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Walter Beagley, Ph.D.

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Selected Book Publications

Walter Beagley, Ph.D..  Eye Lines.  Eye Lines Software.  5.0 ed.  November 13, 2009.

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Eye Lines is a software system for building, running and analyzing data for experiments in Experimental Psychology. Its unique capabilities include using real-time image manipulation for psychophysical measurement and recording mouse trajectory to study drawing behavior and sensory-motor learning. Originally released in 1990, the software has been used at more than 120 institutions in 13 different countries. The new version has been completely rewritten for current operating systems and adds new capabilities. It is available for free download at www.alma.edu/el

(This is not exactly a book, but the written source code fills more than 350 pages and there is also an 85 page user manual.)

 

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Graduate Profile

Buddy Scarborough

Buddy Scarborough
Graduation: 2009
Major: Sociology
Minor: Women’s Studies

Prior to an “eye-opening freshman year,” Buddy Scarborough ’09 had never thought about the lived experiences of women. Once he started reading about the concepts of gender and social construction, however, he says he couldn’t get enough.

“The more I learned and understood, the more I wanted to be active in breaking down these constructs,” he says. “I broke down my own perceptions and actions and saw how the things I do on daily basis perpetuate or disintegrate restrictive constructions of gender.”

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