David Frank

2015

Ph D, Cognitive Psychology

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Aging and Task Representation Updating."

2012

MA, Cognitive Psychology

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Metacognitive Age Differences in Strategy Shift: Retrieval Avoidance or General Shift Reluctance?"

2005

BA, Psychology

Kent State University

2021

Texas A&M University-Commerce

CLASS Award

Awarded to faculty who have excelled in the areas of teaching, research, and service. Nominations made by the department head.

2019

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Presidential GAR Initiative

Awarded based on proposed research and provided funds for a graduate research assistant for the upcoming year.

2022 -

Youngstown State University

Assistant Professor

2017 - 2022

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Assistant Professor

2015 - 2017

Case Western Reserve University

Post-Doctoral Researcher

2024

"Which “working memory” are we talking about? Complex span tasks versus n-back."

A. Burgoyne, D. Frank, B. Macnamara

Psychonomic bulletin & review

2024

"Recommendations for experimental research designs with multiple sessions."

B. Ayers, L. Kruger, D. Frank

Sage Research Methods, SAGE Publications Ltd

2023

"Higher Judgments of Learning for Emotional Words: Processing Fluency or Memory Beliefs?"

B. Pierce, J. McCain, A. Stevens, D. Frank

Cognition and Emotion, volume 4, p. 714-730

2023

"A discriminant function analysis of NFL combine predictors on NFL player success."

D. Frank, M. King, C. Dennard, B. Mcnamara

Journal of Expertise, volume 6, issue 2, p. 130-163

2021

"How do task characteristics affect learning and performance? The roles of simultaneous, interactive, and continuous tasks."

D. Frank, B. Macnamara

Psychological Research, volume 85, p. 2364–2397

2020

"The role of individual differences in risk learning: Who learns to place optimal wagers?"

D. Frank, H. Demaree, B. Macnamara

Learning & Motivation, volume 71

2020

"Retrieval shifts in spatial skill acquisition are collective rather than item-specific."

D. Frank, B. Macnamara

Memory and Cognition, volume 47, issue 7, p. 1344-1358

2020

"Louder = Larger = Clearer: Examining the Consistency of Metamemory Illusions"

B. Kuhlmann, D. Frank, D. Danner

Zeitschrift für Psychologie, volume 228, issue 4, p. 296-300

2018

"How do task characteristics affect learning and performance? The roles of variably mapped and dynamic tasks."

B. Macnamara, D. Frank

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, volume 44, issue 5, p. 764-778

2017

"More than just beliefs: Experience and beliefs jointly contribute to volume effects on metacognitive judgments."

D. Frank, B. Kuhlmann

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, volume 40, issue 10, p. 680-693

2017

"Does the acquisition of spatial skill involve a shift from algorithm to memory retrieval?"

D. Frank, B. Macnamara

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, volume 43, issue 12, p. 1845-1856

2017

"Deliberate practice and the deliberate practice view."

B. Macnamara, D. Hambrick, D. Frank, M. King, A. Burgoyne, E. Meinz

2024 - present

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
BMC Psychology

2023 - present

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Memory and Cognition

2023 - present

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

2022 - present

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications