Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2017

Author

Track

 

Title

Supervisor(s)

Reader(s)

Justin Giallorenzo 
(March 2017)
General

‘Where do our predictions of pleasure and effort experience come from? What are they? What do they bring us to do?’

An investigation of the relation between anhedonia and motivated behavior: Exploring the roles of pleasure and effort aversiveness

Richard McNally,
Nicole LeBlanc

Joshua Buckholtz

Stella Tu
(March 2017)
CNEP Emotional Simulation of Alternative Future Events

Daniel Schacter,
Helen Jing

Matthew Nock

Aidan Campbell General Bill Effects in Multi-Event Intertemporal Choice Decisions

Sam Gershman

Joshua Buckholtz

Celina Dubin

General Thinking and Moving: Boosting Cognitive Performance with Acute Aerobic Exercise

Richard McNally,
Emily Bernstein

Leah Somerville

Eric Joseph Juarez General Episodic Future Thinking and Food Choices in Older Adults

Daniel Schacter

Matthew Nock

Bushra Guenoun CNEP Reflections of Intergroup Trust: An Experimental Test of the Intergroup Trust Model

James Sidanius,
Mariska Kappmeier

Max Krasnow

Isobel Green CNEP The Effect of Affective Priming on Reward Processing in Individuals with Low vs. High Levels of Depressive Symptoms

Diego Pizzagalli,
Poornima Kumar

Leah Somerville

Steven Kunis CNEP Do Growth Intelligence Mindsets Influence Resilience in Achievement-Associating Youths?

John Weisz,
Jessica Schleider

Matthew Nock

Jeremy Sabath General Race, News, and Attitude Change

James Sidanius,
Sa-Kiera Hudson

Daniel Gilbert

Diana Smith CNEP Minority Stress and Self-Injury

Jill Hooley,
Kathryn Fox

Matthew Nock

Karen Tocatly General The Relationship between Maternal Postpartum Depression and Brain Function in 6-Month-Old Infants

Charles Nelson

Jason Mitchell

Lilian Zhu CNEP Plain Labelling of Soda

Daniel Gilbert,
Leslie John,
Grant Donnelly