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MARK G. FISCHMAN
Wayne T. Smith
Distinguished Professor
1459 Haley Center
(334) 844-1465
fischmg@auburn.edu
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Ph.D: Pennsylvania State
University (1983)
Dissertation: Programming
time as a function of number of connected movement parts and changes in
movement direction. Directed by Robert W. Christina.
MS:
Madison College (1976; now James Madison
University)
B.S.Ed:
The City University of New York (1971)
Undergraduate Classes:
- HLHP 3650 - Motor Learning and Performance
- HLHP 4760 - Introduction to Research in Exercise Science
- HLHP 3020 - Scientific Foundations of Health and Human Performance
Graduate Classes:
- HLHP 7650 - Advanced Motor Learning and Performance
- HLHP 7010 - Research Methods in Physical Activity
- HLHP 8710 - Scientific Communication in Exercise Science
Research Interests:
- Factors that influence human grip selection (end-state comfort effects)
- Augmented feedback in motor skill acquisition
- Divided Attention and concurrence costs in non-speeded secondary tasks
- Reaction time and response programming
Recent Publications:
- Fischman, M. G. (2007). Motor
learning and control foundations of kinesiology: Defining the academic core.
Quest, 59, 67-76.
- Coker, C. A.,
Fischman, M. G. & Oxendine, J. B. (2006).
Motor skill learning for effective coaching and performance. In J. M.
Williams (Ed.), Applied sport psychology: Personal growth to peak
performance (5th ed., pp. 17-39). New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Fischman, M. G.,
McAlister, R., & Kinley, S. J. (2005). Concurrence costs in non–speeded
secondary tasks. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 48, 281–290.
- Fischman, M. G.,
Stodden, D. F., & Lehman, D. M. (2003). The end-state comfort effect in
bimanual grip selection. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 74,
17-24.
- Fischman, M. G., Yao, W.-X.,
& Reeve, T. G. (2000). Directional accuracy demands in the response
complexity effect: Tests of subtended angle and tolerant width. Journal of
Human Movement Studies, 39, 295-310.
- Lane, C. A., Fischman, M. G.,
Hart, M. A., & Reeve, T. G. (2000). Manipulations of sensory information: A
test of the hypothesis of redundancy of knowledge of results. Perceptual
and Motor Skills, 91, 1106-1112.
- Yao, W.-X., & Fischman, M. G.
(1999). Kinematic characteristics of aiming movements as a function of
temporal and spatial constraints. Motor Control, 3, 424-435.
- Butler, M. S., & Fischman, M. G.
(1999). Effects of performance-based schedules of feedback on the learning of
a two-dimensional arm-positioning task. Journal of Human Movement Studies,
36, 183-201.
- Buckhalt, J. A., Whang, P. A., &
Fischman, M. G. (1998). Reaction time and movement time relationships with
intelligence in three different simple tasks. Personality and Individual
Differences, 24, 493-497.
- Fischman, M. G. (1998). Constraints on
grip-selection: Minimizing awkwardness. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 86,
328-330.
- Butler, M. S., Reeve, T. G., & Fischman,
M. G. (1996). Effects of the instructional set in the bandwidth feedback
paradigm on motor skill acquisition. Research Quarterly for Exercise and
Sport, 67, 355-359.
- Short, M. W., Fischman, M. G., & Wang,
Y. T. (1996). Cinematographical analysis of movement pathway constraints in
rapid target-striking tasks. Journal of Motor Behavior, 28, 157-163.
Professional Organizations:
- American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical
Education (AAKPE). Fellow #418. www.aakpe.org
- American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD).
www.aahperd.org
- North American Society for the Psychology of
Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA).
www.naspspa.org
- The Psychonomic Society.
www.psychonomic.org
