Fred C. McMahan

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings

• Hester, J., McMahan, T.C. (2025). Student Perceptions of Blended Learning Environments in Higher Education. Proceedings of the 2025 Multidisciplinary Information Research Symposium (MIRS).

Book Chapter

• Parsons, T., Duffield, T., McMahan, T., Diaz-Orueta, U. (2019). Virtual School Environments for Neuropsychological Assessment and Training.
• Parsons, T., McMahan, T., Melugin, P., Barnett, M. (2017). Virtual Environment Grocery Store. The Role of Technology in Clinical Neuropsychology.

Conference Proceeding

• McMahan, T., Duff, T., Parsons, T. (2021). Virtual Environment Grocery Store (VEGS) for assessing memory in persons with epilepsy: A Comparative Study on the Predictive Ability of the Support Vector Machine, K-Nearest Neighbours, and Naïve Bayes.
• McMahan, T., Parberry, I., Parsons, T. (2015). Evaluating Electroencephalography Engagement Indices during Video Game Play.
• McMahan, T., Parberry, I., Parsons, T. (2015). Evaluating Player Task Engagement and Arousal using Electroencephalography.

Journal Article

• McMahan, T.C., Tangton, V., Vyas, A., Huang, C., Yewoor, A. (2024). Bridging the Gap Between Perceived and Actual Personalities in Real and Virtual Worlds through EEG Analysis. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine. 22 206-212.
• Andel, R., McMahan, T.C., Parsons, T.D., Hort, J. (2024). Virtual Reality Tennis Training: Performance Gains Derived from User Characteristics. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 27 (10) 728-735.
• Parsons, T.D., Asbee, J., McMahan, T.C. (2024). Feasibility study to identify machine learning predictors for a Virtual Environment Grocery Store.. Virtual Reality.
• McMahan, T.C., Parsons, T.D. (2023). Active and Passive Machine Learning Predictors to Build Adaptive Virtual Environments.
• Asbee, J., Kelly, K.S., McMahan, T.C., Parsons, T.D. (2023). Machine learning classification analysis for an adaptive virtual reality Stroop task. Virtual Reality.
• Parsons, T.D., Kenny, P., McMahan, T.C., Wilkerson, A., Pruiksma, K., Taylor, D. (2023). Virtual Standardized Patients for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training: Description of Platform Architecture. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine.
• Okada, N., McNeely-White, K., Cleary, A., Carlaw, B., Parsons, T.D., McMahan, T.C., Neisser, J., Pedersen, N. (2023). A Virtual Reality Paradigm with Dynamic Scene Stimuli for use in Memory Research. Behavior Research Methods.
• Drain, D., Parsons, T.D., McMahan, T.C., Cleary, A., Okada, N., Pedersen, N., Adams, K., Neisser, J. (2022). Disruptive Technology Presents: Reimagining Memory Assessment Through Theory, Virtual Reality, and Other Novel Technologies (eg Eye Tracking, SEEG). 36 (4)
• Asbee, J., McMahan, T.C., Kelly, K.S., Parsons, T.D. (2022). Factor Analysis of the Virtual Reality Stroop Task. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
• Parsons, T., McMahan, T., Parberry, I. (2022). Neurogaming-based Classification of Player Experience Using Consumer-Grade Electroencephalography.. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing.
• Cleary, A., Neisser, J., McMahan, T., Parsons, Alwaki, A., Okada, N., Vosoughi, A., Khedler, A., Drane, D., Pederson, N. (2021). Subjective Distinguishability of Seizure and Non-seizure Déjà Vu: A Case Report, Brief Literature Review, and Research Prospects. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S152550502100634X
• McMahan, T., Duffield, T., Parsons, T. (2021). Feasibility Study to Identify Machine Learning Predictors for a Virtual School Environment: Virtual Reality Stroop Task.
• McMahan, T., Parsons, T. (2020). Adaptive Virtual Environments using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine.
• Parsons, T., McMahan, T., Barnett, M. (2020). Assessment of cognitive and functional performance using a Virtual Environment Grocery Store with environmental distractors.. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine.
• Parsons, McMahan, T., Kane, R. (2018). Practice Parameters Facilitating Adoption of Advanced Technologies for Enhancing Neuropsychological Assessment Paradigms. The Clinical Neuropsychologist.
• Parsons, T., McMahan, T. (2017). An Initial Validation of the Virtual Environment Grocery Store. Journal of Neuroscience Methods.
• , T., Schermerhorn, P., McMahan, T., Asbee, J., Russo, N. (2017). An initial validation of virtual human administered neuropsychological assessments.
• Venturini, E., Riva, P., Serpetti, F., Romero Lauro, L., Pallavicini, F., Mantovani, F., Cloutier, R., McMahan, T., Stonecipher, K., Parsons, T.D. (2016). A comparison of 3D versus 2D virtual environments on the feelings of social exclusion, inclusion and over-inclusion.
• Parsons, T., Barnett, M., McMahan, T. (2016). Impact of Distractors on Executive Control in Older Adults: Construct-Driven and Function-Led Approaches to Neuropsychological Assessment.
• McMahan, T., Parberry, I., Parsons, T. (2015). Modality Specific Assessment of Video Game Player's Experience Using the Emotiv.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• McMahan, T.C. (Co-Principal), Parsons, T.D. (Principal), "Virtual Insomnia Patients (VIPs) to Accelerate Dissemination of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Insomnia.," sponsored by Department of Defense, Federal, $5186876 Funded. (2023).
• McMahan, T.C., "Adaptive Virtual Environments using Off-the-Shelf Electroencephalography," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).