Belmont psychology and neuroscience students recently attended and presented research at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) in New York City. The EPA was founded in 1896 and is the oldest of the regional psychological associations in the United States. Jasmine Jarupat, Belmont psychology alumna and current University of Oregon psychology graduate student, joined the group.
Psychology major Mallory McDonald served on a panel discussion with several students from other universities. The session title was “The Impact of Undergraduate Research: A Student’s Vantage Point.”
Psychology faculty attending the conference were Drs. Lauren Gilbert, Linda Jones and Lonnie Yandell. Participating students included Alex Gumucio, Morgan Turner, Samantha Gould, Justin Lang, Madlin Lausten, Katy Coffer, Kathryn Hook, Jacob Huffman, Mallory McDonald, Amber Lowe, Ashton Judy, Kayla Evans, Brittany Yeager, Kathryn Graeff, Emily Gildea, Blair Ferguson, Margaret Rittler, Julisa Nunez, Lauren Weaver, Scarlet Sanders and Bee Strother.
All students presented their research in poster sessions, after a peer review process. Presented research included (*attended the conference):
| Illusory Conjunctions: Gender and the Misperception of Happy, Angry and Neutral Emotions |
| Alex Gumucio*, Heather Jelonek, Seth Strobel, Tanisha Williams |
| The Differential Effect of Artificial and Natural Sugar on Memory in Rats |
| Morgan Turner*, Lindsey Dennis, Lauren Weaver*, Ali Miller, Stephanie Morin |
| Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of a New Scale for Uniqueness Seeking |
| Margaret Rittler*, Ashton Judy*, Hunter Foltz, Bee Strother*, Lauren Weaver* |
| Voice Pitch Effects on Auditory Working Memory |
| Sammie Gould*, Kayla Evans*, Courtney Bright, Nicole Canes, Stephanie Morin |
| An Examination of Note Taking and Lecture Style as Predictors of Test Performance |
| Justin Lang*, Tanisha Williams, Heather Dudley |
| The Validation Study of the Measure of Adaptive and Maladaptive Absorption |
| Madlin Lausten*, Katy Coffer*, Scarlet Sanders*, Brittany Yeager* |
| The Effect of Heuristics Made with Depleted Self-Control |
| Katy Coffer* |
| Perception of Intelligence Depends on Voice Intonation |
| Katy Coffer*, Blair Ferguson*, Kathryn Hook*, Kathryn Graeff* |
| Under Pressure: The Effects of Emotion and Anxiety on the Phonological Loop |
| Jacob Huffman* |
| Research Mentoring Program |
| Mallory McDonald*, Jasmine Jaraput* |
| The Effect of Mood Priming and Extraversion on the Perceived Pain of Spending Money |
| Amber Lowe*, Emily Gildea* |
| Man In the Mirror: How Sadness Affects Eye Gaze and Speed of Emotion Recognition |
| Julisa Nunez*, Margaret Ritter*, Lauren Weaver*, Stephanie Cooper |
