Ithaca College

On March 18, fifteen students representing six Ithaca College Psychology Department research teams presented posters about their research at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, in Boston, Ma.

The research teams, authors and names of the posters are below. Students who presented at the conference are in bold font.

Developmental and Educational Psychology (Professors Laura Muscalu and Judith Pena Shaff): Morgan Alteio, Sydney Appelbaum, Peter Kilian, Emily O’Brien, Zelda Rosen, Morgan Schall, Liann Gelber, Emily Heerd, Hannah Rolf, Kimberly Wong, and Lior Yaari

• LOOK WHO'S DRIVING!: INFANT INITIATED LOCOMOTION WITH ROBOTIC ASSISTED TECHNOLOGY
• “JUST ONE LOOK:” LOOK DURATION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING IN INFANTS

Emotional and Physiological Influences in Cognition (Professor Brandy Bessette-Symons): Adam Chafee and Erin Strahley

• REDUCED RECOGNITION ACCURACY FOR EMOTIONAL PICTURES IN IMMEDIATE LONG-TERM MEMORY
  

Human Motivation (Professor Mary DePalma): Victoria Ayvazian and Eva Garcia Ferres

• AN INVESTIGATION OF IMPLICIT PERSONALITY THEORIES AND COPING BEHAVIORS
  

Humor (Professor Barney Beins): Maris Krauss

• INTERPERSONAL TRENDS AND THE DARK TRIAD

Social Judgment (Professor Leigh Ann Vaughn): Samantha Dorazio, Irene Howard, Nicholas Liddick, Genesis Alvarez, and Ximena Leon

• MEANING IN LIFE JUDGMENTS DURING STRESSFUL TIMES
• WHEN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS CONTEMPLATE THEIR EVENTUAL DEATH, HOW PRO-US ARE THEY? 

The Human Mind: Origins and Function (Professor Nancy Rader): Laurel Maley, Kaitlyn Folkes

• LEARNING TO THINK BY LEARNING TO MOVE: LOCOMOTOR EFFECTS ON INFANT ATTENTION

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