Kenneth M. Steele (Professor)
		Methods of contact Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 Voice: (828) 262 2731 e-mail: steelekm@appstate.edu Web page: www.acs.appstate.edu/~kms

Education

• 1985-1987 National Research Service Award Fellow, Duke University
• Ph.D. 1985, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• M.A. 1978, Bryn Mawr College
• A.B. 1973, University of Pennsylvania

Teaching Interests

Learning/Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Research Methods, Perception, History and Systems.

Research Interests

Nature of reinforcement effects, contingency and causality effects, spatial cognition, music perception, superstition, behavioral momentum, activity anorexia, and the putative Mozart effect.

Recent Publications

• Steele, K. M. (2006). Unconvincing evidence that rats show a Mozart effect. Music Perception, 23, 455-458.
  
  
• Steele, K. M., & Williams, A. K. (2006). Is the bandwidth for timbre invariance only one octave? Music Perception, 23, 215-220.
  
  
• Steele, K. M. (2005/2006). Weak justification for combining groups: A reply to Schellenberg. Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 4, 16-18.
  
  
• Steele, K. M. (2005/2006). Do music lessons enhance IQ? A reanalysis of Schellenberg (2004). Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 4, 6-9.
  
  
• Steele, K. M. (2003). Do rats show a Mozart effect? Music Perception, 21, 251-265. Reprint in PDF format
  
  
• Steele, K. M. (2001). The "Mozart Effect": An example of the scientific method in operation. Psychology Teacher Network, 11, 2-5. Reprint in PDF format
  
  
• Steele, K. M. (2001). Case reponse for the class that (probably) cheated: Dr. Dill's dilemma. Ethics & Behavior, 11, 349-362.
  

• Steele, K. M.(2000). Arousal and mood factors in the "Mozart effect." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 91, 188-190. Reprint in PDF format

• Steele, K. M., Dalla Bella, S., Peretz, I., Dunlop, T., Dawe, L. A., Humphrey, G. K., Shannon, R. A., Kirby Jr., J. L., & Olmstead, C. G. (1999). Prelude or requiem for the 'Mozart effect'? Nature, 400, 827. Reprint in PDF format of Chabris, Steele et al., and Rauscher reply

• Steele, K. M., Bass, K. E., & Crook, M. D. (1999). The mystery of the Mozart effect: Failure to replicate. Psychological Science, 10, 366-369. Reprint in PDF format

• Steele, K. M., Brown, J. D., & Stoecker, J. A. (1999). Failure to confirm the Rauscher and Shaw description of recovery of the Mozart effect. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 88, 843-848. Reprint in PDF format

• Steele, K. M. (1998). Evolutionary drift in the psychology curriculum [Review of the book Experimental Psychology]. Contemporary Psychology, 43, 200-201.

• Steele, K. M., Dello Stritto, M. E., & Brigner, W. L. (1997).  Changes in perceived color with intermittent illumination. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 85, 759-765.

• Steele, K. M., Ball, T. N., & Runk, R. (1997). Listening to Mozart does not enhance backwards digit span performance. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 84, 1179-1184. Reprint in PDF format
  
  
• Steele , K. M. & Smithwick, L. E. (1989). First names and first impressions: A fragile relationship. Sex Roles, 21, 517-523. Reprint in PDF Format