#  Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2007 

 



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SortAuthorThesis TitleSupervisor(s)Reader(s)**Aaron, Baillie**  
Psy/Ec

The effects of race-crime typicality on judicial sentencing decisions

J. Sidanius /Psy,  
B. Shenoy /Psy,   
S. Mullainathan /Ec

M. Bazerman /Psy  
/Ec

**Anglin, Laura**

Mindful learning: A potential moderator of gender differences in mathematics performance

K. Merseth /HGSE,  
S. Kosslyn

E. Langer

**Boston, Andrew**

Effects of temporal location on affective forecasts.

D. Gilbert,  
K. Kassam

J. Mitchell

**Chen, Frankie**  
MBB/CN

A study of language and thought: Object-substance interpretation among the Tsotsil Mayan

S. Carey,  
P. Li

J. Snedeker

**Cole, Nancy**

Five-month-olds' understanding of the solidarity principle as it applies to humans and objects

S. Carey

J. Snedeker

**DeJesus, Jasmine**

Children's reasoning about social categories

E. Spelke,  
K. Kinzler

S. Carey

**Ekono, Zeh-Sheena**

Racial impartiality and the American juror: Using the IAT to reduce the effects of racial bias on decision-making

M. Banaji,  
S. Akalis

J. Sidanius

**Epstein, Alexandra**

The effect of race on empathy and related phenomena in young children

E. Spelke,  
K. Kinzler

S. Carey

**Flodr, Aline**

To be or not to be ill: How choosing labels affects physical, emotional and mental symptoms

S. Carson

E. Langer

**Gerlach, Katrin**

Autonomic nervous system responses to different tempi in music

G. Schaug /HMS,  
E. Hannon

E. Hannon

**Heilbronner, Sarah**  
MBB/CN

The evolution of risk-sensitive preferences in non-human primates

M. Hauser

S. Pinker

**Herbstman,**  
**Judith**   
HS/Psy

A 'special relationship'?: Responsibility and the development of mental health resources at Harvard 1900-2007

M. Nock /Psy,   
P. Barreira /HS

M. Nock /Psy,  
D. Levine /HS

**Howard, Katherine**  
MBB/PN

Neuroticism as a moderating factor in stressful social situations

W. Mendes,  
K. Koslov

D. Pizzagalli

**Hoy, Jessica**

Challenge and treat responses to intergroup interactions: The role of out-group members' anger and sadness

W. Mendes,  
B. Sparrow

D. Wegner

**Jeon, Hana**  
MBB/PN

The effects of early experience on emotion recognition: A study of institutionalized children in Romania

C. Nelson /HMS

J. Kagan

**Johung, Tessa**

Implicit memory of emotional stimuli in young and older adults

D. Schacter,  
E. Kensinger

R. McNally

**Kan, Jennifer**  
Ling/Psy

The economics of communication: Indirect speech as strategic language use

G. Chierchia /Ling,  
S. Pinker /Psy

D. Wegner /Psy

**Kassam, Zahra**  
(March 2007)

Social effects on implicit attitudes

M. Banaji,  
S. Akalis

W. Mendes

**Levine, Rebecca**

The malleability of implicit gender stereotypes

M. Banaji,  
A. Baron

S. Carey

**Lykken, Jennifer**

Students' subjective experience of time and enjoyment of learning activities

E. Driver-Linn

J. Sidanius

**Meites, Tiffany**

Implicit hopelessness in remitted depressives

D. Pizzagalli,  
C. Deveney

M. Banaji

**Myerson, Rebecca**

Trauma, indoctrination, and Red Guard status: The psychological impact of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

R. McNally

J. Sidanius

**Ogunnaike, Oludamini**  
Psy/AAAS and MBB/PN

The language of prejudice: The influence of language on implicit attitudes

M. Banaji /Psy,  
Y. Dunham /Psy,  
J. Murgane /AAAS

R. Hackman /Psy,  
F. Irele /AAAS

**Pajtas, Petra**  
MBB/PN

Effects of social stress on reward responsiveness

D. Pizzagalli

W. Mendes

**Pearsall, Jori**  
MBB/CN

Sleep and the facilitation of human emotional memory over time

M. Walker,  
R. Buckner

R. Buckner

**Pringle, Patricia**

The effects of stress and serotonin transporter (5-HTT) genotype on perceptions of control

D. Pizzagalli,  
R. Bogdan

D. Wegner

**Rahnev, Dobromir**

Conjoint analysis: A new method for investigating stereotypes

M. Banaji,  
E. Caruso

M. Bazerman

**Reese, Elizabeth**

The effect of delay on memory for emotional information

D. Schacter,  
E. Kensinger

R. McNally

**Saphire-Bernstein, Shimon**

On feeling powerful in pwerless situations: The effect of dominance on the sense of power and motivational states

W. Mendes,  
M. Akinola /HBS

J. Sidanius

**Sharmeen, Farhana**

The effect of prenatal fish oil supplementation on the cognitive development of Bangladeshi children

D. Bellinger

S. Carey

**Steele, Katherine**

Behavioral analysis of reward and punishment responsiveness in remitted depressed individuals

D. Pizzagalli,  
A. Holmes,  
R. Bogdan

J. Hooley

**Wilson-Murphy, Molly**  
MBB/CN

Attachment, transitional objects, and borderline personality disorder: Positive finds for the positive bear sign

J. Hooley

M. Nock