Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2004

William ADAMS
(March 2005)

Sub-cultural differences in facial expression: Smiles as indicators of sexual orientation

N. Ambady,
H. Gray

P. Cavanagh

Kristy BENOIT
MBB/Psychopathology

Selective attention to threat in anxious children

R. McNally

D. Pizzagalli

Zachary BERCU
MBB/Psychopathology

The relationship between well-being and the degree of community in one's personal projects as investigated in individualistic and collectivistic Israeli communities

P. Stone,
A. Hwang

M. Nock

Chasing a mirage: The conditions under which perfectionism facilitates or inhibits task performance

S. Carson

R. McNally

Autism and the representation of self

N. Block,
E. Spelke

S. Pinker

Correlates of anosognosia in Alzheimer's patients: The roles of 
false memory and the distinctiveness heuristic in awareness

A. Budson

D. Schacter

Stella CHRISTIE
MBB/CBB

Infants' attention to functionally relevant object properties

E. Spelke, 
L. Markson

S. Carey

Ignoring nuance: The dominant effect of treatment response, mistake attribution, and illness severity on patient outcome in a medical setting

E. Langer

J. Hooley

Distinguishing between general and specific family correlates of eating disorders

P. Keel

R. McNally

Personality and the influence of hand gestures on memory

J. Chiao,
N. Ambady

K. Nakayama

Easy as 1,2,3: Multiple goals as a moderating variable for increasing individual task performance

E. Langer

P. Stone

Attending to imagery: Cognitive reframing applied to the startle reflex

S. Kosslyn

D. Pizzagalli

Using implicit measures to predict mock juror decisions

S. Kosslyn

M. Banaji

Does racial identity influence other-race facial perception?

K. Nakayama,
J. Chiao

K. Nakayama

The influence of neglected information: Can 'unseen' semantics guide visual search?

W. Milberg

A. Caramazza

Arjun KUMAR
MBB/CBB

Organization of the visual short-term memory storage system

Y. Jiang

P. Cavanagh

The cheerleader effect: Perceived will in the success of an athlete 
based on positive thoughts about performance

D. Wegner

N. Epley

Hung NGUYEN 
Psy/Ec

Effects of cognitive load and positive mood on consumer preference and consumer choice

T. Pittinsky/Psy,
D. Laibson/Ec

P. Stone/Psy,
M. Bazerman /Ec

Implicit and explicit measures of race categorization

E. Spelke,
M. Banaji

S. Carey

Ariana ORNELAS 
MBB/CBB

The problem of occlusion: Amodal completion in infant perception of real and illusory figures

K. Condry, 
E. Spelke

K. Nakayama

Upward advice transmission: Do children give advice to their parents?

T. Pittinsky,
R. Hackman

R. Hackman

The long-term effects of early parent loss: Disorder, creativity and resilience

S. Carson

R. McNally

Joshua SAVAGE 
Psy/EAS

Society and sacred will: The construction of agency in American 
and Japanese religion and social structure

D. Wegner /Psy,
T. Bestor /EAS,
C. Zhu /EAS

D. Gilbert /Psy

David STAHL
MBB/Psychopathology

Interpretation of chronic, superficial, inflammatory pain as stressful mediates in appetite, eating habits, sleep, depression and pleasure-loss changes in an epidemiological pain suffering population

R. Burstein 
D. Pizzagalli

D. Pizzagalli,
M. Nock

None of us is us: Mindful attention to variability and health

E. Langer

J. Hooley

"Out of the blue": The psychophysiology of attributing thoughts

H. Gray, 
D. Wegner

R. McNally

Innate ability is privileged in music performance among professionals

M. Banaji

R. Hackman

Alyson ZALTA
MBB/Psychopathology

Homogeneity of eating patterns in collegiate peers: A longitudinal study

P. Keel