Curriculum Vitae
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Erwin M. Segal
 
Picture taken on the occasion of Dr. T. J. Capo 
receiving his PhD Degree from Dr. Segal
Department of Psychology
Center for Cognitive Science
University at Buffalo
Associate Professor
Head, Cognitive Area
361 Park Hall
State University of New York
Buffalo, NY 14260
email: segal@acsu.buffalo.edu
phone: (716) 645-3650 ext. 361
Fax: (716) 645-3801

Education

 B. A.: University of Maryland, 1957 (Psychology).
Ph.D.: University of Minnesota, 1962 (Psychology).
  Academic Experience: Instructor, University of Minnesota, 1960-61
Assistant Professor, State College of Iowa, 1961-62
Assistant Professor, Arlington State College, 1962-65
Associate Professor, Arlington State College (University of Texas at Arlington), 1965-67
Associate Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1967-
Linguistics Institute, State University of New York at Buffalo, Summer, 1971
Research Associate, University of California At Berkeley, 1974-75
First International Summer Institute in Cognitive Science, State University of New York at Buffalo, Summer, 1994.
  Reviews Segal, E. M. (Feb. 1978) Special Review of The path between the seas. by David McCollough, Buffalo Currier Express.

Segal, E. M. (1982). Review article Perspectives on cognitive science, edited by D. A. Norman, Papers in Linguistics, l5, 29l-303.

Segal, E. M. (1987) Review of Metatheory in Social Science, Edited by D. W. Fiske & R. A. Schweder. American Anthropologist, 89, 956-957.

Segal, E. M. (1989). Review of Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition: A Theory of Judgment, by Howard Margolis. Contemporary Psychology, 34, 988-989.

Segal, E. M. (1989). Review of Saving Belief: A Critique of Physicalism, by Lynne Rudder Baker, Philosophical Psychology, 3, 347-351.

Segal, E. M. (1994) Review of Narrative Thought and Narrative Language, edited by B. K. Britton and A. D. Pellegrini. Minds and Machines 3, 335-339
 

Anthologized Publications (abbreviated) Segal, E. M. (1964). Demonstration of acquired distinctiveness of cues using a paired-associate learning task. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67, 587-590.
Reprinted in abstract form in B. R. Bugelski (Ed.), (l975). Empirical studies in the psychology of learning. Indianapolis: Hackett.

Segal, E. M. (l969). Hierarchical structure in free recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 80, 59-63.
Excerpts reprinted (l974) in D. H. Kausler, Psychology of verbal learing and memory. New York: Academic Press.

Segal, E. M., & Lachman, R. (1972). Complex behavior or higher mental processes: Is there a paradigm shift. American Psychologist, 27, 46-55.
Reprinted in oral form to be available to blind psychologists.
Reprinted in F. T. Severin (Ed.), Discovering man in psychology. NY: McGraw Hill.
Reprinted in the Xerox reprint series.
Reprinted (l976) in M. H. Marx & F. E. Goodson (Eds.) Theories in contemporary psychology, 2nd ed. New York: Mac Millan.

McCain, G., & Segal, E. M. (l977). The game of science, Third Edition. Monterey, California: Brooks/Cole.
Excerpts reprinted in Frederick E. Mosedale (Ed.), Philosophy of science: The wide range of interaction.
 

Other Journal Articles Segal, E. M. (l964). Recall as a hierarchical structure. American Psychologist, l9, 559 (abstract).

Gough, P. B., & Segal, E. M. (l965). Comment on "The insufficiency of a finite state model for verbal reconstructive memory." Psychonomic Science, 3, l55-l56.

Segal, E. M., & Halwes, T. G. (l965). Learning of letter pairs as a prototype of first language learning. Psychonomic Science, 3, 45l-452.

Segal, E. M., & Halwes, T. G. (l966). The influence of frequency of exposure on the learning of phrase structural grammar. Psychonomic Science, 4, 157-158.

Bernstein, I. H., & Segal, E. M. (l965). Absolute judgments under three viewing distances. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 21, 358.

Cofer, C. N., Segal, E. M., Stein, J., & Walker, H. (l969). Studies on free recall of nouns following presentation under adjectival modification. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 79, 254-264.

Bernstein, I. H., & Segal, E. M. (l968). Set and temporal integration. Perception and Psychophysics, 4, 233-236.

Bruder, G., & Segal, E. M. (1972). Effects of temporal and spatial organization of lists on clustering. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 93, l5l-l55.

Segal, E. M., & Stacy, E. W., Jr. (1975). Rule governed behavior as a psychological process. American Psychologist, 30, 54l-552.

Segal, E. M. (1982). Metatheory of animal behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 386-387.

Greenspan, S. L., & Segal, E. M. (1984). Reference and comprehension: A topic-comment analysis of sentence-picture verification. Cognitive Psychology, 16, 556-606.

Segal, E. M. (1990) Fictional narrative comprehension: Structuring the deictic center. The Twelfth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 526-533.

Segal, E. M., Duchan, J. F., & Scott. P. J. (1991). The discourse meaning of interclausal connectives: Evidence from adults' interpretations of simple stories. Discourse Processes, 14, 27-54.

Hewitt, L. E., Duchan, J. F., & Segal, E. M. (1993) Discourse analysis of verbal conflicts among adults with mental retardation. Discourse Processes, 16, 525-544.

Higgenbotham, D. J., Drazek, A. L., Kowarsky, K., Scally, C. and Segal, E. M. (1994) Discourse comprehension of synthetic speech delivered at normal and slow presentation rates. Augmentative and Alternative Communication.

Segal, E. M., Miller, G., Hosenfeld, C., Mendelsohn, A., Russell, W., Julian, J., Greene, A., & Delphonse, J. (1997). Person and Tense in Narrative Interpretation. Discourse Processes, 24, 271-307.
 

Books McCain, G., & Segal, E. M. (1969). The game of science. Belmont, California: Brooks/Cole.Second edition (1973); Third edition (1977): Fourth edition (1982); Fifth edition (1988)
  Book Chapters Segal, E. M. (1969). Education: III. Methodology. In Marion May (Ed.), Report on Continuing Conference on the Future. Buffalo: SUNY/AB.

Segal, E. M. (1975). Understanding our world. In V. Showalter, D. Cox, P. Holobinko, & B. Thompson (Eds.), Unified Science-Premises and Prospects. Columbus, Ohio: FUSE.

Segal, E. M. (l986). The limits of reductionism: A discussion of epistemology and the new connectionism. In N. Garver and P. H. Hare, Editors, Naturalism and Rationality. (pp 109-114). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.

Segal, E. M. (1994) Archaeology and Cognitive Science. In C. Renfrew and E. Zubrow (Eds.) The Ancient Mind: Elements of Cognitive Archaeology, (pp 22-28). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Segal, E. M. (1995) Narrative Comprehension and the Role of Deictic Shift Theory. In J. F. Duchan, G. A. Bruder, and L. Hewitt (Eds.) Deixis in Narrative: A Cognitive Science Perspective. (pp 3-17). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Segal, Erwin M. (1995). A Cognitive-Phenomenological Theory of Fictional Narrative. In J. F. Duchan, G. A. Bruder, and L. Hewitt (Eds.) Deixis in Narrative: A Cognitive Science Perspective. (pp 61-78). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Segal, E. M. & Duchan, J. F. (1997). Interclausal connectives as indicators of structuring in discourse. In J. Costermans & M. Fayol (Eds.) Processing Interclausal Relations for the Production and Comprehension of Text. (pp. 95-120) Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Segal, E. M. (1998). Deixis in short fiction: The contribution of Deictic Shift Theory to reader experience of literary fiction. In Barbara Lounsberry, Susan Lohafer, Mary Rohrberger, Stephen Pett, & R. C. Feddersen (Eds.) Telling Tales: Perspectives on the Short Story, (pp 169-175). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Rapaport, William J.; Segal, Erwin M.; Shapiro, Stuart C.; Zubin, David A.; Bruder, Gail A.; Duchan, Judith F.; Almeida, Michael J.; Daniels, Joyce H.; Galbraith, Mary M.; Wiebe, Janyce M.; & Yuhan, Albert Hanyong (in press), ``Deictic Centers and the Cognitive Structure of Narrative Comprehension,'' in Joachim Knuf (ed.), Time, Space, and Identity: Essays on Deixis. To be published.
 

Technical Reports Cofer, C. N., & Segal, E. M. (1959). An exploration of clustering in the recall of nouns embedded during presentations in sentences. Technical Report No. 27 for Contract Nonr 595(04) Between the University of Maryland and the Office of Naval Research, July.

Cofer, C. N., & Segal, E. M. (1959). Inappropriate modification of nouns in a facilitation design. Technical Report No. 28 for Contract Nonr 595(04) Between the University of Maryland and the Office of Naval Research, July.

Cofer, C. N., & Segal, E. M. (1959). Certain modifier effects with nouns varying in degree of clustering tendency. Technical Report No. 29 for Contract Nonr 595(04) Between the University of Maryland and the Office of Naval Research, July.

Greenspan, S. L., & Segal, E. M. (1983). Reference and comprehension: A topic-comment analysis of sentence-picture verification. Institute of Cognitive Science Technical Report, University of California at San Diego.

Bruder, G. A., Duchan, J. F., Rapaport, W. J., Segal, E. M., Shapiro, S. C., & Zubin, D. A. (l986). Deictic centers in narrative: An interdisciplinary cognitive-science project. Technical Report 86-20. Department of Computer Science, SUNY at Buffalo

Rapaport, W. J., Segal, E. M., Shapiro, S. C., Zubin, D. A., Bruder, G. A., Duchan, J. F., Almeida, M. J., Daniels, J. H., Galbraith, M. & Yuhan, A. H. (1989). Deictic centers and the cognitive structure of narrative comprehension. Technical Report 89-01, Department of Computer Science, SUNY at Buffalo.

Rapaport, W. J., Segal, E. M., Shapiro, S. C., Zubin, D. A., Bruder, G. A., Duchan, J. F., Mark, D. M. (1989). Cognitive and computer systems for understanding narrative text. Technical Report 89-07, Department of Computer Science, SUNY at Buffalo.

Higgenbotham, D. J., Drazek, A. L., Kowarsky, K. Scally, C. & Segal, E. M. (1992). Discourse Comprehension of Synthetic Speech Delivered at Normal and Slow Presentation Rates. Tech. Rep. No. 92-11. Center for Cognitive Science SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

Kearns, J. T. Rapaport, W. J., Segal, E. M., & Talmy, L. (Eds.)(1992). Proceedings of the Conference on Cognition and Representation, Tech. Rep 92-12. Center for Cognitive Science SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

Segal, E. M. (1993). Archaeology and Cognitive Science. Tech. Rep. No. 93-6. Center for Cognitive Science SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 

Colloquia and other Invited Presentations Segal, E. M. Mediation: Structural or associational. Minnesota Group for the Study of Verbal Behavior, Chicago, May l964.

Segal, E. M. The influence of semantics on learning simple syntactic relations. Minnesota Group for the Study of Verbal Behavior, May l965.

Segal, E. M. A contrast between learned and assessed verbal associates. Minnesota Group for the Study of Verbal Behavior, May l965.

Segal, E. M. Certain phenomena within miniature linguistic systems. Center for Research in Human Learning, University of Minnesota, July l966.

Lachman, R., & Segal, E. M. Complex behavior or higher mental process: Is there a paradigm shift. Conference on the Higher Mental Processes. SUNY at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, March l970.

Segal, E. M. Semantic decision processes (lexical). Minnesota Group for the Study of Verbal Behavior, Cincinnati, May l970.

Segal, E. M. The syntax of one word utterances. Developmental psycholinguistics Conference, SUNY/AB, August l97l.

Segal, E. M. Rule governed behavior as a psychological process. Conference on "The Psychological Bases of Linguistic and Other Rules," SUNY at Binghamton, December l973.

Segal, E. M. Understanding our world. Federation for Unified Science Education, Columbus, Ohio, May l974.

Segal, E. M. Language, representation, and behavior. Colloquium given to Cognitive Psychology Group, Stanford University, April l975.

Segal, E. M. Language, representation, and behavior. Monthly Linguistic Meeting, University of California at Berkeley, April l975.

Segal, E. M. Presuppositions, Logic Colloquium, SUNY at Buffalo, April l976.

Segal, E. M. Syntax of perception. Paper given to the Circle for Visual Semiotics, Buffalo, New York, February l977.

Segal, E. M. The structure of memory, Colloquium, Brock University. March l977.

Segal, E. M. The cognition of communication. Niagara Linguistics Society, December l977.

Segal, E. M. Explanation in science. Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, February l978.

Segal, E. M. Contexts in communication. Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, February l978.

Segal, E. M. The space-time deictic center in narrative. Colloquium, Biophysical Sciences, Nov. l984.

Segal, E. M. Global and local factors in the comprehension of narrative text. Colloquium, University of Rochester, Nov. 1987.

Segal, E. M. The language of narrative text and how to understand it. Cognitive Science Group, Harvard University, March, 1989.

Segal, E. M. The language of narrative text: How is it understood? What is learned? Graduate Group in Cognitive Science, SUNY at Buffalo, October, 1989.

Segal, E. M. Comprehension and Generation of Narrative Text. Colloquium, Department of Biophysical Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, April 24, 1991.

Segal, E. M. Reflections on Referring, Referring Expressions, and Referents, Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, Sept. 4, 1991.

Segal, E. M. Deictic Centers and the Cognitive Structure of Narrative Comprehension. First International Colloquium on Deixis: Colloquium on Time, Space, and Identity, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Dec. 2-4, 1994.

Segal, E. M. & Hosenfeld, C. Concepts in the Development of Expertise in a Rewriting Task. Conceptual Studies Research Group of the Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, March, 1, 1995.
 

Symposia Segal, E. M. Discussant of P. Garvin's Suggestions for Theoretical Model-Building in the Descriptive Approach. Conference on Language Theory. State University College at Buffalo, November l975.

Segal, E. M. Chairperson and discussant, Conference entitled Language acquisition in normal and abnormal children. State University College at Buffalo, October l976.

Segal, E. M. Discussant, Cohesion in Text: A cross-linguistic workshop. University of Buffalo, July l982.

Segal, E. M., Empiricism, Faculty Seminar on Models of knowledge, University at Buffalo, November l982.

Segal, E. M. Chair and Discussant, Session on empiricism, Workshop on the comparison and evaluation of models of knowledge, University of Buffalo, March l983.

Segal, E. M. The limits of reductionism: Comments on epistemology and the new connectionism. Conference on Naturalism and Rationality. SUNY at Buffalo, l985.

Segal, E. M. Participant. Conference on Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space. June 11-12, 1988. SUNY at Buffalo.

Segal, E. M. Archaeology and Cognitive Science. Workshop: Can there be an explicitly scientific cognitive archaeology? Cambridge University, April, 1990.

Segal, E. M. Discussant and Panelist, Where does I come from? A two day workshop, Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, May 21-22, 1990.

Segal, E. M. Organized and led symposium discussion, What is Cognitive Science? Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, September, 1990.

Segal, E. M. Chair, Workshop on Phenomenological and Computational Models of Narrative Comprehension, Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, April 19 & 20, 1991.

Segal, E. M. Session Discussion Leader, Conference on Pragmatics: from theory to therapy, Buffalo, NY, March 28, 1992

Segal, E. M. Co-organizer and session discussion leader Conference on Cognition and Representation, Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, April 5, 1992.

Segal, E. M. Contribution of Deictic Shift Theory to reader experience, Second International Conference on the Short Story in English, Iowa City, Iowa, June 6, 1992.

Segal, E. M. Organizer and Presenter, Symposium on Attention, Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, March 31, 1993.

Segal, E. M. Planning committee, steering committee, and contributor to First International Institute on Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, July 5-July 30, 1994.

Segal, E. M. Workshop on Deixis in Narrative, Organizer, Chair, and Presenter. "The role of the deictic shift theory in narrative interpretation," First International Summer Institute in Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, July 25, 1994.

Segal, E. M. Approaches to Consciousness: A Symposium designed to raise one's Consciousness about Consciousness. Organizer, Chair, and Presenter. "Some Properties of Consciousness." Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, February, 22, 1995.
 

Presented papers Segal, E. M., & Brush, F. R. Intersession interval in avoidance conditioning. Eastern Psychological Association Convention, April l959.

Segal, E. M., & Jenkins, J. J. Grammatical study of free associations. Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, May l96l.

Jenkins, J. J., Gough, P. B., Hakes, D. T., Segal, E. M. Grammatical constraints and free association responses. Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, May l96l.

Segal, E. M. Change in intertrial interval before extinction in avoidance conditioning. Southwestern Psychological Association Convention, April l963.

Segal, E. M. Recall as a hierarchical structure. American Psychological Association Convention, September l964.

Segal, E. M. Contextual influences. Southwestern Psychological Association Convention, April l965.

Halwes, T. G., & Segal, E. M. Response learning as an associative process. Southwestern Psychological Association Convention, April, l965.

Segal, E. M. Some formal considerations of mediation. Southwestern Psychological Association Convention, April l966.

Segal, E. M. The influence of semantics on learning of syntax. Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, May l966

Segal, E. M., & Martin, D. R. The influence of transformational history on the importance of words in sentences. Psychonomic Society Meeting, October l966.

Segal, E. M., Martin, D. R., & Gramling, W. B. The processing of sentences from memory. Southwestern Psychological Association Convention, Houston, April l967.

Martin, D. R., Segal, E. M., & Talley, M. G. The effects of transformation on rated work importance. Southwestern Psychological Association Convention, Houston, April l967.

Segal, E. M., & Martin, D. R. The evaluation of words under different transforms of the same base structure: Sentences with transitive verbs. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, May l967.

Segal, E. M., & Bernstein, I. H. The temporal character of a determining tendency. Psychonomics Society Meeting, Chicago, October l967.

Segal, E. M. The influence of semantic cues on recall. Psychonomic Society Meeting, St. Louis, November l969.

Segal, E. M., Goldberg, S., & Moore, T. E. Categorizing ambiguous words. Psychonomic Society Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November l970.

Bruder, G., & Segal, E. M. Effects of temporal and spatial organization of lists on clustering. Psychonomic Society Meeting, St. Louis, November l97l.

Lawson, R., & Segal, E. M. Specific sentence meaning in a comprehension task. EPA Meeting, Philadelphia, April l974.

Segal, E. M., & Bourg, J. W. The role of stressed word order in the interpretation of sentences. MPA Meeting, May l974.

Spector, A., & Segal, E. M. A test of two models for organization in directed forgetting. Psychonomic Society Meeting, Boston, November l974.

Segal, E. M., & Greenspan, S. L. Evaluating sentences which refer to associated pictures. Psychonomic Society meeting, Phoenix, November l979.

Greenspan, S. L., & Segal, E. M. Information transfer in sentence-picture verification, Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Hartford, Connecticut, April l980.

Segal, E. M., & Greenspan, S. L. Sentence verification and the symbolic distance effect. Psychonomic Society meeting, St. Louis, November l980.

Greenspan, S. L., & Segal, E. M. The role of sentential nouns in sentence-picture verification. Eastern Psychological Association Convention. April l98l.

Greenspan, S. L., & Segal, E. M. Repetition in a sentence-picture verification task. Psychonomic Society meeting, Philadelphia, November l981.

Segal, E. M., & Greenspan, S. L. Presupposition and assertion in sentence verification. Psychonomic Society meeting, Minneapolis, November l982.

Segal, E. M., Bruder, G., & Daniels, J. Deictic centers in narrative comprehension, Psychonomic Society Meeting, San Antonio, November l984.

Duchan, J. F. & Segal, E. M. How "and" and "then" serve to indicate continuity in discourse meaning. NYSSLHA Meeting, April, 1989.

Segal, E. M. Fictional Narrative Comprehension: Structuring the Deictic Center. Presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society MIT, Cambridge MA, July, 1990.

Segal, E. M. & Rapaport, W. J. Deictic Centers and the Cognitive Structure of Narrative Comprehension. Presented at First International Conference on Deixis, Lexington, KY, October, 1994.

Hastrup, J. L., Segal, E. M., & Snyder, P. J. Comprehension of multifactorial carcinogenesis involving multiple genetic and environmental risk factors: Susceptibility to single-factor explanations in a young adult population. Presented at Conference on Mechanisms and Prevention of Environmentally Caused Cancers, Santa Fe, NM, October, 1995.

Siegel, A. C. & Segal, E. M. Automatic processes during narrative comprehension: Understanding point of view. Presented at Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, November, 1995.

Segal, E. M., Miller, G., Hosenfeld, C., Mendelsohn, A., Russell, W., Julian, J., Greene, A., & Delphonse, J. Some Functions of Tense and Person in Narrative Interpretation. International Society for Text & Discourse, San Diego, July 10-12, 1996
 

Research interests Theory of Comprehension
Narrative Comprehension and Production
Reference and the Social and Physical Context of Discourse.
Representation and Memory
Functions of Language
Discourse Analysis
Theory of Knowledge
Problem Solving
The Development of Expertise
  Professional Society Memberships American Psychological Society
Psychonomic Society
Cognitive Science Society
Linguistic Society of America
Psi Chi
Society for the Study of the Short Story
  Fields of Authority: Cognitive Science Narrative Interpretation
Cognitive Psychology Narrative Theory
Psycholinguistics Theory of Meaning
Theory in Psychology Text Comprehension
Philosophy of Science Experimental Design
Problem Solving Statistical Analysis
  Dissertations Directed: SUNY at Buffalo
  • Leiber, Lillian P. Visual, acoustic and semantic processing of words, l97l
  • Moore, Timothy E. Speeded recognition of ungrammaticality, l97l.
  • Tamler, Howard M. The temporal course of perceptual closure in syntax recognition, l973.
  • Johnson, R. C. A comparative study of long term recognition storage for visually, verbally, and thematically coded material, l973.
  • Goldberg, S. L. The role of letters and syllables in word perception, l974.
  • Lawson, R. Memory for information conveyed by semantically interrelated sentences, l974.
  • Spector, Amos. Speeded processing of semantic, phonemic and temporal verbal sequences, and their consequent memory, l974.
  • Howard, Dennis D. The nature of memory for sentences, l975.
  • Stacy, E. Webb, Jr. Top down and bottom up processes in the perception of words, l976.
  • Welte, John. Recognition of characters represented in multiple memory stores, l976.
  • Goldman, Barbara H. Efficiency of auditory judgments as a function of the relationship between type of cue and type of task, l976.
  • Yoder, Janice O. The use of various justice rules in interpersonal and impersonal relations, l979.
  • Maida, Anthony S. The repetition and retrieval of comparative information in human semantic memory, l980.
  • Bourg, James W. Stroop interference and cerebral asymmetry in native deaf signers of American Sign Language, l980.
  • Greenspan, Steven L. Semantic flexibility and referential specificity: Implications for an interactive theory of sense and reference, l983.
  • Daniels, Joyce H. The role of function on the categorization of concrete objects in semantic memory, 1988.
  • Siegel, Andrea Carol. Automatic processing during rapid reading: Understanding point of view, 1994.
  • Capo, Thomas. Letter recognition in familiar contexts, 1997.
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