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| Jack Thompson is a professor of psychology at Centre College, where he has taught since 1976.
One of Thompson's academic interest is psychophysiology, and is the author of The Psychobiology of Emotion (Plenum Press 1988). He also has research and teaching interests in human cognition, learning, perception, and developmental psychology. His research has led to articles in scholarly journals including Acta Psychologica, Perception, The Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior and The Journal of Counseling Psychology. Thompson is committed to having students involved in research, and his regular collaboration with Centre students has led to presentations at the Kentucky Academy of Science, the Southeastern Psychological association and other professional meetings. Some of his more recent student-faculty collaborative projects include EEG activity during binocular rivalry, cortisol levels and perceived stress, and cardiovasacular activity during video games. Thompson has personal interest in the history and culture of Ireland and is the author of Women in Celtic Law and Culture (Edwin Mellen Press, 1996). A 1971 cum laude graduate of Wagner College (B.A.), Thompson received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Rutgers University (1973, 1975).
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