Student Research

Selected Projects:

A number of seniors engaged in research projects with psychology faculty. They investigated topics such as attention, memory, social cognition, and sleep.

Fall 2021-Spring 2022

Connor Lambert - Differential treatment of athletes -Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz
Gabby Smith - The Six Dimensions of Wellness Surrounding Student Wellbeing - Advisor: Brittany Hollis
Abbie Cooper - Impulsivity in FMR1 Knockout Rats - Advisors: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Megan Beyor - Integrating Choice and Interest During Academic Demands in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Decrease Escape Maintained Problem Behavior - Advisor: Adam Fox
Eve Golden, Madolin Purcell, Mary Serr - Autism Spectrum Disorder Modeled in Rats - Advisor: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Katherine Hamlin, Hannah Kolpack, Kaleigh McKillip, Amelia Pape, Hannah Tobias-Wallingford - Rat Model of Fragile X Syndrome - Advisors: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Daniel Calbo, Bella Amico, Sajida Bibi, Ayesha Khatun - Assessment of Exploratory and Anxiety-like Behaviors in the FMR1 Rat Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder - Advisors: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Meghan Charles - Intersection of Nature, Mental Health, and Cognitive Performance - Advisor: Adam Fox
Catherine O'Keeffe - Rehabilitation or Incarceration? Perception in Four States with Different Drug Laws - Advisor: Adam Fox
Mary Clark - Impact of Episodic Future Thinking on Delay Discounting in Individuals diagnosed with an Eating Disorder - Advisor: Adam Fox

Fall 2020-Spring 2021

Patricia Faucher - The effects of coach and athlete use of relationship maintenance behaviors on perceptions of the caring climate - Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz
Tarrah Price - Character strengths in sport - Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz
Yanfei Mao - Continuation of examining associations between character strengths and positive outcomes in the academic context and Development of academic-focused strengths based interventions - Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz
Marcelo Ortiz - Changing constructs: The effect of George Kelly’s personal construct theory on human rights attitudes - Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz

Fall 2019-Spring 2020

Kevin Danaher, Lindsay Ahmann, Hannah Angelides - Response to Different Intensities - Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz
Jessica Baldasaro - Effects of Food Restriction on Delay Discounting in Rodents and Humans - Advisor: Adam Fox
Audrey DeBritz - Delay Exposure and Impulsivity in Children - Advisor: Adam Fox
Carla Martinez-Perez - (summer McNair Program) Effects of Acute Delay Exposure on Impulsivity in Humans - Advisor: Adam Fox

Fall 2018-Spring 2019

Cole Poulin (Senior Thesis), Paige Currie, Makayla Rogers, Hannah Mungenast, Cheyenne McQuain, and Rachel Loyst - Timing and Impulsive Choice in the CNTNAP2 Knockout Rat Model – Advisor: Adam Fox
Paige Currie (Senior Thesis), Cole Poulin, Makayla Rogers, Hannah Mungenast, Cheyenne McQuain, and Rachel Loyst - Paradoxical Anxiolysis and Enhanced Extinction Learning in a Rat Model of PTSD – Advisor: Adam Fox
Emma Collins – It’s Okay: How Society is Dangerously Moralizing Infant Feeding Choices – Advisor: Laura Mills-Smith
Julia Crannell – Following Up on an Internship at Judge Baker Children’s Center: Exploring the Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments for ADHD – Advisor: Laura Mills- Smith
Emily Dearborn – ToyLikeMe at St. Lawrence University: Modifying Toys for Children with “Diff:abilities” – Advisor: Laura Mills-Smith
Sebastián Gonzalez-Martinez – The Role of Pre-Switch Language Context and Spontaneity in Code Switching – Advisor: Laura Mills-Smith
Zoe Barnhart – The Effects of Group Size and Goal Reward Structures on Social Loafing and Peer relationships in a Sport Setting – Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz
Isis Flores – Self-Determination Theory in Structured Jail Activities – Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz
Taylor LaRobardiere, Jenna Sencabaugh – Less Stress for Success: Effects of Short-Term Mindfulness Practices in College Students – Advisor: Loraina Ghiraldi
Breanna Griffin – Nurtured by Nature: Biophilic Office Design – Advisor: Tom Greene
Sarah Berkovitz – The Effect of Gender and Environment on Perceived Safety of a College Campus – Advisor: Tom Greene

Fall 2017-Spring 2018

Pinja R. Päivinen - Examining Cultural Differences in Moral Judgment: How Described Commonness Affects the Perceived Wrongness of Behaviors - Advisor: Jenny Su
Rachel Snitzer - Rendering the Most Just Verdict: Can a Period of Reflection Help Jurors Implement Instructions? - Advisors: Cathy Crosby and Mark Oakes
Sarah Heywood - To Approach or to Avoid: The Question of How Race and Gender Impacts Attention - Advisor: Mark Oakes
Iris Buchanan, Julie Joyce - Mechanical Delays Reduce Paper Towel Consumption - Advisor: Adam Fox
Amanda Gellis - Functional Analysis and Reduction of Horse Pawing - Advisor: Adam Fox
Alycia M. Nicholson, Emma J. Visser, Paige M. Currie, Colin W. Hart and Julie Joyce - Interventions Aimed at Changing Impulsive Choice Behavior - Advisor: Adam Fox
Rachel Muskin - Memory Reconsolidation: A tool to minimize the impact of memories for traumatic events viewed through the media - web-based administration - Advisor: Serge Onyper
Sydney Henegan - The effects of memory reconsolidation interference on intrusive memories of recent trauma victims - Advisor: Serge Onyper
Robin Pocornrie - The effects of racially stereotypical appearance on judgments of guilt of police officers in the shootings of Black men - Advisor: Serge Onyper
Olivia Moshier, Margaret Whitney, and Carlo Tan-Alberto - The effects of intermittent fasting on cognitive and motor function and cardiovascular health in young adult rats - Advisor: Serge Onyper

Fall 2016 - Spring 2017

Carrie Pomainville - The Effect of Frustration on Children’s Food Selection in the Presence of Healthy Environmental Cues – Advisor: Helana Girgis
Alycia Nicholson, Elina Breton, and Sejla Palic - Characterization of Motor and Cognitive Deficits of the Valproic Acid Rat Model of Autism – Advisors: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Sumra Sikandar, Meaghan Demers-Peel, and Brett Barnes - Assessing Temporal Processing and Impulsive Choice in an Animal Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder - Advisors: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Alea Robinson, Emma Morgan, and Cole Poulin - Assessment of Social and Anxiety Behaviors in the Valproic Acid Rat Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder - Advisors: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Hallie Young - Harnessing Jurors’ Good Intentions: Instructions to Disregard Inadmissible Evidence – Advisors: Cathy Crosby and Mark Oakes
Sarah Evarts - Erase It from Your Minds: Factors Affecting Jurors’ Ability to Follow a Judge’s Instruction to Disregard Evidence – Advisors: Cathy Crosby and Mark Oakes
Carlene Fontanez-Lutsky - Disentangling Motor-Induced Remembering: Approach/Avoidance or Self Referential Processing? – Advisors: Mark Oakes and Serge Onyper
Alexis Bruno - Memory Advantage Observed with Movement Towards One’s Selfie – Advisors: Mark Oakes and Serge Onyper
Michael Lengieza - On the Lookout for Negativity: Defensive Self‐Esteem and the Perception of Rejection – Advisor: Mark Oakes; Research Assistants: Nicole Syrotiak, Abigail Bourcy, Peter Suddaby, Justin Brackett, Meghan McKelvey
Sarah Heywood, Shayna Davner, Rachel Snitzer, Hunter Hitchman, Kaleb Faison, & Anna Carpenter - Defensive Self-Esteem and Victim Blaming – Advisor: Mark Oakes
Justina Bagger - 50 Shades of Trump: A correlational investigation of the effects of divisive political rhetoric on well-being and mood – Advisor: Serge Onyper
Nicholas Leach - 50 shades darker: Experimental study of the effects of divisive political rhetoric on well-being and mood – Advisor: Serge Onyper

Fall 2015 - Spring 2016

Ashley McDuffee - Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill: Stereotypes and Stigma - Advisor: Mark Oakes
John Roman - Gender Role and Leadership Role conflict - Advisor: Thomas Greene
Sarah Yancey - Implementing a Character Strengths Intervention Targeted at Improving Eating Behaviors - Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz
Laura Goldhar, Rebecca Briggs, Joseph Licata, Alondra Martinez, Emma Morgan, Elizabeth Ridgway, Depika Singha, and Emma Visser - Effects of Prelimbic, Infralimbic, and Anterior Cingulate Cortex Lesions on Time Perception in Rats - Advisor: Adam Fox and Bill DeCoteau
Joseph Licata, Laura Goldhar, Rebecca Briggs, Elizabeth Ridgway, Emma Morgan, Emma Visser, Alondra Martinez, Depika Singha - Potential Effects of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles on Learning and Behavior in the VPA Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder - Advisors: Adam Fox and Bill DeCoteau
Allison Sherman - Functional Analysis of Pawing in Horses - Advisor: Adam Fox
Kalin Long - The Influence of Physicality on Psychological Distance and Memory - Advisor: Mark Oakes
Joseph Parise - A Study of the Vertical World - Advisor: Bill DeCoteau
Yichi Zhang - Call Me “Wob”: An Empirical Test of the Direct Reference and the Description Theory of Names - Advisor: Serge Onyper
Anna Carpenter - Response to Ego Threats: Victim Blaming in Individuals with Defensive Self-Esteem - Advisor: Mark Oakes
Megan De Luca - Attitudes toward Sexual Assault: Investigating the Influence of Title IX Training on Victim Blame - Advisor: Mark Oakes
Rose Dowley and Bailey O'Keeffe - Posted, Uploaded, and Tweeted: Examining the Credibility of Social Media as a Source of News - Advisors: Serge Onyper and Mark Oakes
Shelby Hang - Comparing the Restorative Effects of Fire and Water - Advisor: Thomas Greene
Nicole Jewett and McKenzie Goodwin - Extending Motor-Induced Memory Effects: Examining How Flexion and Extension Movements Impact Intentional Memory - Advisor: Mark Oakes
Depika Singha, Mirta Mikac, and Julia Carson -The Secret Behind Remembering: Effects of Changes in Cortisol on True and False Memories for Emotional Words - Advisors: Serge Onyper and Loraina Ghiraldi
Isabelle Munro - The Effect of Voice Pitch on Memory - Advisor: Serge Onyper