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2005-06 Undergraduate Research Grant Winners

Ten Psi Chi members are recipients of Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Grants. This grant program, which was launched in the 1997-98 school year, provides funds for Psi Chi members to defray the cost of conducting a research project. The winners, along with their schools, research advisors, and project titles, are listed below (in alphabetical order):

  • Meghan Christine Berny, Mount Union College (OH)
    Research Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Smith
    "The Effect of Vitamin E on Learning and Memory Following an Excitotoxic Lesion of the Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis"
  • Ann Bielser, Monmouth College (IL)
    Research Advisor: Dr. Joan Wertz
    "Attention and Mood in Smokers and Non-Smokers Under the Influence and in the Absence of Nicotine"
  • Christine Chalmers, Southwestern University (TX)
    Research Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline Muir-Broaddus
    "Autism and Executive Function: The Effects of Motivational/Attentional Accommodations"
  • Ryan Hanninen, Western Illinois University
    Research Advisor: Dr. Kristine Kelly
    "Perceptions of Foreign Speakers: Language Exclusion and Reactions to Group Members"
  • Aaron S. Hellems, Concord University (WV)
    Research Advisor: Dr. Rodney Klein
    "The Role of Contextual Components on the Generalization Operant Behavior"
  • Beth Matano, Saint Anselm College (NH)
    Research Advisor: Dr. Timothy Koeltzow
    "The Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Nucleus Accumbens Protein Expression in Rats"
  • Clare C. Mitchell, The College of Wooster (OH)
    Research Advisor: Dr. Claudia Thompson
    "Positive Aspects of Caregiving: Increasing the Strengths of Adolescents in Families Caring for Alzheimer's Patients"
  • Albert Sahlstrom, Ithaca College (NY)
    Research Advisor: Dr. Nancy Rader
    "Recording Synchrony: Measuring Speech and Word-Presenting Gestures Through Computer Modeling"
  • Jordan Singleton, Utah State University
    Research Advisor: Dr. Melanie Domenech Rodriguez
    "College Health Beliefs, Nutrition Knowledge, and Diet"
  • Evonne Smith, University of Iowa
    Research Advisor: Dr. Eva Klohnen
    "Attachment Styles and Attention"
     
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