Daniel VanHorn
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience; Faculty Athletic Representative
Contact +1 630 637 5327
drvanhorn@noctrl.edu
Office Location
WSC
Dr. Daniel “Rocky” VanHorn is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at North Central College. He regularly teaches courses in statistics, research methods, and cognitive psychology. He has an active research laboratory where undergraduate students have the opportunity to engage in the scholarship of discovery. Collaboration, verbal communication, critical and scientific thinking, and effective writing are central to all of his courses. In addition to teaching and research, he actively serves the college in the areas of program building and faculty development.
Selected Scholarship
VanHorn, D. R. & VanHorn, A. M. (2024). An understand, assess, and apply instructional approach: Leveraging student differences for enhanced learning outcomes. In Strategies and Digital Advances for Outcome-Based Adult Learning (pp. 21-48). IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4748-9.ch002
VanHorn, D. R. (2020). Adaptive psychological distance: A survival perceived temporal distance effect. Evolutionary Psychology, 18(3), 1-7. doi:10.1177/1474704920948785
VanHorn, D. R. (2014). Fantasy researcher league: Engaging students in psychological research. In W. S. Altman, L. Stein, & J. R. Stowell (Eds.), Essays from excellence in teaching, 13, 55-59. Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Website: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/index.php
Brady, S. P., Baumgartner, N. W., Eby, S. R., & VanHorn, D. R. (2013). Mood-congruent recall in autobiographically induced emotional states. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Retrieved from http://ncurproceedings.org (Role: Co-Investigator and Research Advisor)
Pederson, C. L., VanHorn, D. R., Wilson, J. F., Martorano, L. M., Venema, J. M., & Kennedy, S. M. (2008). Childhood abuse related to nicotine, illicit and prescription drug use by women: Pilot study. Psychological Reports, 103, 459-466.
VanHorn, D. R., & Francis, G. (2007). Orientation tuning of a two-stimulus afterimage: Implications for theories of filling-in. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 3, 375-387.
Courses Taught
PSYC 100: Psychology - Science of Behavior
PSYC 250: Statistics
PSYC 255: Research Design and Experimentation w/Lab
PSYC 345: Cognitive Psychology w/Lab
PSYC 490: Illusions of the Mind
Cardinal Conversations: Exploring the Intersection of Visual Art and Visual Science