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T. Nathan Story
Department of Psychology
University of Utah
380 South 1530 East, Room 502
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
nathan.story@psych.utah.edu
Education
M.S., Social Psychology, University of Utah, Expected 2011
B.S., Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 2007
Research Interests
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Dynamical systems theory and nonlinear methods
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Formation, maintenance, and dissolution of close relationships
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Evolutionary theory and applications to psychology
Research Publications
Butner, J., Story, T. N., Wiebe, D., & Berg, C. A. (2011). Fractals, vigilance, and
adolescent diabetes management: A case for when regulation may be difficult to
measure with the current medical standards. Multivariate Behavioral Research,
46(1), 33-57.
Story, T. N., Berg, C. A., Smith, T. W., Beveridge, R., Allen, N. J., Pearce, G., (2007).
Age, Marital Satisfaction, and Optimism as Predictors of Positive Sentiment
Override in Middle-aged and Older Married Couples. Psychology and Aging,
22(4) 719-727.
Berg, C. A., Smith, T. W., Ko, K., Story, N., Beveridge, R., Allen, N., Florsheim, P.,
Pearce, G., Uchino, B., Skinner, M., & Glazer, K. (2007). Task control and
cognitive abilities of self and spouse in collaboration in middle-aged and older
couples. Psychology and Aging, 22(3) 420-427.
Book Chapters
Butner, J., Story, T. N. (2010) Oscillators with Differential Equations. In S. J. Guastello
& R. A. M. Gregson (Eds.), Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Analysis for the
Behavioral Sciences Using Real Data (pp. 367-400). CRC Press, Boca Raton,
Florida.
Manuscripts Under Review
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Butner, J., & Story, T. N. (Submitted to Multivariate Behavioral Research) Examining
the dimensionality of blood glucose in adolescent type I diabetes.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Story, T. N., Butner, J., & Diamond, L. M. Anxiety, emotional reactivity, and attachment
as predictors of embedding dimensionality of affect.
Story, T. N., Berg, C. A., Pham, P., Wiebe, D. Parental partiality and self-efficacy in the
context of adolescent type 1 diabetes.
Presentations
Story, T. N., Pham, P., Berg, C. A., Wiebe, D. J. (August, 2010). Parental Partiality and
Self-Efficacy in the Context of Adolescent Diabetes. Presented at the meeting of
the American Psychological Association, San Diego California.
Story, T. N., Butner, J. (April, 2010). Using Prediction Plots to Interpret Linear and Nonlinear Oscillator Models. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological
Association, Cancun Mexico.
Butner, J., Story, T. N. (April, 2010). The fractal nature of social interaction seeking:
Time between social actions is only random if you are hostile. Presented at the
meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Cancun Mexico.
Sanchez, E., Story, T. N., Butner, J. (April, 2010). We compliment each other in a supersymmetric kind of way. Presented at the University of Utah Undergraduate
Research Symposium.
Story, T. N., Butner, J, Berg, C. A., Wiebe, D. J. (April, 2009). Searching for complex
patterns in blood glucose of adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A fractal approach
to vigilance. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,
Portland Oregon.
Butner, J., Story, T. N., Berg, C. A., Wiebe, D. J. (April, 2009). Dimensionality as means
towards understanding diabetes regulation. Presented at the meeting of the
Western Psychological Association, Portland Oregon.
Story, T. N., Berg, C. A., Smith, T. W., Pearce, G. (November, 2006). Positive
Sentiment Bias in Middle-Aged and Older Married Couples. Presented at the
meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas Texas.
Berg, C. A., T. W. Smith, Skinner, M., Ko, K., Story, T. N., Allen, N. J., Beveridge, R.,
Pearce, G., Uchino, B., Florsheim, P. (November, 2006). Cognitive and
Interpersonal Factors Involved in Couples’ Perceptions of Collaborative Problem
Solving. Presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America,
Dallas Texas.
Ko, K., Berg, C., Smith, T. W., Uchino, B., Skinner, M., Pearce, G., Henry-Allen, N.,
Story, T. N. (November, 2005). Profiles of Successful Aging in Middle-Aged and
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Older Adult Married Couples. Presented at the meeting of the Gerontological
Society of America, Orlando Florida.
Berg, C., Ko, K., Story, T. N., Allen, N., and Beveridge, R. (November, 2005) Cognitive
Function and Interpersonal Control in Collaborative Problem Solving. Presented
at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando Florida.
Professional Memberships
Association for Psychological Science
American Psychological Association
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Western Psychological Association
Awards & Honors
2010 Graduate Travel Award
2005 Kennecott Scholarship
2005 Venizelos Center on Aging Scholarship
Service
Co-coordinator Social Area Research Group 2010-11
Behavioral science statistics mentor, Academy for Math Engineering and Science, Salt
Lake City, Dec-March, 2009.