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Professor of Psychology and Associate Director for Cognitive Interventions

Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1969

E-mail address: d.dansereau@tcu.edu

Selected Publications

Dr. Don Dansereau

Don Dansereau has been on the faculty at Texas Christian University since 1968, where he is now Professor of Psychology and Associate Director for Cognitive Interventions in the IBR.   He also was Principal Investigator for the CETOP (Cognitive Enhancements for the Treatment of Probationers) Project, a NIDA-funded research grant.   Dr. Dansereau teaches graduate statistics and cognitive psychology, and his research focuses on cognitive approaches for improving education, drug abuse prevention, and treatment.   His interests include the development of theoretical models on how individuals acquire and use complex information.   Grants from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Education, U.S. Army Research Institute, National Science Foundation, and National Institute on Drug Abuse have funded his work.   His publications include over 160 papers.


Selected Publications

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Dansereau, D. F., Joe, G. W., & Simpson, D. D. (1993). Node-link mapping: A visual representation strategy for enhancing drug abuse counseling. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 40(4), 385-395.  [Abstract]

Dansereau, D. F., Dees, S. M., & Simpson, D. D. (1994). Cognitive modularity: Implications for counseling and the representation of personal issues. The Journal of Counseling Psychology, 41(4), 513-523.  [Abstract]

Dansereau, D. F., & Johnson, D. W. (1994). Cooperative learning. (Chapter 5). In D. Druckman & R. A. Bjork (Eds.), Learning, remembering, believing: Enhancing human performance (pp. 83-111; references pp. 319-327). Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Dansereau, D. F., Joe, G. W., & Simpson, D. D. (1995). Attentional difficulties and the effectiveness of a visual representation strategy for counseling drug-addicted clients. International Journal of the Addictions, 30(4), 371-386.  [Abstract]

Dansereau, D. F., Dees, S. M., Greener, J. M., & Simpson, D. D. (1995). Node-link mapping and the evaluation of drug abuse counseling sessions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 9(3), 195-203.  [Abstract]

Blankenship, J. & Dansereau, D. F. (2000). The effect of animated node-link displays on information recall and session evaluation. Journal of Experimental Education, 68(4), 293-308. [Abstract]

Bahr, G. S., & Dansereau, D. F. (2001).  Bilingual knowledge maps (BiK-Maps) in second language vocabulary learning.  Journal of Experimental Education, 70(1), 5-24.

Newbern, D. & Dansereau, D. F. (2001).  Evolutions in scripted co-operative learning:  Emotional competence.  In N. Falchikov (Ed.), Learning together: Peer tutoring in higher education (pp. 257-261).  London: Routledge Falmer.

Dansereau, D. F., & Dees, S. M. (2002).  Mapping training:  The transfer of a cognitive technology for improving counseling.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 22(4), 219-230.  [Abstract]

Czuchry, M., & Dansereau, D. F. (2003).  A model of the effects of node-link mapping on drug abuse counseling. Addictive Behaviors, 28(3), 537-549.  [Abstract]

Czuchry, M., & Dansereau, D. F. (2003).  Cognitive skills training:  Impact on drug abuse counseling and readiness for treatment.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 29(1), 1-18.  [Abstract]

Czuchry, M., & Dansereau, D. F. (2005).  Using motivational activities to facilitate treatment involvement and reduce risk.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 37(1), 7-13.  [Abstract]

Dansereau, D. F. (2005).  Node-link mapping principles for visualizing knowledge and information.  In S. O. Tergan & T. Keller (Eds.), Knowledge visualization and information visualization -- Searching for synergies.  Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3426 (pp. 61-81).   Heidelberg:  Springer-Verlag.

Dansereau, D. F., & Simpson, D. D.  (2009).  A picture is worth a thousand words:  The case for graphic representations.  Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 40(1), 104-110.  [Abstract].

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IBR Faculty, Research Staff

Director and Professor
Patrick M. Flynn

Former Director and S.B. Sells Distinguished Professor
D. Dwayne Simpson

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Donald F. Dansereau

George W. Joe

Kevin Knight

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Wayne E. K. Lehman

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Danica K. Knight
Grace A. Rowan-Szal

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