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 |