Summer Research Students 2006

Laura Berger (Advisor: Dr. Sarah Hutson-Comeaux)

Emotion Expression of Political Candidates in Campaign Ads

Erin Colbert-White (Advisor: Dr. Cody Brooks)

Research Involving Dolphins’ Ability to Use Echolocation to Differentiate between Divers and other Animals

Kristin Cox (Advisor: Dr. Nestor Matthews)

The Song Remains the Same: Identifying Variations in Musical Key

Letitia Easom (Advisor: Dr. Sarah Hutson-Comeaux)

Exploring the Effects of Gender, Emotion, and Gender-Specific Traits on Evaluations of Political Candidates

Amber Hill (Advisor: Dr. Seth Chin-Parker)

The Interaction of Category Knowledge and Learning with Cross-Classified Items

Robert Horn (Advisors: Drs. Alexandra Bradner & Seth Chin-Parker)

Testing Van Frassen’s Model of Explanation

John Kennard (Advisor: Dr. Susan Kennedy)

The Impact of Contextually Appropriate Musical Cues on Memory Function in a Sample of Patients Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Dementia

Catherine Mehta (Advisor: Dr. Seth Chin-Parker)

Structural Alignment in Category Learning

Erin Toolis (Advisor: Dr. Robert Weis)

Differences in Parenting Behavior as a Fucntion of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status

Katrina Vanags (Advisor:  Dr. Cody Brooks)

A Reassessment of a Cuing Procedure to Influence “Relapsing” Memory (Proactive Interference) in Human Participants