Email Address:
cbrown@southalabama.edu
Phone Number:
(251) 460-6372
Location:
UCOM 1016
Office Hours:
By appointment
CV

Charles H. Brown, Ph.D.

Professor

Psychobiology, Teaching of Psychology

Dr Brown is accepting graduate students for the 2018-2019 academic year

Education

PH.D. Michigan State University 1976
Psychobiology
M.S. Michigan State University 1973
Psychobiology
B.S. Western Michigan University 1969
Psychology

Research Interests

I am currently conducting comparative studies on the mechanics of sound production in primates. This work is focused on the evolution of speech and on developing better models of voice disorders. I also conduct research on the development of instructional methods for the teaching of psychology. I am currently collaborating with investigators at the University of Iowa, Princeton University, and the University of Utah.

Sensation & perception
Communication disorders
Acoustics
Hearing
Laryngeal biomechanics
Vocal production
Animal behavior
Comparative and evolutionary psychology
Teaching of Psychology

Publications

Brown, C., Foster, J., Gordon, M. & Yates, M. (2015). Psychology: Science and Applications. Dubuque, IA: Great Rivers Technologies.

Brown, C. & Reide, T. (2017). Comparative Bioacoustics: An Overview. Bentham Science Publishers. Oak Park, IL. Brown, C. & Riede, T. (2017). An introduction to laryngeal biomechanics. Bentham Science Publishers, Oak Park, IL. Pp. 120-264.

Brown, C.H., & Waser, P. (2017). Primate Habitat Acoustics. In: Quam, R.M., Ramsier, M. A., Fay, R. R., Popper, A, N, (Eds.) Primate Hearing and Communication. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research Volume 63. Springer, New York. Pp. 70- 107.

Brown, C.H. (201?). Instructor’s Resources for Psychology: Science and Applications. Dubuque, IA: Great River Technologies. (Expected Fall 2018)

Lippitt, M., & Brown, C. H. (1972). Immediate and long-range goals for program development. In: Coons et al. (Eds.), Training Manual: Developing a Therapeutic Community. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Audio-Visual Education Center, pp. 195-221.

Brown, C. H., & Rilling, M. E. (1975). Stimulus delay and the reduction of errors in the transfer of stimulus control. Animal Learning and Behavior, 3, 21-27.

Rilling, M., Caplan, H. J., Howard, R. C., & Brown, C. H. (1975). Inhibitory stimulus control following errorless discrimination learning. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 24, 121-133.

Brown, C. H., Beecher, M. D., Moody, D. B., & Stebbins, W. C. (1978a).
Localization of pure tones by Old World monkeys. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, 63, 1484-1492.

Brown, C. H., Beecher, M. D., Moody, D. B., & Stebbins, W. C. (1978b). Localization of primate calls by Old World monkeys. Science, 201, 753-754.

Brown, C. H., Beecher, M. D., Moody, D. B., & Stebbins, W. C. (1979). Locatability of vocal signals in Old World monkeys: Design features for the communication of position. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 93, 806-819.

Brown, C. H., Beecher, M. D., Moody, D. B., & Stebbins, W. C. (1980). Localization of noise bands by Old World monkeys. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 68, 127- 132.

Schwagmeyer, P., & Brown, C. H. (1981). Conspecific reaction to playback of thirteen-lined ground squirrel vocalizations. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 56, 25-32.

Snowdon, C. T., Brown, C. H., & Petersen, M. R. (1981). Primate communication in 1980's: Summary of the satellite symposium on primate communication. In: Chairelli and Corrucini (Eds.), Advanced Views in Primate Biology. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 84-99.

Snowdon, C. T., Brown, C. H., & Petersen, M. R. (1982). General introduction. In: Snowdon, Brown & Petersen (Eds.), Primate Communication. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. xii-xx.

Snowdon, C. T., Brown, C. H., & Petersen, M. R. (1982). Primate Communication. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Brown, C. H. (1982a). Primate Auditory localization. In: Gatehouse (Ed.), Localization of sound: Theory and Application. Groton, CT: The Amphora Press, pp. 136-154.

Brown, C. H. (1982b). Auditory localization and primate vocal behavior. In: Snowdon, Brown & Petersen (Eds.), Primate Communication. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 144-164.

Brown, C. H. (1982c). Ventroloquial and locatable vocalizations in birds. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 59, 338-350.

Brown, C. H., Schessler, T., Moody, D., & Stebbins, W. C. (1982). Vertical
and horizontal sound localization in primates. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 72, 1804-1811.

Schwagmeyer, P., & Brown, C. H. (1983). Factors affecting male-male competition in thirteen lined ground squirrels. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 13, 1-6.

Brown, C. H., & Waser, P. M. (1984). Hearing and communication in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis). Animal Behaviour, 32, 66-75.

Brown, C. H., & Green, D. G. (1984). Rod saturation in b-wave of the rat electroretinogram under two different anesthetics. Vision Research, 24, 87-90.

Brown, C. H., & Schwagmeyer, P. (1984). The vocal range of thirteen-lined ground squirrels. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 65, 273-288.

Waser, P. M., & Brown, C. H. (1984). Is there a "sound window" for primate communication? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 15, 73-76.

Brown, C. H. (1984). Directional hearing in aging rats. Experimental Aging Research, 10, 35-38.

Waser, P. M., & Brown, C. H. (1986). Habitat acoustics and primate communication. American Journal of Primatology, 10, 135-154.

Brown, C. H., & Maloney, C. (1986). Temporal integration in two species of Old World monkeys: Blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) and grey-cheeked mangabeys (Cercocebus albigena). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 79, 1058-1064.

Brown, C. H., & Moody, D. B. (1986). Comparative perception of complex stimuli.Experimental Biology, 45, 139-143.

Brown, C. H. (1986a). The perception of vocal signals in blue monkeys and grey-cheeked mangabeys. Experimental Biology, 45, 145-165.

Brown, C. H. (1986b). Forest noise and sound transmission in East African primate habitats. In: Martens (Ed.), Proceedings of the Workshop on Sound Propagation in Forested Areas and Shelterbelts. Nijmegen, The Netherlands: The Catholic University of Nijmegen Press, pp. 185-196.

Brown, C. H., & Waser, P. M. (1988). Environmental influences on the structure of primate vocalizations. In: D. Todt, P. Goedeking, & D. Symmes (Eds.), Primate Vocal Communication. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 51-66.

Brown, C. H. (1989a). The acoustic ecology of East African primates and the perception of vocal signals by grey-cheeked mangabeys and blue monkeys. In: Dooling and Hulse (Eds.), The Comparative Psychology of Audition: Perceiving Complex Sounds. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Inc. pp. 201-239.

Brown, C. H. (1989b). The measurement of vocal amplitude and vocal radiation pattern in blue monkeys and grey-cheeked mangabeys. Bioacoustics, 1, 253-271.

Brown, C. H. (1989c). The active space of blue monkey and grey-cheeked mangabey vocalizations. Animal behaviour, 37, 1023-1034.

Brown, C. H., & May, B. (1990). Sound localization and binaural processes. In: M. Berkley, & W. C. Stebbins (Eds.), Comparative Perception. New York: John Wiley and Sons. pp. 247-284.

Brown, C. H., & Sinnott, J. M. (1990). The perception of complex acoustic patterns in noise by blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) and human listeners. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 4, 79-90.

Sinnott, J. M., Brown, C. H., & Brown, F. E. (1992). Frequency and intensity discrimination in Mongolian gerbils, African monkeys and humans. Hearing Research, 59, 205-212.

Brown, C. H., & Gomez, R. (1992). Functional design features in primate vocal signals: The acoustic habitat and sound distortion. In: T. Nishida, W. C. McGrew, P. Marler, M. Pickford, and F. M. B. de Waal (Eds.) Topics in Primatology, Volume One, Human Origins. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. pp. 177-198.

Sinnott, J. M., and Brown, C. H. (1993). Effects of varying signal and noise levels on pure-tone frequency discrimination in humans and monkeys. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 93, 1535-1540.

Sinnott, J. M., and Brown, C. H. (1993). Effects of varying signal duration on pure-tone frequency discrimination in humans and monkeys. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 93, 1541-1546.

Brogdon, B. G., Brown, C. H., Curran, J. G., Herbert, D., Stanny, R. R., & Green, A. E. (1994). An investigation of the occurrence of sleep-loss dementia in a radiology call schedule.

Brown, C. H. (1994a). Sound localization. In: A. Popper, and R. Fay (Eds.) Comparative Mammalian Hearing (Springer Series in Auditory Research, Vol. 4). New York: Springer-Verlag. pp. 57-96.

Brown, C. H. (1994b). Ecological constraints for the evolution of primate vocalizations. In: J.J. Roeder, B. Thierry, J. R. Anderson, and N. Herrenschmidt (Eds.) Current Primatology, Volume II: Social Development, Learning and Behaviour. Strasbourg: Universite Louis Pasteur. pp. 227-232.

Brown, C. H., Sinnott, J. M., & Kressley, R. A. (1994). The perception of chirps by Sykes' monkeys (Cercopithecus albogularis) and humans. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 108, 243-251.

Olupot, W., Chapman, C. A., Brown, C. H., & Waser, P. M. (1994). Mangabey population density, group size and ranging: A twenty-year comparison. American Journal of Primatology, 32, 197-205.

Brown, C. H. (1995). Methods in Directional Hearing. In: R. J. Dooling, R. R. Fay, G. Klump, & W. C. Stebbins (Eds.), Methods in Comparative Psychoacoustics, Zurich: Birkhauser. pp. 109-121.

Brown, C. H., & Cannito, M. P. (1995a). Modes of vocal variation in Sykes's monkey (Cercopithecus albigena) squeals. Journal of Comparative Psychology , 109, 398-415.

Brown, C. H., & Cannito, M. P. (1995b). Articulated and inflected primate vocalizations: Developing animal models of speech. In: D. Robbin, & D. Beukleman (Eds.), Disorders of Motor Speech: Assessment, Treatment, and Clinical Consideration, Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Company. pp. 43-63.

Brown, C. H., Gomez, R., & Waser, P. M. (1995). Old World monkey vocalizations: Adaptation to the local habitat? Animal Behaviour, 50, 945-961.

Sinnott, J. M., & Brown, C. H. (1997). Perception of the English liquid /ra-la/ contrast by humans and monkeys. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102, 588-602.

Sinnott, J. M., Brown, C. H., Malik, W, & Kressley, R. A. (1997). A multidimensional scaling analysis of vowel discrimination in humans and monkeys. Perception and Psychophysics, 59, 1214-1224.

Sinnott, J. M., Brown, C. H., & Borneman, M. A. (1998). Effects of syllable duration on stop-glide identification in syllable-initial and syllable-final position by humans and monkeys. Perception & Psychophysics, 60, 10321-1043.

Brown, C. H. (2002). Ecological and physiological constraints for primate vocal communication. In: A. A. Ghazanfar (ed.) Primate Audition: Behavior & Neurobiology. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press LLC. (pp.127-149).

Brown, C. H., Alipour, F., Berry, D.A., Montequin, D. (2003). Laryngeal
biomechanics and vocal communication in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 113, 2114-2126.

Brown, C.H., & Alipour, F. (2003). Asymmetric and symmetric vocal fold oscillation in the excised squirrel monkey larynx. In: C. Manfredi & P. Bruscaglioni (eds.) Proceedings 3rd MAVEBA Workshop. Pp. 139-142. Firenze, Italy: Firenze University Press.

Hebert, J. A., Doran, M.V., and Brown, C.H. (2003). Simulation of animal behavior using robotic agents. SCI 2003 Proceedings.

Brown, C. H, and May. B. (2005). Comparative mammalian sound localization. In: A. Popper, and R. Fay (Eds.) Sound Source Localization: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Vol. XV). Pp. 124-178. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Brown, C. H. & Alipour, F. (2006) Is the squirrel monkey larynx lateralized biomechanically? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120, 3190 (abstract only).
Brown, C. H., and Sinnott, J. M. (2006). Cross species comparisons of vocal perception. In: Greenberg, S., & Ainsworth, W.A. (Eds.), Listening to Speech: An Auditory Perspective. (pp. 183-202). Mahwah, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Riede, T., & Brown, C.H. (2008). The functional morphology of the mammalian vocal fold as a sound source. Biological Reviews (submitted).

Charles H. Brown, Michael Gordon, Michelle Becker & Fariborz Alipour. The case for biomechanical lateralization in the squirrel monkey larynx. Presented before the XXII Congress of the International Primatological Society. Edinburgh, Scotland, August, 2008.

Chandramouli Chandrasekaran, Hjalmar K. Turesson, Charles H. Brown & Asif A. Ghazanfar. Beyond 1/f: natural acoustic scene analysis in primary auditory cortex. To be presented at Computational and Systems Neuroscience 2009, Salt Lake, February, 2009.

Larry C. Christensen & Charles H. Brown. Academic Success, Student Retention, and Educational Technology. To be presented at the South Eastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, March, 2009.

Foster, J. D, Gordon, M. S, & Brown, C. H. (2009). Regulatory Focus and the "Goal Looms Larger" Effect in Professional Baseball. Journal of Applied
Social Psychology (submitted).

Riede, T., & Brown, C.H. (2009). The functional morphology of the mammalian vocal fold as a sound source. Biological Reviews (submitted).
Gordon, M.S., Kolbusz, M., & Brown, C.H. (2009). Hearing within rigid constraints: Speech detection while wearing a football helmet. (In preparation).

Brown, C. H., Gordon, M.S., Becker, M., & Alipour, F. (2009). The case for
biomechanical lateralization in the squirrel monkey larynx. (In preparation).

Brown, C. H., Brown, A.L., Gordon, M. S., & Alipour, F. (2009). The biomechanics of voicing in the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus). (In preparation).

Foster, J. D, Gordon, M. S, & Brown, C. H. (2010). Regulatory Focus and the "Goal Looms Larger" Effect in Professional Baseball. Journal of Applied Social Psychology (submitted).

Gordon, M.S., Brown, C.H., & Kolbusz, M. (2010). Hearing within rigid constraints: Speech detection while wearing a football helmet. The Open Acoustics Journal, 3, 1-10.

Chandrasekaran, C., Turesson, H.K., Brown, C.H., & Ghazanfar, A.A. (2010).
Interactions between stimulus dynamics and network activity in the representation of natural auditory scenes. Journal of Neuroscience. 30 (42): 13919-13931.

Brown, C.H. & Gordon, M.S. (2011). Motorcycle helmet noise and active noise reduction. The Open Acoustics Journal, 4, 14-24.

Brown, C. H., Foster, J. D., & Gordon, M. S. (2011). Psychology: A Work in Progress. Dubuque, IA: Great River Technologies.

Riede, T., & Brown, C.H. (2013). Body size, vocal fold length, and fundamental frequency – Implications for mammalian vocal communication. Nova Acta Leopoldina N.F. 111 (380): 295-314.