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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2024

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Effects of Gap Junction Deletion on Seizure Severity and Sleep in Drosophila melanogaster: Implications for Epilepsy in Humans, Chamari Abercrombie
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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How Deep Can a Tattoo Go? The Perceptual Processing of Tattooed Individuals Through the Lens of College Students, Alona Abufarha
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effects of Magnesium on Alcohol Intake and Locomotor Sensitization in Mice, Selali Adjoa Blege
Department: Neuroscience

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Morphological Measurements of Vision in Juvenile Carolina Grasshoppers, Liliana Burlingame
Department: Neuroscience

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Differentiating the Effects of Androgenic and Anti-Androgenic Oral Contraceptives on Rodent Behavior, Rachael N. Dudziak
Department: Neuroscience

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Genetic Interactions Between Disease Prone RNA Binding Proteins in Drosophila Melanogaster, Andrew Nicholas Esber
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Effects of a 5-HT1A Receptor Agonist in Contextual Fear Memory, Lindsi N. Filippi
Department: Neuroscience

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She Means Business: Investigating Name-Race Biases Towards Black American Women in the Job Market on Its Impact on The Semantic Processing of Job Prestige, Munesu H. Kuzanga
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effects of Benfotiamine on Motor Impairment in a 6-OHDA Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease, Aymane Lachhab
Department: Neuroscience

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Adaptive Responses to Unpredictable Feeding: Exploring Metabolic Adaptations, Glucocorticoid Dynamics, and Body Mass Modulations, Tudor Lungu
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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"I’ve Seen It All!”: The Effects of Clinical Empathy on the Other-Race Effect, Eden Netz
Department: Neuroscience

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If You Give a Mouse a Virus: An Investigation of the Role of the Dorsal Hippocampus in Anxiety-Like Behavior through DREADDs, Hannah Ollech
Department: Neuroscience

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Music is More Than a Hobby: The Efficacy of Music as a Form of Stress Reduction, Emily Pistorova
Department: Neuroscience

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A Study of Antidepressive Impacts After Dextromethorphan Administration in a Learned Helplessness Rodent Model, Adam Romano
Department: Neuroscience

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Neuroscience and Public Health: Exploring the Neuroscience of Motivation and Consumption as a Tool for Developing Food Desert Interventions, Tyara Thompson
Department: Neuroscience

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Investigating How Multiple Concussions Affect Executive Functioning in Young Adults, Nick Tress
Department: Neuroscience

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Boolean Modeling and Microglial Matters: Replicating Microglial Behavior in Inflammation and Testing Model Validity, Nina Sahita Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Short-Term vs Long-Term Effects of DREADDs in the Mouse Motor Cortex, Christa Zianni
Department: Neuroscience

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2023

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Axon Pathfinding in Drosophila melanogaster Wing Sensory Neurons, Jade Baek
Department: Neuroscience

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Do You Get Déjà Vu? Examining the Effects of Context and Time on Contextual Generalization in a Mouse Model of PTSD, Natalie Ibrahim Belle
Department: Neuroscience

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It's the Little Things in (a Grasshopper's) Life: How the Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) Visually Signals to Conspecifics While Minimizing Predation Risk, Claire Campbell
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Prognostic Factors Related to Meningioma Growth: A Meta-Analysis, David Dotson
Department: Neuroscience

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On the Interaction Between Tau and Nab2 Proteins: Implication on AD, Mahmoud ElAchwah
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Heart Rate Recovery of DIII Collegiate Soccer Players: Potential Effects of Biological Sex and Time Period, Theodora Farson
Department: Neuroscience

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The Role of CB1 Receptors in the Antidepressant Effects of Sleep Deprivation Therapy in Rats, María Dolores Ferreira
Department: Neuroscience

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Instating Natural Reward-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in C57BL/6J Mice, Sydney Fitzcharles
Department: Neuroscience

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An Overworked Powerhouse: A Boolean Model of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Associated Senescence in the Context of Aging Microglia, Katherine H. Fleig
Department: Neuroscience

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Beyond the Body: The Effects of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation on Anxiety Through the Elevated Plus Maze, Max Glass
Department: Neuroscience

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Stressed Out and Struggling to Concentrate: The Relationship Between Cortisol Reactivity and Cognitive Control in College Students, Katiasofia Gonzales
Department: Neuroscience

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The Development of an ADHD Treatment Application, Nour Kherfi
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effect of Innexin Mutations on Seizure Recovery in Drosophila Melanogaster Model of Epilepsy, Isabel Manche
Department: Neuroscience

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Analyzing the Effects of DNT1 on the overproduction of Tau within Drosophila Melanogaster, Malik J. Moore
Department: Neuroscience

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Greedy Gamblers and Bayesian Bandits: A Quantitative ERP, EEG, and Behavioral Analysis of the Iowa State Gambling Task, Noah Pounds
Department: Neuroscience

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“What’s in a name?”: How Just the Word “Autism” affects Autism Stigma, Allison Elnora Ringold
Department: German Studies; Neuroscience

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Can We Reverse Aging? Using Cognitive Training in Rodents to Enhance Overall Cognitive Performance, Sarah Snider
Department: Neuroscience

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2022

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Decreased Expression Of Innate Immune Response Rel/Nf-Kb Transcription Factor Genes Relish And Dif In Cholinergic Neurons Alter Sleep Patterns In Drosophila Melanogaster., Kayla Audette
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Tau Masks Sleep Differences Found In High And Low Expression Of Drosophila Neurotrophin 1, Nathaniel James Berle
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Tau Masks Sleep Differences Found In High And Low Expression Of Drosophila Neurotrophin 1., Nathaniel James Berle
Department: Neuroscience

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Are The Eyes The Window To The Soul? An Investigation Into The Importance The Eyes Play In Emotion Recognition, Katherine A. Billetdeaux
Department: Neuroscience

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Studying The Effect Of The RNA-Binding Domain And Expression Level Of Nab2 On Tau-Mediated Neurodegeneration In The Fruit Fly, Drosophila Melanogaster, William C. Bodary
Department: Neuroscience; Biology

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The Sound Of Study: Examining The Effect Of Music On Attention, Learning, And Memory, Elly H. Ciesinski
Department: Neuroscience

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Time Flies: An Analysis Of Circadian Impact Upon Cell Cycle Regulation Using Boolean Modeling And A Developmental Drosophila Model, Emma Elizabeth Davidson
Department: Neuroscience

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Building Resistance: An Examination Of Characteristics And Mechanisms Of Alzheimer's Disease And Intervention Methods Which Can Provide Resilience Against Alzheimer's Pathology, Marc R. Dehoorne
Department: Neuroscience

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Dance Dance Evolution: Investigating The Effects Of Dance On Cognitive Inhibition Functions, Olivia Gates Friedman
Department: Neuroscience

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Analyzing A Possible Role Of Nab2 RNA Binding Protein In Regulating Transposition In D. Melanogaster, Seokyoung Ji
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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The Effect Of Perceived Loneliness On Oxytocin Levels In Humans Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kelsea Johnston and Sharon Lynn
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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The Effects Of Venlafaxine And Voluntary Exercise On Chronic Unpredictable Stress Induced Anxiety, Marly McGowan
Department: Neuroscience

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Developing Yeast As A Cellular Based Neurotransmitter Flourescently Engineered Reporter (Cnifer) For Acetylcholine, William Valentine McMichael
Department: Neuroscience

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Developing Yeast As A Cellular Based Neurotransmitter Flourescently Engineered Reporter (Cnifer) For Acetylcholine, William Valentine McMichael
Department: Neuroscience

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Understanding The Biological And Biochemical Properties Of A Conserved Peroxidase Responsible For The Suppression Of Genomic Instability, Douglass W. Morris II
Department: Neuroscience

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Understanding The Biological And Biochemical Properties Of A Conserved Peroxidase Responsible For The Suppression Of Genomic Instability, Douglass W. Morris II
Department: Neuroscience; Biology

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The Effects Of Acute Moderate Physical Exercise On Long-Term Recognition Memory With A Focus On The Encoding Phase Of Memory, Caitlyn O'Connor and Nathan Foster
Department: Neuroscience

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The Racial And Gender Microaggressions On Error Processing And Attentional Bias Within Black And White Women, Olivia K. Ogle
Department: Neuroscience

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Examining The Relationship Between Phonological Processing And Second Language Acquisition For Spanish-English Bilinguals, Hitomi Okamura
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effects Of Forced Exercise In An Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model: Resilience To Behavioral Deficits, Angelo Arthur Petracci
Department: Neuroscience

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The Stories That Shape Us: Influence Of Folk Tales On Moral Decision Making And Risk Taking Behavior And Its Neurological Correlates, Grace N. Rooney
Department: Neuroscience

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Are You Sure You Don’t Know Me? A Facial Recognition Study And Examination Of The Other-Race Effect With External Feature Alterations, Emma M. Saxton
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effect Of Cannabidiol On Stress-Related Memory Impairments, Rajani Subramanian
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effects Of Cannabidiol On Stress Related Memory Impairments, Rajani Subramanian
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effects Of Warning Labels On Perceived Validity Of Fake News Present On Social Media, Befkadu Walthour
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effects Of Single Session Neurofeedback Simulation On Biological And Psychological Stress Responses: The Effects Of A Single Session Mediation On Stress, Jeremiah K. Whitney
Department: Neuroscience

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2021

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Antidepressant Effects of Sleep Deprivation Chronotherapy in Male and Female Sprague-Dawley Rats, Rachel Leigh Backstrom
Department: Neuroscience

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Mapping Out Learning: How Aerobic Exercise, Sex and Alzheimer's Disease Impact Learning, Grace G. Bouker
Department: Neuroscience

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Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Roles of dNab2 and dArc1 in Drosophila melanogaster Mushroom Body Axon Development, Marcel Lignani Elkouri
Department: Neuroscience

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Using Tau Protein to Investigate the Link between Sleep Deprivation and Alzheimer’s Disease in a Drosophila Model, Kaitlyn B. Evans
Department: Neuroscience

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SWS2 and LWS mRNA Sequences in Red and Blue Betta Splendens, Hannah Greenland
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Communicating Science to College Students: A Comparison of Infographic and Text Based Approaches, Rachel Greer
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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You Have 10 Minutes Remaining: An Examination Into Common Test-Taking Anxieties’ Effect on Academic Performance in Relation to Academic Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement Goal Orientation, Megan R. Gronau
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effects of Meditation, if Any, on Pain Awareness, Sosna Hailu-Chanyalew
Department: Neuroscience; Philosophy

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Investigation the Effects of dNab2 Overexpression on Human Tau in Drosophila Melanogaster, James M. Hill
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Autism and Psychopathy in the General Population: As they Relate to Perspective Taking in Bullying and Victimization Scenarios, Nathan Hill
Department: Neuroscience

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A Review of the Treatments of Anxiety Disorders Within the Adolescent Population, Jessica L.M. Kamen
Department: Neuroscience

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Dog Behave Differently When Meeting a Stranger Depending on their Personality and How the Stranger Acts, Margaret Loarca
Department: Neuroscience; Biology

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The Influence of Physical Exercise Mediated by Self-Regulation on Mental Health of College Students, Samuel Merga
Department: Neuroscience

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Effect of Adipokinetic Hormone on Mating Receptivity of Aedes aegypti Females, Dhwani Parsana
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience

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The Impacts of Antioxidants and Environmental Enrichment on Memory and Learning in an Alzheimer’s Disease Rodent Model, Lexi Riley-DiPaolo
Department: Neuroscience; Psychology

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CBD Decreases Anxiety in ADHD-like Rat Model: Evidence for an Alternative Treatment Plan, Katie Sarzosa
Department: Neuroscience

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Varying Levels of Impulsivity in an ADHD Rodent Model Influences Behavioral Accuracy, Sydney K. Schultz
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effects of Down-regulated Immune Genes on Neuronal Cell Bodies and Axon Bundle Thickness after an Axonal Injury within the Wing in Drosophila melanogaster, Kera Sells
Department: Neuroscience

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“Tau be or not Tau be” The Involvement of the Innate Immune Response in Tau Pathology, Christine Rose Slater
Department: Neuroscience

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Now You See Me — Now You Don’t: An Investigation of Hair Alterations Effects on Face Identification in Own- and Other-race Faces, Maresa A. Tate
Department: Neuroscience

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Exploring How Environmental-Musical Context Change Affects Long-Term Memory, Brandon Robert Woolman
Department: Neuroscience

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2020

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Seminal Fluid-Derived Adipokinetic Hormone (sfAKH) Influences Mating Behavior in Female Aedes aegypti with Observations on Accessory Reproductive Glands, Gemma Briggs
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience

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The Consequences of Thin-Ideal Media on Women's Body Image and Health, Claire Davis
Department: Neuroscience; Psychology

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Conspicuousness of Dissosteira Carolina Against Varying Environmental Backgrounds Using Avian Predator and Conspecific Insect Visual Modeling, Frederick R. Gilbert
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Behavioral Effects of Human Tau Expression and Sleep Deprivation on Drosophila melanogaster, Benjamin R. Gregoire
Department: Neuroscience; Biology

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The Effect of the Antioxidant Supplement, Protandim, on a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Jennifer Grossmann
Department: Neuroscience

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No Need to Stress: The Effects of Protandim Supplementation on Counteracting Oxidative Stress via the Nrf2 Pathway, Kelsey Taylor Hall
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience

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Mosquitoes Bloody Suck!: Identifying Potential Vectors and Non-Human Hosts of Mosquito-Borne Pathogens in Alajuela, Costa Rica, Emma R. Hambright
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience

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I Got Rhythm How 'Bout You?: An Investigation of the Impact of Rhythm on Word Retrieval, Christian Howard-Smith
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Neuroscience

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The Effects of Environmental Enrichment and Antioxidant Supplementation on an Alzheimer’s Disease Rodent Model, Alison Hsu
Department: Neuroscience

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Investigating the Effects of Chronic Corticosterone Exposure During the Weanling Phase of Rattus Norvegicus on Adult Learning and Memory Function, Dina Jamshidi
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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The Effect of Familiarity on Face Processing of the Other-Race Classification Advantage, Nashmia Khan
Department: Neuroscience

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The Effects of Melatonin on the Glymphatic System in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model, Eleni Miliotou
Department: Neuroscience

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Effect Of Nutrient On Sleep In Drosophila, Augustine U. Ogwoh
Department: Neuroscience; Biology

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Visual and Auditory Perception of Horror, Timothy Perales
Department: Neuroscience

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We Are Unaware of How Unaware We Are: The Effects of Stress, Mood and Past Experiences on Our Ability to Make Decisions, Kwame Poku-Acheampong
Department: Neuroscience; Psychology

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Examining the Human-Dog Dyad: The Effects of Dogs in Reducing State-Level Anxiety in Stress-Inducing Situations, Krenare Rakoci
Department: Neuroscience

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The Impact of Acquisition Context on the Affective Perception of Taboo Words, Katherine Sendek
Department: Neuroscience

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An Investigation into the Possible Impact of Early-Life Stress on Music as a Stress-Reduction Tool, Sarah Marie Histed Vandenbergen
Department: Neuroscience