Position:

Undergraduate Adjunct Faculty

Contact Information:

casterling@paloaltou.edu

Other Positions:

Adjunct Faculty

Programs:

Bachelors 

Education:

PhD, Cognitive Psychology, University of California Santa Cruz (2012)
BS, Computer Science, Gonzaga University (2005) 

Biography:

Dr. Sterling teaches Behavioral Neuroscience, Development through the Lifespan, Learning & Memory, Statistics, and Research Methods at a variety of locations including Palo Alto University, De Anza College, UC Santa Cruz and Santa Clara University. His research focuses on the effects of attention on perception with a special interest in understanding the mechanisms underlying voluntary control. This work involves identifying both what attention does and how it does it along with determining the neurological, behavioral and subjective consequences resulting from differences in the ability to control attention. Dr. Sterling is also interested in studying how practices such as yoga, meditation and prayer affect an individual's psychological and physical health as well as the effects on underlying psychological processes such as working memory, perception and attention. In addition to his research and teaching, Dr. Sterling is a current member of the Visual Science Society (VSS), Psychonomic Society and is an active reviewer for the journal Consciousness and Cognition. 

Areas of Interest:

Visual perception and attention; working memory processes; embodied cognition

Selected Publications:

Cooper, A., Sterling, C., Bacon, M., P. & Bridgeman, B. (2012). Does action affect perception or memory? Vision Research, 62, 235-240.

Bridgeman, B., Cooper, A., Sterling, C., & Bacon, M. (2011). Temporal Aspect of Motor Performance's Effect on Perception. Journal of Vision, 11, 956-956.

Massaro, D. W., Cohen, M. M., Meyer, H., Sterling, C., Stribling, T. & Vanderhyden, S. (2011). Investigation of facial and newly learned visual cues in speech perception.  American Journal of Psychology, 124, 341-354.