Poster Archive
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Alexis May Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Chuning(Larissa) Xu Meet Larissa Xu, a psychology rising senior gearing up for her final year of studies. She’s currently diving deep into suicide research alongside Dr. Alexis May, driven by a passion to unravel the complexities of mental health. Larissa is also busy prepping for … Read more
Faculty Sponsor: Hilary Barth Cameron Bourassa Cameron is a rising junior from Massachusetts who is majoring in Neuroscience & Behavior and Psychology. They are a research assistant in Wesleyan’s Cognitive Development Lab and an assistant manager at KidCity Children’s Museum. They are also a member of the women’s rugby team at Wesleyan. Abstract: In a … Read more
Faculty Sponsor: Professor Michael Perez Evan Wacks Hello! I’m a rising senior that has been doing psychology research in understanding how racism and neoliberalism impact support for immigration. Born and raised in NYC, now I live in rural New Hampshire on a goat farm. Abstract: The purpose of this research is to analyze public perceptions … Read more
Faculty Sponsor: Alexis May, Ph.D. Julia Gillotti Julia is a rising senior (’24) from Cheshire, CT. Julia graduated from Cheshire Academy in 2020 as the valedictorian of her class. At Wesleyan, she is a psychology major and religious studies minor. She works in two psychology labs, the Risk, Prevention, and Intervention Lab and the Psychometrics … Read more
Faculty Sponsor: Jill Morawski Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Professor Pavel Oleinikov Erin Byrne Erin Byrne is from Colorado and is double majoring in Psychology and Science in Society at Wesleyan University. She is also pursuing the Data Analysis Minor. She is in the class of 2024 and has previous research experience with the College of … Read more
Faculty Sponsor: Andrea Negrete Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Ezra Jenifer I am a fastidious, entrepreneurial, and inquisitive biracial man. My experience at an interdisciplinary, liberal arts and open curriculum university like Wesleyan has allowed me to explore psychology with boldness, rigor, and practical idealism. Both my personal and academic experiences are an asset to … Read more
Faculty Sponsor: Professor Andrea Negrete Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine predictors of critical motivation among Asian immigrant-origin adolescents. Previous research suggests that immigration policies directly impact immigrant-origin youth in many aspects of their lives such as health and education. However, this research expands on previous findings to examine how restrictive immigration … Read more
Faculty Sponsor: Andrea L. Patalano Abstract: The left digit effect is a numerical bias in which numbers with nearly identical magnitudes but different left digits are estimated to be significantly different from each other (eg., 699 and 701). It is also found in number line estimation tasks which are reliable predictors of math outcomes. Previous … Read more
Faculty Sponsor: Charles Sanislow Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Abstract: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) are both internalizing disorders found to be highly comorbid with each other. GAD and MDD have four symptoms that overlap in their diagnostic criteria, sleep disturbance, psychomotor agitation/retardation, fatigue, and loss of concentration. Various frameworks and … Read more
Faculty Sponsor: Barbara J. Juhasz Abstract: The current study is the first stage of a multi-study project that examines the word frequency effect (WFE) after controlling for Age-of-Acquisition (AoA). WFE and AoA are two well-documented predictors of word recognition latencies. We extracted data from the English Lexical Project (ELP), a database containing behavioral and descriptive … Read more