2006-07 Undergraduate Research Grant Winners
Sixteen Psi Chi members are recipients of 2006-07 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 2006-07 Undergraduate Research Grant winners, along with their schools, research advisors, and project titles, are listed below (in alphabetical order):
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Sharon Burkitt, Ohio Dominican University
Dr. Valeria Staton (research advisor)
"Effect of Tai Chi on Cognition in Older Adults"
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Caroline Cragwall, Wake Forest University (NC)
Dr. Ashleigh Haire (research advisor)
"The Impact of Cultural-Based Cognitive Styles on the Judgments of Facial Expressions"
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Julianne Doyen, Texas State University-San Marcos
Dr. Augustus Lumia (research advisor)
"The Effects of Stress on Norepinephrine Clearance in the CA3 Region of the Hippocampus"
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Kathryn J. Guess, Metropolitan State College of Denver (CO)
Dr. Pamela Ansburg (research advisor)
"Selective Attention in Self-Critical Perfectionism"
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Sandhya A. Kishore, Pomona College (CA)
Dr. Nicole Weekes (research advisor)
"The Role of Ethnic Identity in the Relationship Between Race-Related Discrimination Stress and Negative Health"
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Chak Fu Lam, Middlebury College (VT)
Dr. Suzanne Gurland (research advisor)
"An Examination of the Self-Determination Theory in the Workplace"
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Kyle Mathewson, University of Victoria (BC)
Dr. Clay Holroyd (research advisor)
"Reverse Sequence Learning and the Error-Related Negativity: Parallels in the Temporal Difference Reinforcement Learning Model"
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Jacquelyn McGill, Saint Mary's College of Maryland
Dr. Anne Brady (research advisor)
"The Effects of Diazepam in the Locus Coeruleus on Anxiety"
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Leigh Mingle, Southwestern University (TX)
Dr. Jacqueline Muir-Broaddus (research advisor)
"The Effects of Limited Sleep on Executive Functioning and Cognitive Self-Regulation"
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Megan Mull, Butler University (IN)
Dr. Tara Lineweaver (research advisor)
"Effect of Mood Induction and Language on Memory for Emotional Content in Bilinguals"
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Megan Murphy, Saint Michael's College (VT)
Dr. Ari Kirshenbau (research advisor)
"Psychophysiological Measurement of Human Sexual Attraction Based on Fertility Status Detected Through Odor Changes Across the Female Life Span"
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Natalie Nardone, Monmouth University (NJ)
Dr. Gary Lewandowski (research advisor)
"Self-Understanding and the Accuracy of Behavioral Prediction"
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Alanna Joy Raines, Monmouth University
Dr. Gary Lewandowski (research advisor)
"Writing About the Self"
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Timothy Schoenfeld, Pepperdine University (CA)
Dr. Michael Folkerts (research advisor)
"Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of pCaMKII Levels on Memory Impairment"
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Ashley A. Smigelski, Canisus College (NY)
Dr. Susan Putnam (research advisor)
"Salivary Cortisol Levels in Children Diagnosed With Asperger's Disorder"
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Ny Thi Tran, Georgia Southern University
Dr. Amy Hackney-Hansen (research advisor)
"The Effect of the Foreperson's Race and Nullification Instruction Arguments in a Black Defendant Drug Case"