Cassie Widdison and Dr. Christopher Kirwan, Psychology Regions of the brain, such as the medial temporal lobe (MTL), including the hippocampus and the adjacent MTL cortex, facilitate recognition memory performance (Squire, Stark, & Clark, 2004). The hippocampus is known for its ability to encode and retrieve memories through two processes called pattern separation and pattern […]
Health Insurance Market Inefficiencies for the Children of Teen Mothers
Joshua Witter and Dr. Joseph Price, Economics Department Introduction I was awarded an ORCA grant to research the unique health insurance market that the children of teen mothers face. I became concerned that these children may not have equal access to private insurance coverage and as a result were at risk of being uninsured or […]
Discovery and confirmation of novel serum biomarkers diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease
Tyler Mower and Dr. John Kauwe, Department of Biology Dipti Jigar Shah1, Frederick Rohlfing2, Swati Anand1, W. Evan Johnson3, MeiHwa Tanielle Bench Alvarez1, Jesse Cobell2, Jackson King2, Sydney A. Young1, John S. K. Kauwe2, Steven W. Graves1,* 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, […]
Psychological Predictors of Injury in Marathon Runners
Dallin Christensen and Ben Ogles, Department of Psychology INTRODUCTION While training for and participation in marathons provides substantial health benefits, there is also a high incidence of musculoskeletal injury in marathon runners. Previous research has identified correlation between various cognitive running strategies and running related injury. In particular, association, which is exemplified when runners focus […]
Obrajes, Andean Workers, and the Spanish Elite: Hegemony and Hierarchy in Peru’s Late-Colonial Era
Taylor Cozzens and Dr. Jeffrey Shumway, Department of History Introduction Obrajes were textile shops in early Latin America. From the mid-1500s onward, Spanish colonists in Mexico and Peru established obrajes to produce fabrics for local societies. Labor for these shops was often coerced. My research focused on the Peruvian obrajes of the late-colonial era (roughly […]
Amiens Cathedral: City of God
Dennis West and Dr. Seth Holladay, Computer Science What was it like to visit a gothic cathedral in the thirteenth century? That is the question that is explored in Amiens Cathedral: City of God. The purpose of this project was to illustrate the experience a medieval citizen of Amiens would have had upon visiting the […]
Corrections around the world: An international survey of oral corrective feedback
Andrew Bashford and Dr. Mark Tanner, Linguistics and English Language English teachers’ primary goal is to help their students use English as a means of communication, self-expression, and transaction. Of course, learning a second language is not a spontaneous process: it requires study, practice, and meaningful feedback. In fact, one of the teacher’s most essential […]
Early Documentation of the Orang Seletar and Sugut Sungai Languages
Kevin Blissett and Dr. Dirk Elzinga, Linguistics The Orang Seletar and Sugut Sungai languages are endangered languages indigenous to Malaysia. With every generation there are fewer speakers of the language, and, perhaps more worryingly, the language is less frequently taught to children. It is increasingly urgent for linguists to document the languages before they vanish […]
Including Religion in Gender: LDS Men’s Experiences in Masculinity-Making
Ashley Brocious and Dr. Leslee Thorne-Murphy, English Department Introduction Studies in masculinity have grown significantly in the last decades as conversations concerning gender have become more conscious of the meanings and constructions of gender in men’s experiences. Masculinity studies at its core questions the assumption that men have already achieved gender equality. Rather than blanketing […]
Video Games – that Happen to be Educational
Kyle Bryant, Dr. Jarom McDonald, Digital Humanities, and Dr. Derek Hansen, School of Technology Researchers like James Gee, culturists such as Henry Jenkins, and educators such as BYU’s own Derek Hansen and Jonathan Ostenson agree that video games can be a powerful educational tool; capturing both the users attention and imagination, something that the educational […]
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