Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2002

AuthorLibrary No.Thesis TitleSupervisor(s)Reader(s)
Laura Babkes
Psychology/Biology
P873
Images of skiing: An examination into the causes of hypnagogic imagery
Robert Stickgold/Bio
Stephen Kosslyn,
Patrick Cavanagh
Charles Baird 
VES/Psychology
P874
Invisible cities: Emotion, memory, recall, and art
Christian Garnett/VES,
Shelley Carson /Psy
Annette Lemieux/VES,
Daniel Schacter /Psy,
Peik Larson /VES
Morgan Barense
Psychology/Biology
P875
Prefrontal cortex function in aged rats: Performance on an extra-dimensional attentional shift
Mark Baxter
Howard Eichenbaum, 
Joshua Rodefer,
Cary Savage /3rd
Melissa Christino
P876
Generating flow
Philip Stone,
Tal Ben-Shachar
Philip Stone,
Brian Little
Emmeline Chuang
Psychology/Biology
P877
Reciprocal altruism in the cotton top tamarin
Marc Hauser
Naomi Pierce /Bio,
Laurie Santos
Jessica Cohen
MBB/Psychopathology
P878
Coping and expressed emotion in relatives of patients with schizophrenia
Jill Hooley
Patricia Deldin,
Heather Barnett
Joseph Cousin
Psychology/Biology
P879
Is 1 minute longer than 60 seconds? The increasing compression of the magnitude of larger numbers
Elizabeth Spelke
Daniel Simons,
Tecumseh Fitch /Bio
Elizabeth Dibble
Psychology/Biology
P880
Human reorientation by a directional signal: Evidence in support of a homologous navigation mechanism
Elizabeth Spelke
Marc Hauser /Bio,
Kirsten Condry,
Ken Nakayama /3rd
Elnaz Firoz
Psychology/Biology
(March 2003)
P930
The role of the rodent perirhinal cortex in object identification functions that have been attributed to the perirhinal cortex in nonhuman primates
Mark Baxter /Bio
Joshua Rodefer,
Daniel Roe
Jonathan Flombaum
Psychology/Biology
P881
The evolution of guesstimating: Spontaneous representations of large numbers in a nonhuman primate
Marc Hauser
Susan Carey,
Naomi Pierce /Bio
Matthew Fox
Psychology/Biology
P882
Attentional set shifting and the rat posterior parietal cortex
Mark Baxter /Bio
Joshua Rodefer,
H. Eichenbaum
Duretti Fufa
Psychology/Biology
P883
Acupuncture: Effects on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and subjective and physiological responses to thermal noxious heat stimuli

Robert Gollub /Bio

Patricia Deldin

Patricia Deldin,
Robert Savoy
Daniel Garcia-Pedroza
MBB/CBB
P884
The young ironist: toward an understanding of the development of irony comprehension
Jesse Snedeker
Laura Wagner,
Michelle Leichtman
Dana Gavrieli
P885
Gender and leadership in the Israeli Defense Forces
Richard Hackman
Linda Hill,
Abigail Marsh
Jenine Ghani
Psychology/Biology
P886
Neurological components of conscious will
Daniel Wegner
Ken Nakayama /Bio,
Thalia Wheatley
Gustavo Gonzalez-Gavillan
P887
The role of copulation calls in rhesus monkey mate choice

Cory Miller

Marc Hauser

Tecumseh Fitch,
Marc Hauser
Jessica Harder
P888
Muscle activity, event outcome, and the experience of conscious control
Jesse Preston,
Daniel Wegner
Daniel Wegner,
Brian Little
Svetla Gueorgueva
P930
Stranger, you are not a stranger anymore: Predicting job search outcomes of real world candidates from 10 seconds of resumes and interviews
N. Ambady
R. Hackman,
H. Elfenbein
Katie Heikkinen
P889
Meditation experience and inattentional blindness
Stephen Kosslyn
Sara Lazar,
Patrick Cavanagh
Jennifer Hepps
Psychology/Biology
P890
The effect of stressful mental imagery on the cortisol response of females with and without a histroy of childhood sexual abuse
Stephen Kosslyn
Susan Lipson /Bio,
Giorgio Ganis,
Jill Hooley /3rd
Cendri Hutcherson
MBB/CBB
P891
The effects of sleep deprivation on frontal lobe function and cognitive and affective processes
Robert Stickgold
Daniel Gilbert,
Daniel Simons
Daniela Jodorkovsky
Psychology/Biology
P892
The perception of vocal attractiveness: Analysis of the source and filter vocal parameters
Tecumseh Fitch
Ken Nakayama /Bio,
Susan Carey
Kate Johnsen
Psychology/Biology
P893
The effects of gender, socioeconomic status, and temperament on help-seeking behaviors
Michelle Leichtman/Bio
Bruce Thompson,
Philip Stone
Sara Johnstone 
Psychology/East Asian Studies
P894
Age and reason: The disappearance of cultural influence on cognitive reasoning strategies as a function of age
Nalini Ambady /Psy,
Charlotte Ikels /EAS
Douglas Powell /Psy,
Martin Whyte /EAS,
Daniel Gilbert /3rd
Laura Kawakami
Psychology/Economics
P895
Will that be cash or credit? Examining the stimuli effect on spending
Max Bazerman /Psy,
Daniel Gilbert /Psy,
David Laibson /Ec
Daniel Gilbert /Psy,
Alvin Roth /Ec
Connie Kim
P896
On transitioning to college: A longitudinal study on academic perceptions
Monica Higgins,
Nicholas Epley
Nicholas Epley,
Josephine Pichanick
Gregory Kulessa
Economics/Psychology
P897
Team-management and conformity in the mutual fund industry
David Laibson /Ec,
Ellen Langer /Psy
David Laibson/Ec,
Max Bazerman /Psy
Eun Soo Kwak
Psychology/Biology
P898
Mental rotation ability in organic chemistry students
Stephen Kosslyn
Patrick Cavanagh,
Ken Nakayama /Bio
Ann Laguarda
P899
The pen and the sword: How activism and writing affect the perspective-taking abilities of early adolescent girls
Robert Selman
Philip Stone,
Richard Hackman
Alicia Levin
Psychology/Biology
P900
Thought suppression across sleep-wake states: A neuromodulatory model of ironic processes
Robert Stickgold /Bio
Stephen Kosslyn,
Ken Nakayama,
N. Ambady /3rd
Conor Liston
Psychology/Biology
P901
Self-recognition, language, and the origins of long-term event memory: Implications for  infantile amnesia
Jerome Kagan
M. Leichtman,
Daniel Schacter /Bio
Shiou-Huei Liu
P902
Talking about the past: A naturalistic study of gender differences in spontaneous memory recounts among adolescents
Michelle Leichtman
Bruce Thompson,
David Pillemer
Stephen Long
Psychology/Statistics
P903
Psychopathic personality and affect in a non-incarcerated sample
Debra Titone /Psy,
Philip Holzman /Psy,
Donald Rubin /Stat
Heather Barnett /Psy,
Steve Wang /Stat
Brad Mahon
Psychology/Biology
P904
Grammatical class constraints on a lexical selection in speech production
Alfonso Caramazza
Susan Carey,
David Caplan /Bio,
J. Snedeker /3rd
Kelley Morrell
P905
When things fall apart: An exploration of motivational contagion
Richard Hackman
Todd Pittinsky,
Sharon Kramer
Shanthi Naidu
Psychology/Biology
P906
Beyond valence: An ERP investigation of how arousal of stimuli moderates biased memory processing in major depression
Patricia Deldin /Bio
Michelle Leichtman,
Avgusta Shestyuk
Sue Paik
P907
Stalling stereotype threat: The effects of individuation
Nalini Ambady
Daniel Wegner,
Jennifer Steele,
Mahzarin Banaji /3rd
Neha Pathak
Psychology/Biology
P908
The effect of naps after training: On a sleep-dependent perceptual learning task
Robert Stickgold /Bio
Patrick Cavanagh,
Ken Nakayama
Devon Quasha
P909
Coping and expressed emotion in informal caregivers of patients with borderline personality disorder
Jill Hooley
Shelley Carson,
Amy Wiseman,
Patricia Deldin /3rd
Sarah Rabbitt
P910
Self-regulation in 30-month-olds: The role of maternal depression and child gender
Katherine Weinberg,
Jesse Snedeker
Jesse Snedeker,
Eric Peterson
Kathleen Rey
P911
Posttraumatic symptoms and traumatic memory consistency among Bosnian refugees
Shelley Carson
Susan Hermes,
Richard Mollica,
Philip Stone /3rd
Deborah Rin
Psychology/Biology
P912
What's black and white and perceived all over? Correlations of automatic evaluations of race with visual attention and memory performance
Stephen Most,
Daniel Simons
Robert Stickgold /Bio,
Jason Mitchell
Caitlin Rollins
MBB/Psychopathology
P913
Modulation of memory biases in major depressive disorder: A slow-wave investigation
Patricia Deldin
Michelle Leichtman,
Nancy Snidman
Katherine Rose
Psychology/Biology
P914
Volumetric analysis of  the temporal pole in schizotypal personality disorder: A magnetic resonance imaging study
Martha Shenton /Bio
Mark Baxter,
Daniel Schacter
Katherine Rosedale
P915
Associations among preschooler's relationships with parents, teachers, and peers
Kathleen McCartney,
Jill Hooley
Michelle Leichtman,
Bruce Thompson
Eric Rosenbaum
MBB/CBB
(March 2002)
P871
Temporal coding of pulsed calls: The effects of manipulating interpulse intervals in natural vocalizations of Macacca mulatta on the temporal discharch patterns of auditory cortical neurons
Marc Hauser
Peter Cariani,
Tecumseh Fitch
Andrew Rosenfeld
Psychology/Biology
P916
Who could ask for anything more? A behavioral study on the role of syncopation in human rhythm perception
Tecumseh Fitch /Bio
Peter Cariani,
Kathleen Howland
Jessica Rosenthal
Psychology/Biology
P917
On the relation between children's understanding of the singular-plural distinction and systems of number representation
Susan Carey
Jesse Snedeker /Bio,
Elizabeth Spelke
Judith Scarl
Psychology/Biology
P918
The role of combination long call in sex recognition and mate choice in the cotton-top tamarin
Marc Hauser
Cory Miller,
Richard Wrangham/Bio
Robyn Scatena
Psychology/Biology
P919
Cellular phones and driving: An application of the central bottleneck theory
Daniel Simons /Bio
Stephen Most,
Joshua Rodefer
Leigh Sepeta
Psychology/Biology
P920
The recognition and processing of facial expressions of emotions in autistic disorder
Gordon Harris,
Ken Nakayama /Bio
M. Leichtman,
Ken Nakayama,
Susan Carey /3rd
Tamara Spiewak
P921
The effect of acting training on social skills
Richard Hackman
Amy Wiseman,
Stephen Seidel
Jason Tajima
P922
Can individual differences in spatial processing ability affect how we recall architectural space?
Stephen Kosslyn
Daniel Schacter,
Fred Mast
Ian Tomb
P923
Emotion and decision-making: A critical test of the somatic marker hypothesis
Marc Hauser
Patricia Deldin,
Daniel Simons
Uma Viswanathan
MBB/Psychopathology
(March 2002)
P872
Creativity and mental blocking
Daniel Wegner
Patricia Deldin,
Gary Belkin
Joseph Vuckovich
Psychology/Biology
P924
Effects of extensive basal forebrain cholinergic lesions on spatial working memory
Mark Baxter /Bio
Joshua Rodefer,
J. Berger-Sweeney
Shelley Waite
Psychology/Biology
P925
Ambiguity and revision in on-line sentence comprehension
Jesse Snedeker /Bio
Susan Carey,
Elizabeth Spelke
Joshua Weaver
Psychology/Biology
P926
What causes the tip-of the toungue state? A new look at the blocking hypothesis
Daniel Schacter /Bio
Daniel Simons,
Anat Maril,
Elizabeth Spelke /3rd
Sabrina Wickremasinghe
Psychology/Biology
P927
The effect of meditation on emotional arousal and cognitive performance
Randy Gollub /Bio,
Patricia Deldin
Robert Savoy,
Patricia Deldin
Laura Wiegand
Psychology/Biology
P928
Cortical thickness abnormalities in schizophrenia: A magnetic resonance imaging study
Martha Shenton
Andrew Barsky,
Stephen Heckers /Bio,
Daniel Schacter /3rd
Lawrence Williams
P929
The construction of agency as a mediating factor for the influence of violent films on aggressive cognition and aggressive affect
Shelley Carson,
Daniel Wegner
Nicholas Epley,
Philip Stone