Nam received a B.A. in psychology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2005. Nam is interested in the psychology of attention, perception, and causal judgment. For his Masters thesis, he is investigating the effects of contingency and the number of options in a causal decision making paradigm.

Nam Nguyen Department of Psychology 3 Life Sciences II Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-6502 Phone: (618) 453-3575 Fax: (618) 453-3563 E-mail: namdai@gmail.com Faculty Advisor Michael Young

Publications:

Young, M.E., & Nguyen, N. (in press).  The problem of delayed causation in a video game: Constant, varied, and filled delays.  Learning and Motivation.

Presentations:

Young, M.E., & Nguyen, N. (November, 2008).  Identifying the cause of distal events.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago, IL.

Nguyen, N., & Young, M.E. (October, 2007). Causal learning in a dynamic environment: The effect of delays and auditory fillers.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Athens, GA.