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The interaction between recall and recognition and the moderation of age in the induced forgetting paradigm (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Kleio Jiang to work in the laboratory of Ashleigh Maxcey in the Department of Psychology during the summer of 2022. Kleio is a senior with a major in Psychology. Understanding forgetting is as crucial to current models of memory as understanding remembering. The induced forgetting paradigm describes a subconscious memory pathway...
Characterization of a toxic secondary metabolite cluster in Penicillium fungi (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Charu Balamurugan to work in the laboratory of Dr. Antonis Rokas in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Informatics during the summer of 2022. Charu is a sophomore with majors in Biological Sciences and Medicine, Health, & Society. This summer, Charu studied the characterization of a toxic secondary metabolite cluster...
Intermittent Stimulation of the Nucleus Basalis Improves Working Memory in Aged Monkeys (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Sophia Chung to work in the laboratory of Professor Christos Constantinidis in the Department of Biomedical Engineering during the summer of 2022. Sophia is a junior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Neuroscience. This summer, Sophia used MATLAB to analyze the behavioral data obtained from the working memory task administered to...
Eosinophilic Granulocyte Recognition on Whole Slide Imaging Using CircleSnake Deep Learning Model (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yilin Liu to work in the laboratory of Dr. Yuankai Huo in the Department of Computer Science during the summer of 2022. Yilin is a senior with majors in Computer Science and Mathematics. Eosinophil granulocytes, also called eosinophils or eosinophiles, are white blood cells that are one of the immune system...
Examining the Impact of Social Media Functions and Algorithms on Emotion and General Well-Being (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yixin Wang to work in the laboratory of Dr. Shilo Anders in the Department of Anesthesiology during the summer of 2022. Yixin is a senior with majors in Mathematics and Psychology. This summer, Yixin and Dr. Andres’ laboratory focused on locating which social media platforms they wanted to investigate, analyzed social...
The Effects of a Parent-Coaching Intervention on the Temporal Dynamics of Parent-Child Interactions in Children with ASD (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yunah Song to work in the laboratory of Dr. Miriam Lense in the Department of Otolaryngology during the summer of 2022. Yunah is a junior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Child Development. Timing is an integral component of successful parent-child social interactions for both autistic children (ASD) and children who...
Modeling Multiattribute Food Decisions Using Semantic Representations (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Ke Lai to work in the laboratory of Professor Jennifer Trueblood in the Department of Psychology during the summer of 2022. Ke is a senior with majors in Psychology and Economics. Interested in how people people make decisions or judgments about food items, Ke and Professor Trueblood began by focusing on...
The Contested Meaning of Abortion (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Rebecca Rossi to work in the laboratory of Dr. Sophie Bjork-James in the Department of Anthropology during the summer of 2022. Rebecca is a senior with a major Mathematics. This project examines how individuals and organizations discuss the topic of abortion on social media. By examining Twitter data related to abortion...
Humphreys receives $3.7 million grant to study relationship between parent–child proximity and emerging psychopathology
Aug. 1, 2022—Class of 2021 Alumnus Amanda Short’s capstone project contributed to research which was recently awarded a grant in excess of $3.7 million from the National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists program. Chief Data Scientist, Jesse Spencer-Smith PhD, is one of three advisors on the grant.
DSI – SRP Poster Winner Announcement – Joseph Sexton
Oct. 27, 2021—Outstanding DSI – SRP Presentation Award 2021 Joseph Sexton, a junior with majors in Psychology and Medicine, Health, and Society and minors in Quantitative Methods, Mathematics, and Scientific Computing, presented his poster at the Undergraduate Research Fair and was selected as the winner of the Outstanding DSI – SRP Presentation Award (7 other DSI-SRP students...