Alexander Poulsen and Brigham Frandsen, Economics Introduction Quantile instrumental variables estimators are a relatively new development in the econometric literature. Modern quantile regression was introduced in Koenker and Basset (1978), and has been used in many important applications in which researchers are interested in learning about the effects of variables on the distribution of an […]
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Disparities in Mortgage Lending and Foreclosure among Latinos: Investigating the Effects of Loan Officer Ethnicity in Orlando, Florida
Conrad Ashby and Jacob S. Rugh, Sociology Introduction Disparities in mortgage lending have become a hot topic for debate in this century. Research has shown that among native-born households, non-white households are more likely than white households to experience foreclosure for both home purchase and refinance loans (Allen, 2011). Questions of how much the government […]
The Effects of Chronic Ethanol in δ Knockout Mice
Zachary Gardner and Scott Steffensen, Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroscience Introduction Substance abuse is a prolific problem with serious consequences. Specifically, alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of preventable mortality in the world (Mokdad et al., 2004). Each year the far-reaching effects of alcohol abuse cost the United States several hundred billion […]
Effects of Exercise on Food-Related Cognition
Tyshae Davis and Michael J. Larson, Psychology and Neuroscience Project Purpose Since the Yerkes-Dodson theory was initially put forward (as early as 1906), multiple theorists have suggested an inverted-U relationship between physiological arousal and cognitive performance. Literature on this topic, however, is mixed, with some studies showing evidence supporting the inverted-U relationship and others showing […]
Effects of Exposure to Anthropomorphized Products on Social Behavior
Wade Wade and Dr. Ryan Elder, Marketing Introduction This project was designed to investigate the effects of exposure to anthropomorphized products on the way that consumers treat other people. Researchers have shown that people starved of social connectedness will sometimes seek relationships with products or brands as a way of relieving social insecurity and the […]
The Effects of a Recruitment and Mobilization Experiment on Caucus Meeting Dynamics
Alejandra Gimenez and J. Quin Monson, Political Science Studies on political recruitment have increased over the past few years, and specifically that of female recruitment in regards to political candidacy. Studies have shown strong evidence that recruitment increases participation, both in activism and candidacy. However, much of this work focuses on the effects of recruitment […]
Exploring the Effects of Contextual Elements on Memory Specificity
Cassie Widdison and Brock 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 completion […]
Cultural Compromises: Effects and Perceptions of Formal Education Among the Himba of Namibia
Jessica Andrus and Greg Thompson, Anthropology Introduction The Himba of Namibia have only recently been introduced to formal education within the past 20 years. Previously, formal education was not as readily available to them. This has led to a major cultural shift among the Himba. Traditionally, the Himba do not count, read, or speak English, […]
The Effects of Sleep-dependent Memory Consolidation on the Discriminability and Generalizability of Learning
Bengt Grua and Dr. C. Brock Kirwan, Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience Introduction The goal of this study was to determine how sleep affects memory recall in an academic setting with relation to memory discrimination and memory generalization. Memory generalization depends on the computational process of pattern completion, which is the brain’s ability to retrieve […]
Effects of Chronic Ethanol on GABA(A) Receptors in the VTA
Ashley Nelson and Dr. Scot Steffensen, Psychology Introduction The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributes approximately 80,000 deaths annually to excessive alcohol use (CDC), and alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States (Mokdad et al., 2004). These statistics do not even describe the detrimental effects alcohol addiction […]
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