#  Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2016 

 



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SortAuthorTrackTitleSupervisor(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