J. Dee Higley, Psychology Summary This is the final report for the MEG Grant titled: A nonhuman primate model of anxiety-induced alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The formal phase of the project ran from June 1 through August 23, 2016, with the students learning how to safely work with their research subjects, joining a research team, […]
Multimodal Neuroimaging of Insomnia During Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (MNI_NREM)
Daniel Kay Application Abstract The impact of insomnia on brain regions/networks during sleep may represent mechanisms through which insomnia contributes to the risk for mood disorders. As a first step toward understanding the risk relationship linking insomnia to mood disorders, this study will utilize functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with multimodal techniques to investigate alterations […]
Effects of Acute Sleep Restriction on Neural Responding to Anticipated Peer Evaluation and Food Consumption in Overweight and Obese Adolescents
Chad D. Jensen, Ph.D., Department of Psychology Abstract Research conducted with adults has demonstrated increased neural response to high calorie food images among sleep-deprived individuals (Benedict et al., 2012). Furthermore, a significant body of research suggests that social stress increases risk for unhealthy food consumption. Research examining the neural underpinnings of the social stress suggests […]
Seeing the World Through Humility-tinted Glasses: Exploring Social Cognitive Explanations for Outcomes of Humility
Chayce Baldwin and Dr. Robert Ridge, Psychology In recent years, psychological research on humility has burgeoned, highlighting the influence of humility in prominent aspects of life such as well-being (Toussaint & Webb, 2017), interpersonal relationships, and prosocial behaviors (Hilbig, Zettler, & Heydasch, 2012), as well as self-control (De Vries et al., 2013). Particularly, studies have […]
The Neurobiological Basis of Memory Specificity: The Influence of Context and Re-Encoding
Dr. Brock Kirwan, Psychology Department Application Abstract At a general level, we know that the information that is successfully encoded in and retrieved from long-term memory is influenced by the context during encoding and retrieval. However, we do not yet know how context affects mnemonic discrimination of similar or overlapping items or events. Further, we […]
The Effects of Media on Ambivalent Sexism, Career Aspiration, and Help-Seeking Attitudes Toward Mental Health Services
Niwako Yamawaki, Department of Psychology Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met I proposed some academic objectives that students must achieve through the research project, entitled above. First, students were expected to create three 15-minutes video clips. Through this activity, they have learned about ambivalent sexism, identified examples of ambivalent […]
Assessing Genetic and Environmental Predictors of Infant Reflexive Attention
PI: Rebecca Lundwall Overview My students and I have been very productive during the two funding years of this grant. Together, we have published three peer-reviewed papers (one in an undergraduate research journal) and submitted six papers that are now under review (one in an undergraduate research journal). In addition, I have mentored student submissions […]
Effects of Sleep Duration on Neural Responses to Food Stimuli in Adolescents
PI: Chad D. Jensen Co-PI: Brock Kirwan Abstract Pediatric Obesity represents a significant public health concern, with estimates of prevalence indicating that over 30 percent of adolescents meet criteria for overweight or obesity (Ogden et al., 2014). Recent research has highlighted the role of sleep behavior in the development of obesity. This study examined differences […]
Avicenna’s Astrolabe
PI:Peter Rich Graduate Students Mentored: Matthew Bird, McKay Perkins, Thomas Ellsworth, Brice Colby, Jeff Peterson Undergraduates Mentored: Nathan Munk, Jansen McQuivey, Stephen Ashby, Steffanie Septon, AJ Gudmundsen, Cameron Harris, Matthew Harris Overall Evaluation The goals of this project were to bring students from various disciplines across campus to create a digital game for beginning Arabic […]
Measuring Uncertainty in Assessments through Mouse Tracking
PI: Dr. Ross Larsen Co-PI’s: Dr. Jeff Jenkins and Dr. Charles Graham Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Our project sought to use mouse tracking to develop a measure of uncertainty and validate it with self-report with self-report measures of uncertainty as seen in Figure 1. Several developments during […]