Jalise Kerkenbush, “A Multi-Media Approach to Identifying Core and Adaptable Components in Mental Health Interventions for the Latinx Community” Mentor: Gabriela Nagy, Psychology Poster #21 In developing complex interventions, it is important to understand the extent to which the intervention…… Read More
Alexandra Lato, “Adolescent Trauma: Sleep’s Impact on Depression and PTSD Implications” Mentor: Christine Larson, Psychology Poster #54 Adolescent sleep patterns impact emotional and psychological well-being. Sleep disturbances can increase the risk for depression and PTSD symptoms, particularly in youth trauma…… Read More
Edwin Chiquito Jacome, “Age, Coping, and Substance Use among Latinx/o/a Immigrants” Mentor: Gabriela Nagy, Psychology Poster #6 Latinos comprise the second-largest growing ethnic group in the United States, representing approximately 19% of the overall population (63 million). As of 2021,…… Read More
Wade Allen, “Assessing Human Performance on Scene Recognition and the Likelihood of Erroneous Recognition of Famous and Non-famous Landmarks” Mentor: Caitlin Bowman, Psychology Poster #24 How we form new memories is of particular interest within the field of cognitive neuroscience……. Read More
Jenna Green, “Can Humans Direct Selective Attention to Auditory Objects?” Mentor: Adam Greenberg, Psychology Poster #78 Attentional selection is the process by which we are able to filter out irrelevant information (i.e., distractors) in our environment and focus only on…… Read More
Henry Berger, “Comparing Inhibitory Control: Emotional vs. Neutral Stop Signal Tasks” Mentor: Han Joo Lee, Psychology Poster #103 Response inhibition (RI; the ability to stop an unwanted ongoing response) has historically been studied utilizing only non-emotional stimuli. Current literature needs…… Read More
Jessica Kania, “Does Previewing Overlapping Information Help Young Adults Make Inferences Across Experiences?” Mentor: Caitlin Bowman, Psychology Poster #95 Associative memory is the ability to bind together pieces of information in memory. Usually, we form associative memories for items we…… Read More
Reagan Kunesh, “Emotion Regulation Deficits in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder” Mentor: Han Joo Lee, Psychology Poster #114 Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive thoughts known as obsessions and repetitive behaviors known as compulsions. Individuals with OCD may have difficulties with emotion…… Read More
Madeline Jereb, Dakota Gordon, and Anna Knight, “Entorhinal Cortex In Social Memory” Mentor: Jeffery Lopez-Rojas, Psychology Poster #12 Social memory deficits are present in severe neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and schizophrenia. Social memory encompasses recollection of social…… Read More
Hailey Beaty, “Estradiol Influences Memory Formation Via Prefrontal Cortex Mechanisms” Mentor: Karyn Frick, Psychology Poster #93 The purpose of this project is to study the role of brain estradiol synthesis and prefrontal cortex activity during memory formation, with the long-term…… Read More
Miso Choi, “Evaluating Participant Feedback from a Vaping Cessation Program for Young Adults in Rural Communities” Mentor: Han Joo Lee, Psychology Poster #40 Vaping has become a prevalent issue among young adults, particularly in rural areas where access to intervention…… Read More
Kailey Frank, “Examining the Effects of 17β-Estradiol-Induced Gene Expression Following Object Training in the Dorsal Hippocampus of Ovariectomized Female Mice” Mentor: Karyn Frick, Psychology Poster #62 17β-estradiol (E2) has long been demonstrated to enhance hippocampus-dependent memory in the dorsal hippocampus…… Read More
Jazmine Panganiban, “Exploring Impacts of Play- and Humor-Infused Exposure on Parent-Reported Distress and Avoidance in Williams Syndrome: A Case Study” Mentor: Bonita Klein-Tasman, Psychology Poster #139 Williams syndrome (WS) is a rare neurogenic disorder with a prevalence of 1 in…… Read More
Rachael Esper, “Exploring the Autogenous/Reactive Obsessions and Worry Continuum” Mentor: Han Joo Lee, Psychology Poster #17 Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions). These obsessions can be divided into two categories: reactive obsessions (RO)…… Read More
Geramiah Drew, “Exploring the Role of Steroid Hormones in Adolescent Depression” Mentor: Polymnia Georgiou, Psychology Poster #53 Major depressive disorder affects approximately 13% of adolescents in the U.S. While classical antidepressant treatments effectively reduce depressive symptoms in adolescents, low remission…… Read More
Samuel Hauke, “Learning and Estrogen Signaling Recruits Excitatory Neurons in the Mouse Dorsal Hippocampus into a Spatial Memory Engram” Mentor: Karyn Frick Poster #11 Learning stimulates neuronal activity in the dorsal hippocampus (DH), resulting in contact formation and information transmission…… Read More
Ra’shida Rockette, “Memory Changes In Cognitively Healthy Older Adults: Age Effects In Memory-Based Inference” Mentor: Caitlin Bowman, Psychology Poster #4 Associative memory is a cognitive ability in which the brain links related pieces of information and stores them together in…… Read More
Erin Sotelo, “Memory for Scenes in Eye-Movement Behavior” Mentor: Deborah Hannula, Psychology Poster #2 Eye movements are sensitive to memory for previously seen materials. For instance, published studies have shown that participants make fewer fixations to, and sample fewer regions…… Read More
Kierstyn Folgers, “Methodology of Dendritic Spine Density Analysis of Retrosplenial Secondary Basilar Dendrites” Mentor: James Moyer, Psychology Poster #61 There are many different methods used to visualize a neuron isolated from the brain’s vast interconnected network. Distinct morphological components like…… Read More
Milan Stojilovic, “Novel Objects Do Not Always Compete Effectively for Attention” Mentor: Deborah Hannula, Psychology Poster #152 Research has indicated that humans and non-human animals prefer to explore novel, as compared to familiar, information in the environment. For instance, when…… Read More
Lay Kpaw, “Parental Avoidance and Distress Related to Specific Phobia Intervention with Children with Williams Syndrome” Mentor: Bonita Klein-Tasman, Psychology Poster #112 Children with Williams syndrome (WS) are known to have a high rate of fear, with 53.4% diagnosed with…… Read More
Lateishah Schultz, “Parental Substance Use History Is Linked with Greater Internalizing Symptoms During Late Childhood to Early Adolescence” Mentor: Krista Lisdahl, Psychology Poster #181 Parental substance use (SU) history has been linked with greater rates of anxiety and depression during…… Read More
Gabrielle Hildebrand, “Participation and Abstinence in a Mobile Vaping Intervention” Mentor: Han Joo Lee Poster #110 The prevalence of vaping in young adults is on the rise (Tattan-Birch et al., 2023; Cwalina et al., 2021). In recent literature, mobile interventions…… Read More
Maddie Mcbride, “Peer Relationship and Youth PTSD Symptom Development: Role of Age and Biological Sex” Mentor: Christine Larson, Psychology Poster #125 Peer relationships and support can contribute to individuals’ recovery following trauma, specifically across the developmental period of youth. Youth…… Read More
Nicholas Richards, “Relations between Working Memory Index and Neighborhood Opportunity in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1” Mentor: Bonita Klein-Tasman, Psychology Poster #158 Children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are at increased risk for difficulties with executive functioning, which are cognitive…… Read More
Elizabeth Kuhlmann, “School Involvement as a Protective Factor against Suicide in Youth and the Moderating Role of Discrimination” Mentor: Christine Larson, Psychology Poster #113 Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in adolescents. Social support has been shown…… Read More
Tomas Vasquez, “Social Connection: Social Supports as an Unique Mediator of Suicide Within Indigenous Peoples” Mentor: Gabriela Nagy, Psychology Poster #115 Research has linked historical and ongoing systematic oppression to a range of adverse mental health outcomes including suicide in…… Read More
Jordan Easterlin, “Systems-Level Acculturative Stressors Impacting Immigrants from Latin America Residing in the United States” Mentor: Gabriela Nagy, Psychology Poster #116 As the number of Latinx immigrants (20 million) in the US continues to grow, it is essential for mental…… Read More
Hood-Nellum, Tierel “Testing the Interplay Between ADHD Symptomology and Early Substance Experimentation on Spatial Abilities in Adolescents” Mentor: Krista Lisdahl Poster #213 Deficits in an adolescent’s spatial reasoning abilities could impact many basic domains of their functioning, including reading and…… Read More
Abigail Wampfler, “The Association Between Reward Processing and Nicotine Initiation in Youth” Mentor: Krista Lisdahl, Psychology Poster #97 22% of pre-adolescents and adolescents report lifetime nicotine use. Research suggests that differences associated with reward processing, may influence adolescent nicotine use……. Read More
Sabrina Arassi, “The Effects of ADHD Symptoms and Medication Use on Sleep Quality in Preadolescents” Mentor: Krista Lisdahl, Psychology Poster #25 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral disorder that affects about 7% of children and adolescents. Symptoms of…… Read More
Makayla Neely, “The Relationship Between Baseline Sleep and Two-Year Impulsivity in Adolescents in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Study” Mentor: Krista Lisdahl, Psychology Poster #121 Adolescence is a period of rapid brain development that involves changes in sleep, including shorter sleep…… Read More
Calysta Hawkins-Luken, “The Role of Prior Knowledge on Recalling Scene Images” Mentor: Caitlin Bowman, Psychology Poster #79 Memory is a fundamental cognitive function necessary for learning and navigating through the world. We focused on two types of memory in this…… Read More
Batool Ali, Megan Church, and Katherine Worthman, “Tracking Moods and Psychosocial Dimensions of Favored Leisure Activities: Pilot Testing using Ecological Momentary Assessment” Mentor: Marcellus Merritt, Psychology Poster #173 Recent research highlights that engagement in leisure (i.e., self-selected, self-enriching behavioral pursuits…… Read More
Miso Choi, “Validation of Self-Reported E-Cigarette Cessation via Salivary Cotinine Analysis” Mentor: Han Joo Lee, Psychology Poster #39 Validating self-reported e-cigarette cessation via salivary cotinine analysis is essential due to the potential unreliability of self-reported data on vaping. Retroactive self-reporting…… Read More
Avery Sparacino, “What Can Eye Movements Tell Us About Memory Encoding and Retrieval?” Mentor: Deborah Hannula, Psychology Poster #169 The way we view pictures can affect memory outcomes. For example, pictures are better remembered when participants make more fixations to…… Read More