Ehrlichman, Howard, Ph.D.

Professor

Education: Ph.D. New School for Social Research (Social Psychology)

Email: howard.ehrlichman@qc.cuny.edu
Office: NSB D306
Telephone: 718-997-3247

Lab: NSB E345
Telephone: 718-997-3249

Ph.D. Program Courses:
PSYCH 70740 Personality Psychology
PSYCH 70746 Social Psychology
PSYCH 70310 Design of Psychological Research

Undergraduate Courses:
PSYCH 232 Personality Psychology
PSYCH 338 Social Behavior
PSYCH 314 Advanced Experimental Psychology: Social-Personality

Selected Publications:
Ehrlichman, H., Micic, D., Sousa, A., & Zhu, J. (2007). Looking for answers: eye movements in non-visual cognitive tasks. Brain Cognition, 64(1):7-20.

Ehrlichman, H., Kuhl, S.B., Zhu, J., & Warrenburg, S. (1997) Startle reflex modulation by pleasant and unpleasant odors in a between-subjects design. Psychophysiology, 34(6), 726-9.

Research Summary:
We are currently exploring the relationship between saccadic eye movements and cognitive that does not involve the visual system. We have found that the rate of eye movements is dramatically higher when people engage in non-visual tasks that require long-term memory retrieval as compared to non-visual tasks that require sustained attention to auditory stimuli or maintenance of information in working memory. Although we are still in the process of trying to fully describe this phenomenon, we hope in future studies to explore implications for a variety of issues such as development, memory loss, and the evolution and neurobiology of the (possibly unique) ability of humans to engage in search through long-term memory.

Doctoral Students:
William Krause
Dragana Micic
Amber Sousa