Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2016
| Author | Track | Title | Supervisor(s) | Reader(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brendan Eappen | CNEP | Experimental Insights on Suicide Contagion and Stigma in the Media | Matthew Nock, Evan Kleiman | Jill Hooley |
Serena Hagerty | General | Hoping for the Worst: When and Why People Prefer Bad News | Michael Norton, Kate Barasz | Mina Cikara |
Claire Leibowicz | MBB/Cognitive Science | Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Examine the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex’s Role in Intergroup Empathy | Mina Cikara | Joshua Buckholtz |
Chelsea Lide | MBB/Cognitive Science | Language, Goals and the Selective Learner: How Syntax Guides Infants’ Interpretation of Goal-Directed Events | Jesse Snedeker, Melissa Kline | Susan Carey |
Elizabeth Mahon | General | Interpretation Biases for Threat as a Function of Anger and Aggression Proneness | Richard McNally, Nicole LeBlanc | Evan Kleiman |
Garrett Maron | General | An Empirical Investigation into the Effectiveness of Thought Experiments in the Development of Children’s Physical Concepts | Susan Carey | Debbie Zaitchik-Samet |
Gabrielle Milner | CNEP | Predictors of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Sexual Minority Women | Richard McNally, Sara Kimmel | Richard McNally |
Preeti Srinivasan | CNEP | A Stroke of Luck: The Hidden Implications of Fortune on Altruism | Daniel Gilbert, Bethany Burum | Mina Cikara |
Madison Taylor | CNEP | The Relationship Between the Big 5 Personality Dimensions and False Confessions | Richard McNally | Ellsworth Fersch |
Constanza Vidal Bustamante | CNEP | Cognitive and Biological Underpinnings of Reward-Control Interactions Across Development | Leah Somerville, Juliet Davidow | Fiery Cushman |
Ava Zhang | General | The Split Bias: Decisions About Personal Resource Allocation In The Face Of Competing Demands | Daniel Gilbert, Gus Cooney | Fiery Cushman |