Phone:  (864) 656-4982
Office:  310-L Brackett Hall
E-mail:  bstephe@clemson.edu
Homepage: http://people.clemson.edu/~bstephe/

Education:

• PhD:  Developmental Psychology (The University of Texas at Austin, 1985)
• BS:  Psychology (University of Georgia, 1979)

Research Interests:

• Vision
• Visual development

Selected Publications:

• Dannemiller, J. L., & Stephens, B. R. (2001). Asymmetries in contrast polarity processing in young human infants. Journal of Vision, 1(2), , http://journalofvision.org/1/2/5, DOI 10.1167/1.2.5.
• Stephens, B. R., & Brady, K. (2001). Decruitment and perceived contrast [Abstract]. Investigative Opthalmology and Visual Science, 42(4), S159.
• Dannemiller, J. L., & Stephens, B. R. (2000). Contrast discrimination under temporally varying contrast conditions. Perception and Psychophysics, 62(5), 1039-1050.
• Mondloch, C. J., Lewis, T. L., Budreau, D. R., Maurer, D., Stephens, B. R., & Kleiner-Gathercoal, K. A. (1999). Face perception during early infancy. Psychological Science, 10(5), 419-422.
• Littleton, H., & Stephens, B. (1999). How gender affects perceptions of aggression in negative campaign advertising. Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 4(1), 33-36.
• Dannemiller, J., & Stephens, B. (1998). Contrast gain control in psychophysical contrast discrimination. Perception and Psychophysics, 60(7), 1153-1163.

Professional Affiliations:

• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• South Carolina Psychological Association
• Vision Science Society

Teaching Responsibilities:

• PSYCH 310: Advanced Experimental Psychology Laboratory
• PSYCH 340: Life-Span Development
• PSYCH 443: Early Development
• PSYCH 822: Human Perception and Performance