Archive of Student Science Research Presentations
At the end of each term, students present scientific research that they have conducted during the semester in a symposium open to the college community. This page features the work of the students with links to the slides, audio clips, and videos of each presentation. Semesters are listed in order from the most recent.
Student Research Presentations Spring 2012
Measuring skill acquisition in the presence and absence of guiding cues in pigeons.
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Nathan Folks, Jordan Hardy, Sydney Kline, Carrie Martin, Hunter Rackett
Research Mentor:
Dr.
Alliston Reid, Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf opens in new window)
U.S. vs. Mexico: Guiding cues studies with rats compete for accuracy.
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PSY 300, represented by Kimberlee Lockwood, Anne Stuart Mitchener, Laurel
Ann Sams, Jackson Scott
Research Mentor:
Dr.
Alliston Reid, Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf opens in new window)
Effect of Expectancy on Difficult versus Easy Dual Tasks.
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by:
Jennifer Fisher, An Le, Gwen McDaniel, Christine Shelton, Jeanne
Umuhire
Research Mentor:
Dr.
Cecile Nowatka, Associate Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf opens in new window)
Friends and Family: what factors influence aggregation in female copperhead snakes?
Presented
by:
Zach Beaver, Rachel Brittenham, and Brittany Coker (representing BIO 392
Animal Behavior class)
Research Mentor:
Dr.
John Moeller, Associate Professor of Biology & Dr. Charles
Smith, Assistant Professor of Biology
Link to Slides (pdf opens in new window)
Student Research Presentations Fall 2011
| Fatty acids enhance the perceived taste intensity of non-nutritive sweeteners, Saccharin & Sucralose, in male & female rats.
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| Investigating SNPs in the ZC4H2, FGD1, and MCT8 Genes in Humans.
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| Processing Information Between a Spectrophotometer and an Arduino.
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The manipulation of worry and its effect on the experience of acute pain.
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The development and assessment of standardized patterns in the study of memory for pain.
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| Ipilimumab, melanoma, and brain metastases.
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Living Words: An Assessment of a Creative Writing Program for Older Adults.
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Effects of Hypothalamic Injections of a Glutamate Receptor Agonist, NMDA, on Foraging in Satiated Rats.
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Student Research Presentations Spring 2011
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| Survey of Upstate Veterans, preliminary results.
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How do changes in guiding cues affect skill learning in pigeons?
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Comparing antioxidant power of super-fruit supplements.
Presented by: Kristin Demosthenes
Research Mentor: Dr. Bryan Splawn, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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Assessment of the reliability and validity of the repetition-detection task.
Presented by: Luisa Gonzalez, Mary Beirne Taylor, Ayat Tayebi and Ben Wilmoth
Research Mentor: Dr. Kara Bopp, Assistant Professor of Psychology
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The effects of
popularity and outcome dependency on impression formation in children.
Presented by: Caitlin Dodd, Stephyn Duck, Emily Knight, and Nikki Siebert
Research Mentor: Dr. Cecile Nowatka, Associate Professor of Psychology
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Student Research Presentations Fall 2010
| Guided skill learning in rats is governed by simultaneous feature-positive bias.
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Quoridor: The Route to the Finish Line.
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| The Combinatorics of QuoridorŽ Gamestates.
Presented by: Monroe Griffin and Ryan Campbell
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CDP increases ingestion and alters taste palatability across specific tastants in rats.
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Do hypothalamic injections of a glutamate receptor inhibitor influence feeding and foraging in rats?
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The Effect of Catastrophizing on Pressure Pain.
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Chemosensory preferences in parasitoid wasps.
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Student Research Presentations Spring 2010
| The Effects of the Manipulation of Worry on Acute Pain among Self-Described Worriers.
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The Effects of Popularity and Outcome Dependency on Impression Formation in Children.
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Survey of Veterans in the Upstate.
Presented by: Brittney Getz & Aubrey Thomson
Research Mentor: Dr. John Lefebvre, Professor of Psychology
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Student Research Presentations Fall 2009
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An investigation of MicroRNAs in plants: Understanding MicroRNA and argonaut protein interactions. Presented by: Danielle Rekers Mentor: Dr. Xuiren Zhang, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Texas A&M University
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D-AP5, a chemical which suppresses receptor activity, injected into the lateral hypothalamic area of the brain reduces feeding in foraging rats. Presented by: Students of BIO250 Mentor: Dr. Stacey Hettes, Associate Professor of Biology |
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Education & praise are sufficient to improve healthy eating during elementary school lunch service. Presented by: Brittney Getz, Christina Jackson, Jonathon Shay, and Sara Riggs Mentor: Dr. Dave Pittman, Associate Professor of Psychology |
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Examination of the effects of working memory training on working memory capacity and transfer to fluid intelligence. Presented by: Tia Anders, Brittney Getz, Chelsea Nill, & Jessie Sahms Mentor: Dr. Kara Bopp, Assistant Professor of Psychology |
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Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Usage in Halothiobacillus neapolitanus and Thiomonus intermedia. Presented by: Courtney Gregory and Nicole Woller Mentor: Dr. Stefanie Baker, Associate Professor of Biology |
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Student Research Presentations Spring 2009
| Age-related changes in working memory: Role of additional cues in content to context binding.
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Internalization of Stimulus Control During Skill Learning: When Can the Coach Leave?
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A Feasibility Study of Landmine Detection by Hooded Rats.
Presented by: Brittney Getz & Chelsea Nill
Research Mentor: Dr. Alliston Reid, Professor of Psychology
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| Effects of Worry in Persistent Pain.
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Student Research Presentations Fall 2008
GABAergic Influences Increase Ingestion across All Taste Categories
Presented by: Molly McGinnis, Elizabeth Miller, & Lindsey Richardson
Mentor: Dr. David Pittman, Associate Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
The Potential Effectiveness of UBP 302 as a Kainite Receptor Antagonist in Suppressing ATPA- Elicited Feeding in the Lateral Hypothalamus
Presented by: Jamie Nichols, Ashley Carr, & Cameron Simmons
Mentor: Dr. Stacey Hettes, Associate Professor of Biology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Sequential Dependencies Produced When Learning Response Sequences
Presented by: Jenny Amsden, Kelley Crawford, Tom Glazebrook, & Chelsea Nill
Mentor: Dr. Alliston Reid, Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Investigating Natural Products as Anticancer Agents
Presented by: Stacey Turner & Caslin Pavy
Mentor: Dr. Bryan Splawn, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Sound Production in a Parasitoid Wasp
Presented by: Sam Hall
Mentor: Dr. John Moeller, Associate Professor of Biology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Student Research Presentations Spring 2008
ADHD assessment and treatment practices among local family practice and pediatric physicians.
Presented by: Blair Burke, Annie Harbison, Valerie Tyndall, & Candace Williams
Research Mentor: Dr. Cecile Nowatka, Associate Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Influence of a high-fat diet on the detection threshold for avoiding linoleic acid following a conditioned taste aversion in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rat strains.
Presented by: Tia Anders, Covington Avent, Christina Jackson, Phillip Neill, Chelsea Nill, Cameron Simmons, & David Trant
Research Mentor: Dr. Dave Pittman, Associate Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Characterization of the afferent gustatory responsiveness of the chorda tympani nerve to tastants with and without linoleic acid in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rat strains.
Presented by: Kimberly Smith
Research Mentor: Dr. Dave Pittman, Associate Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
The relationship between student engaged learning, development, and health outcomes.
Presented by: Mary Catherine McClain
Research Mentor: Dr. John Lefebvre, Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
The role of discriminative stimuli and motivation level in a three response sequence.
Presented by: Kara Bennewitz, Tye Tindal, & Wendelyn West
Research Mentor: Dr. Alliston Reid, Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Chowing down: Do rats eat less when they eat slower?
Presented by: Elise Boos, Prashant Patel, and Margaret Strom, representing Bio 104B
Research Mentor: Dr. G.R. Davis, Professor of Biology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Combating Invasive Species: The Response of a Suburban Bottomland Levee Forest to the removal of invasive plants
Presented by: Daniel Henderson
Research Mentor: Dr. Doug Rayner, Professor of Biology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Student Research Presentations Fall 2007
Effects of benzodiazepines on short- and long-term feeding patterns: A role for GABAergic processing of taste information.
Presented by: Hannah Dinnen and Ivy Farr
Research Mentor: Dr. David Pittman, Associate Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
The role of glutamate receptor activation within the hypothalamus in the stimulation of feeding behavior
Presented by: Kalee Clausen, Mary Wheeler, Daniel West, and Josh Smith
Research Mentor: Dr. Stacey Hettes, Associate Professor of Biology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
Deciphering the magic number 7: The effect of focus switching on working memory capacity.
Presented by: Crystal Burnette and Leigh Anne Campbell
Research Mentor: Dr. Kara Bopp, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)
The effect of worry on the experience of acute pain.
Presented by: Emily Fort, Leah Gaylord, and Christie Wilkes
Research Mentor: Dr. John Lefebvre, Professor of Psychology
Link to Slides (pdf) - Link to Audio (mp3 opens in new window)