D. M., Scott, N. M., & Menzel, C. (2011). How nonhuman primates align objects to surfaces: The effects of concurrent spatial relations in an object insertion task. Presented at Progress in Motor Control VIII, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W., Liu, Q., Jeyarah, T., Sirianni, G., Busch-Dienstfertig, M., Christel, M., Vickers, J., Visalberghi, E., & Fragaszy, D. (2011). Vigilance in capuchin monkeys: Evidence for an endogenous rhythm? Presented at the joint meeting of the International Ethological Conference and Animal Behavior Society, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • [Invited Talk] Stone, B. W. (2010). Space, tools, and body schema. Presented at HOPE Seminar on Tools in Primates, Myoko-Sasagamine, Japan.
  • [Grant, P.I.] Stone, B. W. (2010). Grant for invited talk and retreat. International Primatological Society and HOPE Seminar on Tools, Japan.
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W., Jeyaraj, T., & Fragaszy, D. (2010). How do capuchins stack up against chimpanzees and humans? Assessing combinatory manipulation in a block stacking task. Presented at the 33rd International Primatological Society Congress, Kyoto, Japan.
  • [Presentation] Menzel, C. R., Menzel, E. W., Kelly, J. W., Chan, B., Evans, T. A., & Stone, B. W. (2008). ABSTRACT: The rank ordering problem in primate foraging. American Journal of Primatology, 70(S1), 64.
  • [Presentation] Stone, B. W., Menzel, C. R., Evans, T. A., *Benoit, J., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2008). ABSTRACT: Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) learn to point with a laser. American Journal of Primatology, 70(S1), 63.

Other

  • [Presentation] *Robishaw, A., & Stone. B.W. (2020). Sacrificing the one for the many: Ethical decisions about robots, dogs, and people. Presented at the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research, Boise, ID, USA.
  • [Presentation] *Prescott, R., & Stone, B. W. (2019). Memory malleability: Falsifying true memories. Presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA.
  • [Presentation] *Palasch, C., & Stone, B. W. (2019). A predictive model of internet addiction: The role of alienation. Presented at the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research, Boise, ID, USA.
  • [Presentation] *Barvo, M., & Stone, B. W. (2019). Psychological reasons why college students avoid healthcare. Presented at the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, USA. [Awarded finalist in poster competition]
Conference poster for social cognition study entitled Sacrificing the one for the many: ethical decisions about robots, dogs, and people
Sacrificing the one for the many: Ethical decisions about robots, dogs, and people
Student presenting talk about familiar informant false narrative paradigm and the misinformation effect
Memory malleability: Falsifying true memories