SUNY Oswego - Psychology Department: Faculty and Staff

Leigh F. Bacher - Supervisor Peer Advisement Team; Psychology International Education Advisor; PSI CHI Advisor

Fall 2008

Class Schedule:
Course Number: PSY 280-820
Course Title: Analysis of Psychological Data
Day(s): T Th - Lecture
Time: 3:55-5:15
Location: Mahar 202
Day(s): F - Lab
Time: 10:00-12:00
Location: Mahar 302

Course Number: PSY 322-810
Course Title: Child Psychology
Day(s): T Th - Lecture
Time: 8:00-9:20
Location: Mahar 201

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Research Interests:  Development and correlates of spontaneous eye blinking in human infants. Supported by National Eye Institute (NIH) EY16238, 2005-2007.

Relationships between attention and action in the development of motor control and new motor skills (especially reaching) in human infants. Supported by Oswego's GWI Grant.

Relationships between cognitive development and formation of philosophical and religious beliefs in college students.

Professional Information:
Education:
Ph.D.: (1998) Developmental Psychology, Cornell University
M.A.: (1994) Developmental Psychology, Cornell University
B.A.: (1986) Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Georgia

Professional Organizations:
American Psychological Society
International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
International Society on Infant Studies

Recent Papers and Publications:
Bacher, L. F., & Smotherman, W. P. (2004). Spontaneous eye blinking in human infants: a review. Developmental Psychobiology, 44, 95-102.

Bacher, L. F., & Smotherman, W. P. (2004). Systematic temporal variation in the rate of spontaneous eye blinking in human infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 44, 140-145.

Robertson, S., Guckenheimer, J., Masnick, A. & Bacher, L. F. (2004). The dynamics of infant visual foraging. Developmental Science, 7(2), 194-200.

Bacher, L. F., & Robertson, S. S. (2001). Coupling of motor activity and visual attention: infants' responses to new visual stimuli. Developmental Psychobiology, 39(2), 99-106.

Bacher, L. R., Robertson, S. S. & Smotherman, W. P. (2001). Effects of warmth on oral grasp responses and motor activity in newborn rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 115(3), 675-682.

Robertson, S. S., Bacher, L. F. & Lalley-Huntington, N. (2001). The integration of body movement and attention in young infants. Psychological Science, 12(6), 523-526.