Research

Publications

(*indicates undergraduate student author; **indicates graduate student author)

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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Michael, R. B., & Breaux, B. O. (2021). The relationship between political affiliation and beliefs about sources of “fake news.” Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6(6), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00278-1

[Direct access: https://rdcu.be/cfbJC]

 

Breaux, B. O., *LaSalle, J. L., *Lute, P., **Brousse, C., & *Mijares, C. (2019). Is it better to be in shape or on top of it? The impact of control, valence, and expectedness on non-spatial uses of in and on. In A. K. Goel, C. M. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1422-1428). Cognitive Science Society. https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cogsci19_proceedings-8July2019-compressed.pdf

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Breaux, B. O. (2016). The language of death and dying. The Rehabilitation Professional, 24(2), 59-68. https://connect.rehabpro.org/newwww/publications/rehabproindex/rpivolumes24-20/volume24number2

 

Breaux, B. O., & Feist, M. I. (2010). Extending beyond space. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1601-1606). Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8n2027g8

 

Brabant, S., Kalich, D., & Breaux, B. O. (2008-2009). The “You and Death” questionnaire revisited. OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying, 58(3), 193-211. https://doi.org/10.2190/om.58.3.c

 

Breaux, B. O., & Feist, M. I. (2008). The color of similarity. In B. C. Love, K. McRae, & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 253-258). Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0j67d015

 

Book Chapters

 

Feist, M. I., & Breaux, B. O. (2013). Conventional but not dead: The role of metaphorically-based connections in the on-line processing of prepositional meaning. In B. Dancygier, M. Borkent, & J. Hinnell (Eds.), Language and the Creative Mind (pp. 19-35).

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Presentations

(*indicates undergraduate student author; **indicates graduate student author)

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Conference Talks

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*Michael, K. [Psi Chi Competition Winner], Breaux, B. O., & *Smith, C. (2024, March 18-21). Having a popular name increases perceived criminality of white male suspects [Conference talk]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) 2024 Convention, San Antonio, TX, United States.

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**Pavlic, M., & Breaux, B. O. (2023, March 18-21). Foreign accent bias: Accent familiarity is not to blame [Conference talk]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Conference, Portland, OR, United States.

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**Pavlic, M., & Breaux, B. O. (2022, April 6-9). Truthfulness of accented speakers: Investigating the effects of accent familiarity [Conference talk]. The International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, Lafayette, LA, United States.

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Breaux, B. O., *Dauphinet, N., & Michael, R. B. (2021, April 9-11). Is “fake news” just a new name for propaganda? [Conference talk]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) 2021 Virtual Convention. https://youtu.be/8gwJrY7OulM

 

**Lacour, A. [Graduate Student Competition Finalist], & Breaux, B. O. (2018, April 13 - 15). Understanding the relation between depression, ADHD, and rumination [Conference talk]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) 2018 Convention, Houston, TX, United States.

 

**Pavlic, M., & Breaux, B. O. (2017, April 6-8). Credibility of accented speakers: The influence of familiarity and prior exposure [Conference talk]. Deep South in the Global South 2017: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O., & *King, I. (2016, April 9-12). The resolution of ambiguity: What can it tell us about prepositional metaphors and metaphoric structuring? [Conference talk]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2016 Conference, Orlando, FL, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O., *Richard, D., Robinette, L., *Garber, K., **LaCour, M., & *Harrell, D. (2016, March 30-April 2). (Not) talking about death: Implications for terror management theory [Conference talk]. Sixty-second annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA), New Orleans, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O. (2015, March 31). Behavior analysis and cognitive science: Distinct or overlapping perspectives? In M. Gamble (Chair) and R. Perkins (Discussant), Cognitive science and contextual behavioral science: Age-old enemies or star-crossed lovers [Conference symposium]. First annual Southeastern Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) Chapter Conference, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

Feist, M. I., & Breaux, B. O. (2013, June 23-28). Seen and unseen: Differences in the saliency of topological and projective spatial relations [Conference talk]. Twelfth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC), Edmonton, AB, Canada.

 

Feist, M. I., & Breaux, B. O. (2012, May 17-20). Conventional but not dead: The role of metaphorically-based connections in the on-line processing of prepositional meaning [Conference talk]. Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language (CSDL) 2012 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

Breaux, B. O., Comeaux, C., & Feist, M. I. (2009, October 29-31). Using use: A prototype analysis [Conference talk]. Annual meeting of the South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA), Baton Rouge, LA, United States.

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Comeaux, C., Feist, M. I., & Breaux, B. O. (2009, April 8-10). Using language understanding to interpret the law [Conference talk]. Seventy-sixth Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL), New Orleans, LA, United States.

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Breaux, B. O. (2005, March). Relevant and irrelevant transcripts [Conference talk]. Louisiana Collegiate Honors 2005 Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

 

Conference Posters

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**Fair, L. G. & Breaux, B. O. (2024, March 28-30). Moving a meeting: The role of interpretation bias in a real-world scenario [Conference poster]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) 2024 Convention, San Antonio, TX, United States.

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**Roussel, T. E. & Breaux, B. O. (2024, March 28-30). The effect of assessment name and perception on state anxiety [Conference poster]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) 2024 Convention, San Antonio, TX, United States.

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Breaux, B. O., Michael, R. B., & *Deshpande, A. (2023, May 25-28). Fake news: Towards an empirical definition. [Conference poster]. Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2023 Convention, Washington, D.C., United States.

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*Michael, K. S., & Breaux, B. O. (2023, May 25-28). Are perceptions of criminality biased? The roles of name popularity and socioeconomic status [Conference poster]. Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2023 Convention, Washington, D.C., United States.

 

**Karpuszka, V., Breaux, B. O., & **Melancon, K. (2022, May 26-29). The simultaneous processing of music and language: Searching for evidence of embodiment [Conference poster]. Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2022 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.

 

**Melancon, K., & Breaux, B. O. (2022, May 26-29). How do language choices influence public stigma in regards to substance use? [Conference poster]. Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2022 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O., *Zielinski, S., *Glass, M., *Alexander, T., & **Pavlic, M. (2022, April 8-10). The role of control in the meanings of “in” and “on” [Conference poster]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) 2022 Convention, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O., **Karpuszka, V., & **Melancon, K. (2021, May 26-27). Factors that impact perceptions of Anorexia Nervosa: Specificity of label, personal connection, age, and gender [Conference poster]. Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2021 Virtual Convention.

 

**Brousse, C. M., Breaux, B. O., Li, M., & McDermott, M. (2021, May 26-27). The language of war: Figurative language opens the door for prior beliefs to influence support for war [Conference poster]. Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2021 Virtual Convention.

 

**Pavlic, M., & Breaux, B. O. (2021, May 26-27). Increasing the credibility of foreign-accented speech: Are familiarity or brief exposure enough to make a difference? [Conference poster]. Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2021 Virtual Convention.

 

Breaux, B. O., **Pitt, M. C., **Corwin, P., *Weary, T., *Wright, B., & *Dean, K. (2021, April 9-11). Factors that influence the production of death-related language [Conference poster]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) Virtual Convention. https://youtu.be/Wc_XxNCiPAo

 

Breaux, B. O., **Ruiz, A. R., **Delcambre, T. M. (2021, April 9-11). Searching for truth: Truth decay, epistemic beliefs, and individual differences [Conference poster]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) Virtual Convention. https://youtu.be/rl3ViMJ0zPY

 

**Marceaux, H., Breaux, B. O., *Dragon, S., & *Pellegrin, A. (2021, March 19–­23). Word use patterns provide potential insight into the mind of a mass murderer [Conference poster]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2021 Virtual Conference. https://youtu.be/QDR1yt1bW1s

 

**Salinas, C., Breaux, B. O., & *Martin, Kiara (2020, August). Boundary extension in response to food: Exploring the role of appetitiveness [Conference poster]. Cognitive Science (CogSci) 2020 Virtual Conference.

 

**Vu, H. A., & Breaux, B. O. (2019, February). Can self-affirmation reduce prejudice toward undocumented immigrants? [Conference poster]. Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2019 Convention, Portland, OR, United States.

 

**Vu, H. A., Breaux, B. O., & **Delcambre, T. M. (2018, October). How does thinking about death affect reactions toward fake news? [Conference poster]. Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists (SSSP) 2018 Convention, Raleigh, TX, United States.

 

*Delcambre, T. M., Breaux, B. O., & **Vu, H. A. (2018, April). Effects of mortality salience on news media interpretation [Conference poster]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) 2018 Convention, Houston, TX, United States.

 

**Savoie, S. J., & Breaux, B. O. (2017, March). A brief mindfulness approach to reducing test anxiety: Discovering practical significance in the absence of statistical significance [Conference poster]. Spring 2017 Meeting of the International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR), New Orleans, LA, United States.

 

​*King, I. N., *Dronet, D. R., & Breaux, B. O. (2016, March). Priming prepositions: Attempting to replicate and extend Boroditsky’s (2000) finding [Conference poster]. Sixty-second annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA), New Orleans, LA, United States.

 

*Richard, D. R., *Garber, K. L., & Breaux, B. O. (2015, March). How does thinking about religion (and other factors) influence the way people talk about death? [Conference poster]. Sixty-second annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA), New Orleans, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O., & Wozencraft, T. A. [faculty sponsor] (2006, April). Relevant and irrelevant transcripts: The effects of prior information and collaboration [Conference poster]. Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) 2006 Convention, Austin, TX, United States.

 

Invited Talks

 

Breaux, B. O. (2022, April 5-6). Combating fake news through semantic analysis. Talk presented at Psi Chi’s annual Psychology Day(s) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8L5gP-F4-fvJqPuwrHYNd2RW7nBE1AWs

 

Breaux, B. O., Michael, R. B., & *Dauphinet, N. (2021, October). Agree to disagree: On the meanings of “fake news” and “propaganda”. Talk presented at the Psychology Department Research Showcase at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States. https://youtu.be/da2LGOUz4Gg

 

Breaux, B. O. (2019, April). How personal labels shape our perception of people: The sociolinguistics of race, gender, and psychological difference. Talk presented at Psi Chi’s annual Psychology Day at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O. (2018, November). How labels shape our perception – Student Version. Talk presented to students enrolled in two sections of UNIV 100 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O. (2017, October). Language and embodied cognition. Ignite talk presented at the 4th Community of Interest Event: “The Brain” sponsored by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O. (2017, April). How labels shape our perception: A discussion of race, gender, sexuality, disability and the importance of names. Talk presented to employees of the Academic Success Center and Office of First Year Experience at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O. (2017, February). How labels shape our perception: A discussion of race, gender, sexuality, disability and the importance of names. Talk presented at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Office for Campus Diversity’s Courageous Conversations series, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O., & Broussard, J. (2016, April). Everyone grieves: How we cope with loss. Talk presented at Psi Chi’s annual Psychology Day at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

Breaux, B. O. (2016, January). Avoiding death: An exploration of death-related language. Talk presented to University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s College of Liberal Arts, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

Comeaux, C., Feist, M. I., & Breaux, B. O. (2009, April). Do you use? A prototype analysis. Talk presented at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Institute of Cognitive Science Colloquium, Lafayette, LA, United States.

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Supervised Research

(*indicates undergraduate student author; **indicates graduate student author)

 

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Undergraduate Research Conference Extended Abstracts

 

*Marceaux, H. A., Breaux, B. O., *Gonzalez, R., & *Kujawski, S. (2018). Using forensic psycholinguistics to explore the thoughts of a mass murderer: A preliminary analysis. LaCOEUR Journal: Proceedings of the 2018 Undergraduate Research Conference, 2, 136-140. http://honors.louisiana.edu/lacoeur/lacoeur-journal

 

*Pruitt, A., *Mayes, K., *Ellis, A., & Breaux, B. O. (2018). Can mental health labels change the way people think about someone with anorexia nervosa? LaCOEUR Journal: Proceedings of the 2018 Undergraduate Research Conference, 2, 161-166. http://honors.louisiana.edu/lacoeur/lacoeur-journal

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*Delcambre, T. M., Breaux, B. O., & **Vu, H. A. (2017). Effects of mortality salience on news media interpretation. LaCOEUR Journal: Proceedings of the 2017 Undergraduate Research Conference, 1, 57-60. http://honors.louisiana.edu/lacoeur/lacoeur-journal

 

*Simoneaux, A., **Pavlic, M., Breaux, B. O., *Thompson, R., *Bowling, M., **Lacour, A., *Morvant, T., & *McKendall, J. (2017). The ups and downs of death-related language. LaCOEUR Journal: Proceedings of the 2017 Undergraduate Research Conference, 1, 164-167. http://honors.louisiana.edu/lacoeur/lacoeur-journal

 

University of Louisiana System Academic Summit Presentations

 

*Michael, K., *Smith, C. [Presenter], & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2024, April 11-12). Who done it: William or Winston? The hidden biases revealed by name popularity and socioeconomic status [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana System Academic Summit 2024, Ruston, LA, United States. 

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*Deshpande, A. A., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2023, April 20-21). Fake news: An empirical definition [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana System Academic Summit 2023, Natchitoches, LA, United States. 

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*Dauphinet, N., Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor], Michael, R. B. [Faculty advisor], & *Stelly, K. (2020, April 2-3). Is “fake news” just a new name for propaganda? [Conference talk]. University of Louisiana System Virtual Academic Summit 2020.

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*Leger, C. R., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2017, March 30-31). Are college students good “fake news” detectors? [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana System Academic Summit 2017, Hammond, LA, United States.

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Undergraduate Research Conference Presentations

 

*Coomer, J., *Rees, G., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2024, November 15-16). How to motivate college students to attend class [Conference poster presentation]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Undergraduate Research Conference 2024. Lafayette, LA, United States

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*Alexander, T., *Ortego, A., *Allam, A., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2023, November 3-4). Perception of statements, stories, and images [Conference lightening talk]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Conference 2023. Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

*Michael, K., *Smith, C., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2023, November 3-4). Who done it: William or Winston? The hidden biases revealed by name popularity and socioeconomic status [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Conference 2023. Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

*Deshpande, A. A., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2022, November 4-5). Fake news: An empirical definition [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Conference 2022. Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

*Teer, B., *Michael, K., *Alexander, T., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2022, November 4-5). Talking about death and divorce: A pilot study investigating the role of spirituality [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Conference 2022. Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

*Russo, C., *Anderson, C., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2021, November 9-10). Can college students’ experiences with death influence their production of death-related language? [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Virtual Conference 2021. https://youtu.be/BBPGgOqEung

 

*Zielinski, S., *Alexander, T., *Glass, M., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2021, November 9-10). The role of control in the meanings of "in" and "on" [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Virtual Conference 2021. https://youtu.be/cOh-E32yhKA

 

Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor], **Pitt, M. C., **Corwin, P., **Circello, R. A., *Weary, T., *Wright, B., *Dean, K., & *Smith, S. (2020, November 9-10). Why don't people die? An exploration of factors that might influence the production of death-related language [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Virtual Conference 2020.

 

*Dauphinet, N., Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor], Michael, R. B. [Faculty advisor], & *Stelly, K. (2020, November 9-10). Is “fake news” just a new name for propaganda? [Conference talk]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Virtual Conference 2020.

 

*Delcambre, T. M., Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor], & **Vu, H. A. (2017, November). Effects of mortality salience on news media interpretation [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Conference 2017, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

*Leger, C. R., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2017, November). Are college students good “fake news” detectors? [Conference poster]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Conference 2017, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

*Garber, K., *Richard, D., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2015, November). Talking about death: Patterns in favor of terror management theory [Conference talk]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Conference 2015, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

*King, I., *Dronet, D., **Lanie, C., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2015, November). Are you on time to get on the boat, or are you in time to get in the boat? [Conference talk.]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Conference 2015, Lafayette, LA, United States.

 

*Hayes, A., *Talley, M., *Moyer, C. L., & Breaux, B. O. [Faculty advisor] (2014, November). Relational thinking [Conference talk]. University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Undergraduate Research Conference 2014, Lafayette, LA., United States.