Background

Office: 241 Smiddy Hall
Phone: (540) 328-0136
Fax: (540) 328-0247
e-mail:   Jim Horton

     Jim joined the faculty in 1994 as an instructor of psychology while the college was still known as Clinch Valley College of the The University of Virginia (CVC).  He entered the doctoral program at Virginia Tech in 1996 and continued to teach while he completed his doctoral studies.  Jim received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 1999 and joined the faculty of The University of Virginia's College at Wise as an Assistant Professor of Psychology. 

     Jim teaches several courses on a rotating schedule.  His primary teaching duties include Biological Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Health Psychology, Human Sexuality, Human Neuropsychology, Introduction to Psychology, Psychology of Learning, Psychophysiology, Research Methods, Sensation and Perception, Social Psychology, Statistics, and supervision of Independent Studies and Research Practicums. 

     Jim is the Director of The NeuroCognitive Sciences Laboratory and uses neuroimaging to pursue research interests in attention, inhibitory processes, hypnosis, imagery, and pain control.  Jim is involved in collaborative research with several laboratories in the U.S. and internationally.

Membership: Professional Organizations 
     American Psychological Society
     Cognitive Neuroscience Society
     Federation of European Psychophysiologists Society
     International Organization of Psychophysiology
     Psi Chi, 
     Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
     Southeastern Psychological Association
     Society for Psychophysiological Research
     Virginia Psychological Association
 

This page last updated: November 24, 2000
Maintained by: Dr. James E. Horton