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Alexander O'Brien

Associate Professor
Psychology University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Alexander O'Brien's office hours

Monday
11 a.m. to noon
Wednesday
11 a.m. to noon
Thursday
11 a.m. to noon

Remote office hours offered: If my office hours don't fit your schedule, please email me and we'll find a time that works for both of us. I am also happy to meet virtually via Zoom if you'd prefer.
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Alexander O'Brien

Associate Professor

Psychology

Specialty area(s)

Visual and auditory perception, Research methods, Teaching methods, Memory

Current courses at UWL

PSY 100 - General Psychology - Instructor and Course Coordinator

PSY 331 - Research Methods

PSY 439 - Sensation & Perception

Education

Ph.D. - Cognitive Psychology - Iowa State University

M.S. - Psychology - Iowa State University

B.S. - Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology - Iowa State University

Career

Teaching history

PSY 100 - General Psychology

PSY 331 - Research Methods

PSY 432 - Learning & Memory

PSY 439 - Sensation & Perception

PSY 485 - Appraising the Psychology Major

PSY 489 - Psychology Honors Seminar

PSY 495 - Senior Seminar in Perception

NEU 200 - Introductory Neuroscience

FYS 100 - First Year Student Seminar

Kudos

presented

Kristin Koepke, CATL; Christa Kiersch, Management; and Alexander O'Brien, Psychology; presented "How to Marie Kondo Your Course: Applying Cognitive Load Theory to Tidy Up Courses for Online Learning and Beyond" at The Joys of Teaching and Learning (OPID - UW System) on April 9 online.

Submitted on: May 3, 2021

published

Jaime Schmidt, Psychology '17 and Alexander O'Brien, Psychology, co-authored the article "Typical listeners are unable to detect sound quality differences between luxury and value headphones" in Cognition, Brain, Behavior published on March 23 by ASRC Publishing House.

Submitted on: Mar. 27, 2020

published

Alexander O'Brien, Psychology, authored the article "Using prosopagnosia to test and modify visual recognition theory" in "Perceptual And Motor Skills" published on Feb. 8, 2018 by Sage Publications.

Submitted on: Feb. 11, 2018

Memberships & affiliations

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