Psychology
Can Deep Neural Networks Model Variability in Human Visual Cognition (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 14, 2023—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded David Brust to work in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Palmeri, Ph.D. in the Department of Psychological Sciences during the summer of 2023. David is a rising senior with a major in Neuroscience. Deep neural networks (DNNs) are used in neuroscience as models of brain representations and as models of human...
DSI hosts AI Revolutions Symposium
Mar. 29, 2023—The Data Science Institute would like to thank all of the attendees and speakers that made our AI Revolutions Symposium this week a great event for the Vanderbilt community. The two-day event showcased the latest developments and impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in research and academia. The DSI’s Chief Data Scientist, Jesse Spencer-Smith, opened the...
DSI hosts Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference for data scientists and aspiring data scientists to learn from other women in the field
Mar. 8, 2023—The Data Science Institute welcomed women who are leading the way in data science at our annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference on March 7. The conference was an opportunity for women in data science to connect, network and learn from other women in the field. The conference featured a variety of sessions with...
Measuring Naturalistic Proximity as a Window Into Caregiver–Child Interaction Patterns (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qi Shi to work in the laboratory of Kathryn Humphreys in the Department Psychology and Human Development during the summer of 2022. Qi is a junior with majors in Medicine, Health, & Society and Psychology. The TotTag, a device developed by the VU SEA Lab with a team of collaborators, is...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Predicting Suicidal Ideation in Patients with Huntington’s Disease (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Joseph Sexton to work in the laboratory of David Isaacs, MD, MPH in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the summer of 2021. Joseph is a junior with majors in Psychology and Medicine, Health, and Society and minors in Quantitative Methods, Mathematics, and Scientific Computing. Huntington’s disease (HD) is...
Substance Uses and Prefrontal Cortex, Thalamus, and Cerebellar Volumes: An Integrative Investigation on Brain Shrinkage (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qiaochu (Francis) Jiang to work in the laboratory of Neil Woodward in the Department of Psychiatry during the summer of 2021. Qiaochu is a senior with majors in Neuroscience and Psychology and a minor in Asian Studies. Substance use disorder (SUD), or substance abuse, is characterized by excessive and continued use of...