Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2017

AuthorTrackTitleSupervisor(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