2018-2019 Senior Theses
Shenyece Ferguson (Neurobiology - Advisor: George Alvarez)
An Exploration of the Effects of Attention on Neural Processing of Visual Information
Joanna Tao (Neurobiology - Advisor: Justin Baker)
Toward Understanding the Role of Physical Activity and Functional Connectivity in Health and Pathology using Machine Learning
2017-2018 Senior Theses
Anna Riley-Shepard (Psychology - Advisor: George Alvarez)
The Motor and Memory Abilities of Effortful vs. Non-effortful Attentional Systems: Evidence from Action Processing in Dancers
2016-2017 Senior Theses
Bryan Bu (Bioengineering - Advisor: Mark Ottensmeyer)
MRI Phantommaker: A 3D Printed DTI Calibration Platform for Water Diffusion Direction and Anisotropy in the Brain
Micah Sivitz Gellman (Neurobiology - Advisor: Gigi Luk)
Investigating the Relationship between L2 Acquisition and White Matter Integrity: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study
Isobel Green (Psychology - Advisor: Diego Pizzagalli)
The Effect of Affective Priming on Reward Processing in Individuals with Low vs. High Levels of Depressive Symptoms
Meghan Hind (Neurobiology - Advisor: Randy Buckner)
Longitudinal Deep Phenotyping of the Individual: Dynamics Associtated with Real-World Stress
2015-2016 Senior Theses
Constanza Vidal Bustamante (Psychology - Advisor: Leah Somerville)
Cognitive and Biological Underpinnings of Reward-Control Interactions Across Development
Claire Leibowicz (Psychology - Advisor: Mina Cikara)
Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Examine the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex's Role in Intergroup Empathy
2014-2015 Senior Theses
Hannah Borowsky (Neurobiology - Advisor: Margaret Sheridan)
A Biological Perspective on Why Teenagers Do Stupid Stuff: Exploring Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Relationships between White Matter Integrity, Childhood Adversity, and Adolescent Risk-Taking
Jeffrey Edwards (Neurobiology - Advisor: Joshua Buckholtz)
Selectively Altering Intertemporal Decision-Making Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Christina Herbosa (Neurobiology - Advisor: Margaret Sheridan)
Investigating Differences in Neural Activity of Young Children with and without Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Bernadette Wharton (Neurobiology - Advisor: Edwin Robertson)
Using Fuctional Connectivity to Understand Memory System Communication During Off-line Learning
Malte Zopfs (Neurobiology - Advisor: Joshua Buckholtz)
Localizing Subtypes of Impulsivity to Subregions of the Striatum
2013-2014 Senior Theses
Alexandra Haber (Neurobiology - Advisor: George Alvarez)
Your Brain on SET: An Exploration of the Neural Basis of Expertise in Rule-Based Pattern Recognition
Morgan Henry (Neurobiology - Advisor: George Alvarez)
Exploring Object Invariance in Visual Processing with Predictive Modeling and fMRI Pattern Analysis (Hoopes Prize)
Cheng Li (Psychology - Advisor: Alfonso Caramazza)
Effects of First And Third Person Verbs On Primary Motor Cortex Activity: A TMS Investigation
Allie Pace (HEB/MBB - Advisor: Christine Hooker)
Your Brain on Games: Neural Activity Differences in Emotion Recognition after Plasticity-based Social Cognitive Training
Arielle Rabinowitz (Psychology - Advisor: Leah Somerville)
The Impact of Childhood Stress on Emotional Response in Early Adulthood
Nina Sokolovic (Neurobiology - Advisor: Margaret Sheridan)
How does Socioeconomic Status Affect Children's Executive Function? Examining Motivation and Neural Structure as Possible Mediating Factors
Theresa Tharakan (Neurobiology - Advisor: Joshua Greene)
Deconstructing the Moral Mind: An fMRI Investigation Mapping the Foundations of Moral Judgment
2012-2013 Senior Theses
Matthew Coates (Neurobiology - Advisor: Margaret Sheridan)
Association of Socioeconomic Status with Prefrontal Cortical Thickness and Subcortical Volumes in Children and Adolescents
Brian Yang (Neurobiology - Advisor: Randy Buckner)
Exploring
Multisensory Facilitation Using Functional Connectivity MRI in Humans
Matthew Yung (Psychology - Advisor: Christine Hooker)
An Investigation of the Neural Mechanisms and Functional Outcomes of Theory-of-Mind in Couples
2011-2012 Senior Theses
Samia Arthur-Bentil (Neurobiology - Advisor: Christine Hooker)
Evidence for Neural Plasticity in the Neurocognitive Training of Individuals At-Risk for Developing Psychosis
Caitlin Carey (Psychology - Advisor: Christine Hooker)
An fMRI Investigation of Automatic Simulation in Schizophrenia
(Awarded the Hoopes Prize and nominated for the Captain Jonathan Fay Prize)
poster thesis
Nadia Liyanage-Don (Neurobiology - Advisor: Christine Hooker)
Abnormalities in Neural Structures of Attention and their Relation to Impaired Social Function in Schizophrenia
Juan Munoz (Neurobiology - Advisor: Margaret Sheridan)
Development of the Implicit Learning Mechanism in Children: An fMRI Study
Matthew Sachs (Psychology - Advisor: Joshua Greene)
Functional and Structural Neural Connectivity Associated with Individual Differences in the Chill Response to Music
2010-2011 Senior Theses
Henrietta Afari (Psychology - Advisor: Randy Buckner)
The Neural Correlates of Aversive Feelings: Anterior Insula Responses to Route Obstructions during Virtual Navigation
poster thesis
Sophie Wharton (Psychology - Advisor: Joshua Greene)
Thou Shalt vs. Thou Shalt Not: The Neural Processes Underlying Decisions to Help vs. Decisions to Avoid Doing Harm (Hoopes Prize)
poster thesis