Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2011
| Author | Title | Supervisor(s) | Reader(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Jay Musen (March 2010) MBB/Psy&Neuroscience | The Moral Psychology of Obligations to Help Those in Need | J. Greene | M. Banaji |
Henrietta Afari LS/Soc&Cog Neurosci | The Neural Basis of Aversive Feelings: Anterior Insula Responses to Route Obstructions During Virtual Navigation | R. Buckner, F. Krienen | D. Schacter |
Denetrias Charlemagne | Social Categorization and Evaluation Among 10-month-old Infants | S. Carey | M. Banaji |
Samantha Connolly MBB/Cognitive Science | Rumination, Depression, and Inhibition of Negative Emotional Stimuli | D. Pizzagalli, J. Hooley | J. Hooley |
Alexandra Dowd | You Can't Always Get What You Want: Nine-Month-Olds Don't Expect Helpers to Consider Others' Preferences | E. Spelke, L. Powell | F. Warneken |
Alexander McNaughton | How Children Think About Right and Wrong, Rules, and Punishment | S. Carey, N. Winkler-Rhoades | F. Cushman |
Andrew Olsen MBB/Cognitive Science | Moral Bootstrapping: Perceiving the Minds of Moral Patients | D. Wegner, A. Ward | J. Greene |
Emily Orlins | It's Not Bad, It's Modern!: Children Tell White Lies For Prosocial Purposes | F. Warneken | P. Harris |
Kenneth Parreno | Electrophysiological Signatures of Non-symbolic Approximate Addition | E. Spelke, D. Hyde | Y. Xu |
Nicholas Purcell MBB/Cognitive Science | Induced Arousal Increases the Desire to End a Suffering Peson's Life | D. Wegner, A. Jenkins | F. Warneken |
Katherine Ransohoff LS/Soc&Cog Neurosci | Patients on the Trolley Track: The Moral Cognition of Medical Practitioners and Public Health Professionals | J. Greene | D. Melton |
Basima Tewfik | Effects of Individual Goal and Cognitive Load on the Relationship Between Social Perceptiveness and Social Effectiveness | R. Hackman, S. Jang | G. Alvarez |
Shanshan Wang | What's in a Name? Emergence of Spontaneous Verbal Labeling in 24-month-olds and Four-year-olds | J. Snedeker, A. Geojo | F. Warneken |
Sophie Wharton MBB/Cognitive Science | Thou Shalt Versus Thou Shalt Not: The Neural Processes Underlying Decisions to Help Versus Decisions to Avoid Doing Harm | F. Cushman, J. Greene | F. Warneken |