Senior Projects Supervised at Bard

Fall 08 (sabbatical)- Spring 09

Heidi Choi

Implicit awareness of false memories in the Deese–Roediger–McDermott Paradigm:

A psychophysiological investigation of language comprehension

Olga Opojevici

The Gamma buzz: Integrating two theoretical models of
Gamma synchronization: Binding by synchrony and the Gamma cycle

Fall 07 - Spring 08

Dan Bleeks

When violations of the body remain a primary source of relief:
The influence of childhood sexual abuse and emotional neglect on self-injurious behavior

Emily Brennan

Scents of Things Past: A naturalistic investigation of the Proust Phenomenon,
examination of the widely held belief that odors are the best autobiographical memory cues

(Bernstein Memorial Scholarship, Junior year)

Colin Lissandrello

The influence of arousal on human moral judgment

Maya Madzharova

"Who works here?"Preschoolers' perception and understanding of skin color differences

Nadar Mohamud (spring semester)

Cutural Ritual of Somali Populations in the U.S. (modified title)

Ian Olasov

"Aids to introspection," Evaluation of the ability to describe one's experiences

Fall 06 - Spring 07

Beverley Annan (one semester)
Racial/Ethnic Minority representation in The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
from 2001 to 2006: A preliminary content analysis

Owen Conlow
Visual search strategies in color-deficient and color-normal observers

Haley Frazer
Visual perception and drawing ability: An investigation using event-related potentials

Julie Ellison
The translatability of lexicalized concepts in bilingual memory

Lily de Lucia
False color and recognition: An empirical study of the effect of color distortion on explicit memory

Stacy Manor (one semester)
One person, two diagnoses: A look at the dual diagnosis of autism and mental retardation

Michelle Moses-Eisenstein (one semester)
Post traumatic stress disorder in Rwanda: Sociological and psychological aspects
at the intersection of human rights and public health

Rose Swan Meacham
Images of the self

Halley Woodward (Andrew Bernstein Prize) (spring semester)
Clinician bias in the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and
post-traumatic stress disorder: An analogue study

Fall 05 - Spring 06

Amanda Baker
The modularity of face processing: A review of behavioral and neuroimaging findings in normal individuals and in individuals with acquired or developmental face recognition deficits

Tim Donovan (one semester)
Behavioral and cognitive effects of sodium selenite on zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Corinne Hoener (Andrew Bernstein Prize) (fall semester)
The experience of psychotherapy: A qualitative inquiry of clients’ perspectives

Deb Kenealy (fall semester)
Preventing relapse and recurrence with cognitive therapy

Fall 04 - Spring 05

Michael Maquilan (Andrew Bernstein Prize)

The tritone paradox: a comparison of two linguistic communities

Colin Reid

The role of perceived chance in internal and external attributions

Carrie Wenzel

The impact of emotion on persuasion in advertising

Fall 03 - Spring 04

Angelina Marie Engler

The communication of values in the Argentine maté ritual: A proposal for the use of
the serial-reproduction paradigm in cultural values research

Uri Feld

Can perceived interviewer bias influence witness memory?