Dr. Chris Mayhorn is an Assistant Professor in the Ergonomics/Experimental
Psychology program at North Carolina State University. Dr. Mayhorn recently
assumed his current academic post following the completion of a Postdoctoral
Fellowship at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in 1999
from the University of Georgia where he graduated from the Cognitive/Experimental
Psychology program and specialized in the field of Gerontology.

Dr. Mayhorn’s diverse research interests and experience include areas such as
product warnings, human-computer interaction, and applied cognition. He recently
developed a paradigm to investigate a memory phenomenon associated with older
adults’ non-adherence to medication regimens. He also conducted focus groups to
determine how older adult perceive and comply with warning information provided on
household products. Dr. Mayhorn has collaborated with numerous researchers to
develop training materials to teach older adults how to acquire basic computer
skills and how to use the World Wide Web.

Dr. Mayhorn teaches courses that include Research Methodology, Statistics,
Perception, Cognitive, and Introduction to Psychology. He is currently the faculty
advisor for the North Carolina State University Student Chapter of the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Curriculum Vitae

Select Publications:

Kelley, C. L., Morrell, R. W., Park, D. C., & Mayhorn, C. B.(1999). Predictors of
electronic bulletin board system use in older adults. Educational Gerontology, 25, 19-35.

Leynes, P. A., Marsh, R. L., Hicks, J. L., Allen, J. D., & Mayhorn, C. B. (2003).
Investigating the encoding and retrieval of intentions with Event-Related Potentials
(ERPs). Consciousness and Cognition, 12, 1-18.

Leynes, P. A., & Mayhorn, C. B. (2003). A reply to R. West’s comments on Leynes,
Marsh, Hicks, Allen, & Mayhorn. Consciousness and Cognition, 12, 25-30.

Mayhorn, C. B. (in press). Teaching older adults to use new technologies: A human
factors approach. In Miller, J. R., Lerner, R. M., & Schiamberg, L. B. (Eds.). Human
Ecology: An Encyclopedia of Children, Families, Communities, and Environments.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.

Mayhorn, C. B., Fisk, A. D., & Whittle, J. D. (2002). Decisions, decisions: Analysis of
age, cohort, and time of testing on framing of risky decision options. Human Factors,
44(4), 515-521.

Mayhorn, C. B. (2001). Aging and warnings: What warnings designers do not know
may hurt older adults. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
45th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Morrell, R. W., Mayhorn, C. B., & Bennett, J. (2000). World Wide Web use in
middle-aged and older adults. Human Factors, 42(2), 175-182.

Morrell, R. W., Park, D. C., Mayhorn, C. B., & Kelley, C. L.(2000). The effects of age
and instructions on teaching older adults to use Eldercomm, an electronic bulletin
board system. Educational Gerontology, 26, 221-235.

Park, D. C., Hertzog, C., Kidder, D. P., Morrell, R. W., & Mayhorn, C. B. (1997). The
effect of age on event-based and time-based prospective memory. Psychology and
Aging, 12(2), 314-327.

Park, D.C., & Mayhorn, C.B.(1996). Remembering to take medications: The importance
of nonmemory variables. In D. Herrmann, M. Johnson, C. McEvoy, C. Hertzog, & P.
Hertel (Eds.), Research on Practical Aspects of Memory, Volume 2, New Jersey:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Wogalter, M. S., & Mayhorn, C. B. (in press). Providing cognitive support with
technology-based warning systems. Ergonomics.