Student Presentations at Nat'l & Regional Conferences

Psychology and Neuroscience majors are encouraged to present their work at regional and national conferences organized by the professional societies representing these fields. Funding from the department or the college is often available to make travel and participation in these events possible.

Colorado College Faculty in Bold
* Denotes Colorado College Student

 

2021

*Alvarado, J., & Weaver, J. (2021). Perceptions of income inequality and close relationships. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, virtual.

*Griggs, A., Weaver, J., & *Alvarado, J. (2021). Masking our risky behavior: How licensing allows us to disregard social distancing. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, virtual.

*McNeely, P., & Weaver, J. (2021). The racist roots of fat phobia: Implicit associations between weight and race. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, virtual.

2020

*Alvarado, J., *McNeely, P., *Griggs, A., Minervini, A., & Weaver, J. (2020). ‘Pseudo-intellectualism: Predictors of fake news detection’. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

*Dodelson, C., *Shin, H., *Warling, A., *Uchida, L., *Nguyen, V. Svirsky, S., Schumann, C.M., Brzezinski, C., *Bauman, M.D., Alexander, A., McKee, A.C., Stein, T.D., Schall, M., & Jacobs, B. (2020).  Putative dendritic correlates of repetitive traumatic brain injury:  A quantitative Golgi study.  [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C. [cancelled because of pandemic]

*Doherty, E. M., Flusberg, S. J., & Holmes, K. J. (2020, August). “Girls are as good as boys” implies boys are better, but only in the absence of explicit awareness. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (virtual).

*Griggs, A., *McNeely, P., *Alvarado, J., *Wills, I., & Weaver, J. (2020). ‘I kissed a girl, and he liked it: Pornography and comfort’. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Holmes, K. J., *Doherty, E. M., & Flusberg, S. J. (2020, November). Probing the framing effects of subject-complement syntax on socially charged inferences. Poster presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society (virtual).

*Schultz, O., Flusberg, S. J., & Holmes, K. J. (2020, June). Victim or survivor? How everyday language frames sexual assault. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2020 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Summer Conference, Denver, CO (canceled due to COVID-19).

*van der Vord, J., Flusberg, S. J., & Holmes, K. J. (2020, June). How and when victim framing shapes attitudes towards sexual assault. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2020 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Summer Conference, Denver, CO (canceled due to COVID-19).

*Walsh, D., & Holmes, K. J. (2020, August). Abstract words as emotion buffers: Affect labeling and distress reduction. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (virtual).

*Wu, Q., Malmskog, B., & Holmes, K. J. (2020, August). Representing typological prevalence in graph-based semantic maps. Poster to be presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (virtual).

2019

*Alvarado, J., *Welch, R., Roberts, T.-A., & Holmes, K. J. (2019, November). Misperception of misogyny in hypermasculine rap music. Poster presented at the SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, Honolulu, HI.

*Cuevas, M., *Griggs, A., *Alvarado, J., *Youngfleish, B., Weaver, J., *Hale, A., *Wills, I., *Miller, L., & *Husney, S. Q. (2019). ‘Gender, sexual orientation, and 2D:4D: Differences between the left and right hands’. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Portland, Oregon.

*Gardner, E., & Holmes, K. J. (2019, May). Crosslinguistic comparison promotes flexible conceptions of categories. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

*Gu, P. and Erdal, K. (2019).  False beliefs about symptoms, causes, and treatments of depression. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 31^st Annual Convention, Washington DC.

Holmes, K. J., *Husney, S. Q., *Pollard, C., & Flusberg, S. J. (2019, May). Victim framing shapes attitudes towards sexual assault. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

*Husney, S. Q., & Weaver, J. (2019). ‘Friend and foe: Personality predictors of ambivalent friendship’. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Portland, Oregon.

*Nguyen, V., *Uchida, L., *Warling, A., *Sloan, L. J., *Dodelson, C., *Shin, R., Wicinski, B., Bertelsen, M. F., Stimpson, C. D., Spocter, M. A., Schall, M., Hof, P. R., Sherwood, C. C., Manger, P. R., & Jacobs, B.  (2019). Comparative neocortical neuromorphology in felids:  African lion (Panthera leo), African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).  [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, Oct. 19.

2018

*Carey, I. H., *Kirvin-Quamme, A., Newcombe, N. S., & Holmes, K. J. (2018, July). Spatial categories in language and thought: Evidence for categorical perception at the cardinal axes. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI.

*Cassidy, C. and Erdal, K. (2018).  Stigma in bipolar disorder:  The impact of cause and treatment information. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 30^th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

*Husney, S. Q., *Kopel, A., & Holmes, K. J. (2018, July). Analogical comparison of semantic categories across languages challenges beliefs about category discreteness. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI.

*Husney, S. Q., *Thomson, C., *McKinsey, E., *Cortner, M., & Weaver, J. (2018). ‘Removing the rose-colored glasses: Contempt and in-group bias’. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

*Rabinovitch, R., & Holmes, K. J. (2018, July). Cross-linguistically shared spatial mappings of abstract concepts guide non-signers’ inferences about sign meaning. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI.

*Warling, A., *Uchida, L., *Nguyen, V., *Garcia, M.E., *Shea-Shumsky, N.B., Svirsky, S., Stein, T.D., & Jacobs, B.  (2018).  Putative dendritic correlates of repetitive traumatic brain injury:  A quantitative Golgi study.  [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Nov. 6.

*Warling, A., *Uchida, L., *Nguyen, V., *Garcia, M.E., *Shea-Shumsky, N.B., Svirsky, S., Stein, T.D., & Jacobs, B.  (2018).  Putative dendritic correlates of repetitive traumatic brain injury:  A quantitative Golgi study.  [Abstract/Poster] Front Range Neuroscience Group, Dec. 5.

*Welch, R., *Ravitch, N., & Holmes, K. J. (2018, July). Discrimination difficulty modulates effects of language on perceptual discrimination. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI.

2017

*Hale, A., *Henares, R., *Miller, L., *Husney, S., & Weaver, J. (2017, January). New conceptualizations of sexual orientation. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Holmes, K. J., *Luby, E., & *Husney, S. Q. (2017, July). Knowledge of cross-linguistic semantic variation reduces essentialist beliefs about categories. Paper presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, London, UK.

Jacobs, B., *Garcia, M.E., *Shea-Shumsky, N.B., *Tennison, M.E., *Sloan, L.J., *Warling, A.P., Schall, M., Saviano, M.S., Tummino, T. A., Bull, A.J., Driscoll, L.L., Raghanti, M.A., Lewandowski, A.H., Wicinski, B., Chui, H.K., Bertelsen, M.F. Walsh, T., Bhagwandin, A., Spocter, M.A., Hof, P.R., Sherwood, C.C., & Manger, P.R.  (2017).  Comparative morphology of gigantopyramidal neurons in primary motor cortex across mammals.  [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., Nov. 15.

*Terman, J. and Erdal, K. (2017). Mental illness self-stigma and help-seeking attitudes:  Psychiatric medication vs. psychotherapy. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 29^th Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

2016

*DesLauriers, A., & Holmes, K. J. (2016, August). When west is up(hill): Effects of local topography on route planning. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Philadelphia, PA.

Driscoll, L. L., *Tummino, T. A., *Harris, W., *Lach, R., & *Cooke, S. (2016, November). Gender differences in adolescent probiotic influence on anxiety. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, CA.

Holmes, K. J., *Brodsky, J., & *Rowe, A. (2016, August). Lay beliefs about the words-to-world mapping and essentialism of social categories. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Philadelphia, PA.

*Johnson, C.B., Schall, M., *Tennison, M.E., *Garcia, M.E., Shea, E.R., Raghanti, M.A., Lewandowski, A., Bertelsen, M.F., Waller, L.C., Walsh, T., Roberts, J.F., Hof, P.R., Sherwood, C.C., Manger, P.R., & Jacobs, B. (2016, November). Neocortical neuronal morphology in the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) and the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa). Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Kanero, J., *Kitrick, E., *DesLauriers, A., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Holmes, K. J. (2016, August). Individual differences in verbalization predict change detection performance: A new perspective on the language-thought debate. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Philadelphia, PA.

*Kelly, K., & Erdal, K. (2016, May). Diagnostic terminology affects return to play expectations following mild traumatic brain injury. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

*Kitrick, E., Rabinovitch, R. & Holmes, K. J. (2016, August). Sign languages reveal spatial mappings of valence and magnitude. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Philadelphia, PA.

*Miller, L., & Weaver, J. (2016, June). Effects of waste console design on students' recycling behaviors. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN.

*Rowe, A., Roberts, T.-A., & Holmes, K. J. (2016, May). Removing linguistic agency enhances people's willingness to forgive. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

2015

*Barnes, M., Waters, P. L.., & Lewis, H. (2015, May). Attitudes toward women targets of acquaintance rape: Interactions of gender, racism, and sexism. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

*Brodsky, J., & Holmes, K. J. (2015, July). Essentialism of gender in monolinguals and bilinguals: Disentangling dimensions of naturalness and entitativity. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Pasadena, CA.

*Cooke, S., *Harris, W., *Lach, R., *Tummino, T., & Driscoll, L. L. (2015, December). Influence of bifidobacterium infantis on the development of anxiety, depression, and stress in adolescent rats. Poster presented at the meeting of the Front Range Neuroscience Group, Fort Collins, CO.

Driscoll, L. L., *Watts, J., *Kasemodel, R., *Tummino, T., *Cooke, S., *Harris, W., & *Lach, R. (2015, October). Developmental exposure to PBDE flame retardants induces hypothyroidism and impacts hedonic tone in adult rats. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.

*Ellner, S., Chan, E., Holmes, K. J. (2015, May). Representations of word meaning in dyslexic and non-dyslexic individuals. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

*Goldman, M., & Waters, P. L. (2015, May). Selection risk factors for the cohabitation effect: Serial cohabitation, attitudes towards marriage, and personality characteristics. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

*Lach, R., & Driscoll, L. L. (2015, November). Impacts of B. infantis on development of the physiological stress response: Implications for the vagus nerve as central stress 'thermostat.' Poster presented at the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science, St. Louis, MO.

*O'Donnell, S. C., & Chan, E. (2015, May). Building bridges: A mixed-method assessment of a college bridge program. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

*Riciputi, S. and Erdal, K. (2015, June). The effect of stereotype threat on student-athlete math performance. Poster presented at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Conference. Portland, Oregon.

*Schiffer, L. P., & Roberts, T-A. (2015, May). The paradox of happiness: Why are we not doing what we know will make us happy? Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

*Sileci, A., & Chan, E. (2015, May). Teaching neuroplasticity to change mindsets and increase resilience in low SES Brazilian adolescents. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

*Stephens, A., Saviano, M. S., & Horner, J. M. (2015, May). Homo economicus' performance on social value orientation and psychopathy measures: Support for quasi-homo economicus? Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

*Zeigerson, H., & Holmes, K. J. (2015, July). Categorical perception of facial expressions: Improving research methodology and examining lateralization. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Pasadena, CA.

2014

*Beckett, E., & Driscoll, L. L. (2014, June). Sucrose preference and progressive ratio performance in rats exposed postnatally to the polybrominated diphenyl ether commercial mixture DE-71. Poster presented at the meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society, Bellevue, WA.

*Burrus, E. L. C., & Waters, P. L. (2014, May). Theory of mind and self-conscious emotion understanding in children with autism. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

Driscoll, L. L., *Beckett, E., *Bose, J., *Watts, J., *Sperry, J., & *Kasemodel, R. (2014, November). Hedonic reward and incentive salience in rats exposed postnatally to the polybrominated diphenyl ether commercial mixture DE-71. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Jacobs, B., *Johnson, N., *Wahl, D., *Johnson, C.B., *Mohr, D., Kope, D., Schall, M., Maseko, B.C., Lewandowski, A., Raghanti, M.A., Wicinski, B., Butti, C., Hipkins, W. D., Bertelsen, M.F., Reep, R. L., Hof, P.R., Sherwood^, C.C., & Manger, P.R. (2014, November). Comparative neuronal morphology of cerebellar cortex in afrotherians (African elephant, Florida manatee), primates (human, common chimpanzee), cetartiodactyls (humpback whale, giraffe), and carnivores (Siberian tiger, clouded leopard). Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. #499.02.

*O'Donnell, S. C., & Chan, E. (2014, May). The social and instrumental costs of emotional inconsistency: The importance of being trusted and liked. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

*Watts, J., & Driscoll, L. L. (2014, November). Effects of brief postnatal PBDE exposure on GABA_A receptor function in the rat. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

*Wool, J., & Roberts, T-A. (2014, May). Gender differences in the proprioceptive effects of tilted faces. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

2013

*Bao, Y., & Lostroh, C.P. (2013, November). The barrier that prevents penicillin catabolism genes from transferring from ABC 07 to ADP1. Poster presented at the meeting of the Midstates Consortium for Undergraduate Research, St. Louis, MO.

*Beckett, E., & Driscoll, L. L. (2013, June). The effect of the polybrominated diphenyl ether mixture DE-71 on hedonic reinforcement and incentive salience in rats. Poster presented at the meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society, Tucson, AZ.

*Berry, B., & Chan, E. (2013, January). Investigating the role of culture on temporal perception. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

*Johnson, N. L., *Wahl, D., Schall, M., Maseko, B. C., Lewandowski, A., Raghanti, M. A., Wicinski, B., Butti, C., Hopkins, W. D., Bertelsen, M. F., Walsh, T., Roberts, J. R., Reep, R. L., Hof, P. R., Sherwood, C. C., Manger, R., and Jacobs, B. (2013, December). Neocortical neuronal morphology in the infant giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) and infant African elephant (Loxodonta africana). Poster presented at the meeting of the Front Range Neuroscience Group, Fort Collins, CO.

*Lee, L., *Johnson, N., *Waller, L., Raghanti, M.A., Lewandowski, A., Kottwitz, J.J., Roberts, J.F., Manger, P.R., Hof, P.R., Sherwood, C.C., & Jacobs, B. (2013) Neocortical neuronal morphology in the infant giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) and infant African elephant (Loxodonta africana). Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. #795.11.

*O'Donnell, S. C., Chan, E., Copeland, J., & *Lukens, S. (2013, January). Aversive prejudice against veterans: Hireability, mental health stereotype, warmth, and competence. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Reyes, L.D., *Harland, T., Sherwood, C.C., Jacobs, B., & Reep, R.L. (2013, November). Neocortical architecture of manatees (Trichechus manatus). Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

2012

*Alami, N., *Glassman, A., *Harland, T., *Wool, J., & Chan, E. (2012, April). Effects of anthropomorphized and live orangutans on implicit stereotype activation. Poster presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

*Fleig, A., & Chan, E. (2012, January). The effect of college admission policies on perceived institutional theories of intelligence. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

*Harland, T., *Kennedy, D., *Johnson, N., Wicinski, B., Hof, P.R., Sherwood, C.C., Manger, P.R., Schall, M. & Jacobs, B. (2012, October). Neuromorphology of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) visual and motor cortices. Poster presented at the meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. #895.12.

*Korpusik, A., & Chan, E. (2012, January). Public relations disaster: Sewage, oil spill, and the two fundamental dimensions of social perception. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

*Lurie, A., & Waters, P. L. (2012, March). Voice, gender, and gender stereotypy in classroom interactions. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

*Post, K., & Roberts, T-A. (2012, January). The power of yucky: Can disgust embodiment be desensitized? Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

*Wahl, D., & Jacobs, B. (2012, May). Comparative neuromorphology of Florida manatee, giraffe, African elephant, and human cerebellar cortex. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Regional Neuroscience Group, Denver, CO.

*Wood, A., & Roberts, T-A., (2012, January). Does happiness come to those who say thanks? Gratitude and the paradox of valuing happiness. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

2011

*Alami, N., *Kennedy, D., & Chan, E. (2011, November). Gender-specific predictors of hookup behavior. Poster presented at the meeting of the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science, Chicago, IL.

*Davenport. M., & Chan. E. (2011, April). The effect of paternal support on campus experience is mediated by the student's well-being. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT.

Driscoll, L. L., *Haran, J., *Lieb, M., & *Zeidler, Z. (2011, November). Testing the hypothyroidism hypothesis of the neurotoxic effecs of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in early postnatal development. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

*Freund, C., *Krakoff, E., *Marsh, T., *Taymore, C., & Chan, E. (2011, April). The fundamental attribution error in the audio-visual medium. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT.

*Janeway, C., *Townshend, C., Butti, C., Wicinski, B., Hof, P., Sherwood, C., & Jacobs, B. (2011, November). Quantitative neuromorphology in cetacea: Bottlenose dolphin (Turisops truncatus), north Atlantic minke whale (Balaenoptera acutostrata acutostrata), and humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. #734.09.

*Kutchko, K., Siltberg-Liberles, J., & Horner, J. M. (2011, August). Creating melanin, melatonin, and monamine neurotransmitters: The evolution of the tyrosine and tryptophan metabolic pathways. Poster presented at the meeting of the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, Laramie, WY.

*Lin. A., Huang, N., & Driscoll, L. L. (2011, December). Using an RNAi screen to determine which proteins may regulate early embryonic development in the nematode worm, Caenorhabditis elegans. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, Denver, CO.

*Melamud, M., & Chan. E. (2011, April). The effects of body image and self-esteem on student satisfaction with campus climate. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT.

*Nadel, J., & Chan, E. (2011, November). The belief in a malleable theory of intelligence: Effects on mental health and academic success. Poster presented at the meeting of the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science, Chicago, IL.

*Snyder, A., & Roberts, T-A. (2011, January). Relative communicative value of semantic, prosodic, gestural, and facial emotional cues. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

*Ushijima, S., & Chan, E. (2011, January). Predictors of appearance-contingent self-worth. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

2010

*Barry, J., & Chan. E. (2010, April). The impact of negative nutrition-related stereotypes on a low-socioeconomic status population. Poster presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Cancun, Mexico.

Driscoll, L. L., *Franco, M., Rhoads, A., & Seay. M., (2010, November). Levothyroxine supplementation to attenuate neurobehavioral effects of exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers in rats. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Erdal, K., *Singh, N., & *Tardif, A. (2010, May), Cross-cultural conceptualizations of depression and its treatment. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.

*Golden, M., & Waters, P. L. (2010, May). Links between theory of mind and emotions in children with Asperger's syndrome. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.

Jacobs, B., *Borst, J., *Hannan, M., *Anderson, K., *Townshend, C., Butti, C., Sherwood, C.C., Hof, P.R., & Manger, P.R. (2010, November). African elephant (Loxodonta africana) neocortex. II. Supragranular pyramidal neurons. Poster presented at the meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Jacobs, B. Sherwood, C.C., *Hannan, M., *Borst, J., *Anderson, K., Butti, C., Hof, P.R., & Manger, P.R. (2010, June). African elephant (Loxodonta africana) cerebral cortex: Neuronal morphology. Poster presented at the New Studies of Neurobehavioral Evolution Conference, Washington, DC.

*Lenzen, D., & Chan, E. (2010, January). The role of collective responsibility in the infrahumanization of outgroup victims. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

*Moding, K., & Waters, P. L. (2010, May). The importance of measuring importance: Linking sport involvement to self-esteem. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.

*Pizzie, R., & Roberts, T-A., (2010, April). The effect of mortality salience on attitudes concerning human sexuality. Poster presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Cancun, Mexico.

Roberts, T-A. & *Casserly, R. (2010, January). Like a rock: Contributions of proprioceptive and motor systems in embodied grounding. Paper presented at the Self and Identity Preconference symposium at meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NM.

Sherwood, C.C., Jacobs, B., *Hannan, M., *Borst, J., *Anderson, K., *Janeway, C., Butti, C., Hof, P.R., & Manger, P.R. (2010, November). African elephant (Loxodonta africana) neocortex. I. Neuromorphological characteristics of cortical neurons. Poster presented at the meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

*Yamamoto, E., & Horner, J. M. (2010, August). BRAG1 mutations in X-linked intelligence disability influence dendritic spine morphology. Poster presented at the meeting of the University of Connecticut Physiology and Neurobiology Symposium, Storrs, CT.

2009

*Abeyta, A., & Chan, E. (2009, April). Extending stereotype threat to low-income parents: Impact on parenting style and behavior. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

*Anderson, K., *Yamamoto, E., *Kaplan, J., & Jacobs, B. (2009, October). Quantitative neuromorphology: Comparison of the neurolucida lucivid and neurolucida camera tracing systems. Poster presented at the meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. #389.22.

*Casserly, R., Roberts, T-A., & Jacobs, B. (2009, October). Contributions of proprioceptive and motor systems in embodied grounding. Poster presented at the meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. #674.4.

*Eakin, L., Roberts, T-A, & Motyl, M. (2009, February). Laughing in the face of death: Laughter's palliative effect on existential death anxiety. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

*Martinez, D., & Chan, E. (2009, April). The outsider: The influences of socioeconomic status and race on social belongingness. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM.

2008

*Anderson, K., *Bones, B., *Robinson, B., *Hass, C., *Lee, H., *Casserly, R., Ford, K., Roberts T-A., Jacobs, B. (2008, November). The morphology of supragranular pyramidal neurons in the human insular cortex: A quantitative Golgi study. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. #162.13.

*Bennett, J., & Chan, E. (2008, February). The impact of stereotype threat on people of lower socioeconomic status. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Horner, J. M., & *Tung, S. (2008, May). Playing cards with Thomas Kuhn: A reevaluation of Bruner and Postman (1949). Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

*Kaplan, J., *Kraut, J., *Fitzpatrick, J., & Driscoll, L. L. (2008, November). Determining the critical postnatal exposure level of the brominated flame retardant DE-71 required to induce learning and attention deficits. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. 278.21

*Snyder, A., Shukla, M., Schneider, K., Aslin, R., & Driscoll, L. L. (2008, November). Coregistration of functional imaging techniques: A comparison of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and fMRI-BOLD. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

*Sweaney, C., & Chan, E. (2008, April). Predicting happiness: Affective forecasting and aging. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Boise, ID

*Ushijima, S., & Chan, E. (2008, November). College satisfaction: Differentiating between upperclassmen and underclassmen. Poster presented at the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science, St. Louis, MO.

2007

*Bones, B., *Robinson, B., & Jacobs, B. (2007, November). A research genealogy for Dr. Arnold B. Scheibel. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. #24.7.

 

Driscoll, L. L., *Gibson, A. M., *Hieb, A., *Cheteni, F., *Kraut, J., *Kaplan, J., & *Fitzpatrick, J. (2007, November). Dose-dependent effects of chronic postnatal exposure to the flame retardant DE-71 on serum thyroxine (T4) levels and sustained attention. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

*Foster, K., & Waters, P. L. (2007, March). The policing of sex-roles: Anger display. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

2006

*Cheteni, F., & Driscoll, L. L. (2006, April). Effect of chronic exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers on the cholinergic modulation of attention. Poster presented at the meeting of the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

*Gados, R., & Weir, C. G. (2006, April). Life satisfaction of Nicaraguan immigrants living in Costa Rica. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Park City, UT.

*Gibson, A., & Driscoll, L. L. (2006, June). Effects of chronic postnatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers on learning and attention. Poster presented at the meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society, Tucson, AZ.

Driscoll, L. L., *Gibson, A., & *Cheteni, F. (2006, June). Chronic postnatal DE-71 exposure: Suppression of serum thyroxine (T4), but no effects on learning, attention, or cholinergic challenge. Poster presented at the meeting of the Neurotoxiology and Teratology Society, Tuscon, AR.

*Martin, A., Driscoll, L. L., & Cunningham, L. A. (2006, April). The effects of moderate fetal alcohol exposure and environmental enrichment on the hippocampal microenvironment. Poster presented at the meeting of the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

*Neophytou, A., & Bertrand, R. (2006, April). Allelic frequencies of seven STR loci in the greek-cypriot population. Poster presented at the meeting of the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

*Schillaci, A., & Roberts, T-A. (2006, April). Psychological explorations of vicarious trauma in victim advocates. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Park City, UT.

2005

*Dufault, C. & Driscoll, L. L. (2005, April). Effects of early developmental polybrominated diphenyl ethers on the cholinergic modulation of attention. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (SW and Rocky Mt. Division), Tuscon, AZ.

*Dufault, C., *Poles, G., & Driscoll, L. L. (2005, November). Brief postnatal PBDE exposure alters learning and the cholinergic modulation of attention in rats. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

*Hass, C., *Lee, H.W., *Travis, K., *Dufault, C.A., Jacobs, B. (2005, November). Dendritic morphometries of human insular pyramidal neurons. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC. #410.11.

2004

*Barnabas, E., & Roberts, T-A. (2004, April). Attitude is everything: Older adult memory performance under stereotype threat. Poster presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Phoenix, AZ.

*Lee, H.W., *Travis, K.E, *Dufault, C.A., *Hass, C.A., Jacobs, B. (2004, October). Regional dendritic variation in human insular cortex: A quantitative Golgi study. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. #381.4.

*Reynolds, B., & Waters, P. L. (2004, March). Voice in classroom interaction: A validation study. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.

2003

*Melbye, L., & Roberts, T-A. (2003, February). The prevalence of eating disorders and disturbed eating habits among athletes in judged and non-judged sports. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

*Schoenfield, L., & Waters, P. L. (2003, April). Gender differences in language usage during a problem-solving task. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

*Travis, K., *Lee, H.W., *Dufault, C.A., & Jacobs, B. (2003, November). Regional dendritic variation in neonatal human cortex: A quantitative Golgi analysis. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. #144.9.

2002

*Previdi, S., & Weir, C. G. (2002, April). Musical interval discrimination at 6 and 12 months. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Society on Infant Studies, Toronto, ON, Canada.

2001

*Creswell, J., *Hrubes, M., & Jacobs, B. (2001, November). Putative dendritic changes following corpus callosotomy in human cortex: A quantitative and qualitative case study. Poster presented at the meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. #251.15.

*Kaiser, N. & Weir, C. G. (2001, March). Cognitive processes in above-average readers. Poster presented at Posters on the Hill meeting of Council of Undergraduate Research, Washington DC.

*Kaiser, N. & Weir, C. G. (2001, April). The effect of eye movement and a blurring filter on a Stroop color-identification task in above average readers. Poster presented at the meeting of Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

*Manly, C., & Roberts, T-A. (2001, March). Protecting the feminine: The effects of menstruation on attitudes toward women. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

2000

*Gettman, J., *Manly, C., & Roberts, T-A. (2000, March). Mere exposure: Gender differences in the negative effects of priming a state of self-objectification. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology, Salt Lake City, UT.

*Kapler, E., Scheibel, A.B., & Jacobs, B. (2000, November). Cell packing density in Brodmann's areas 10 and 18 of the human cerebral cortex. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. #461.17.

*Mehta, S. & Weir, C. G. (2000, April). Effects of marital status on parent perception of child well-being. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Tucson, AZ.

*Sann, S. B, *Hrubes, M., & Jacobs, B. (2000, November). Regional dendritic variation in spine-free nonpyramidal neurons: A quantitative Golgi study in humans. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. 461.16.

*Showalter, C. & Weir, C. G. (2000, April). Crime over time: Perception of criminality over 70 years. Poster presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Tucson, AZ.

Weir, C. G., Millar, W.S., *Labovsky S. & Crutchfield, R. (2000, July). Individual differences in habituation applied to contingency learning performance of infants. Poster presented at meeting of International conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, UK.

1999

*Shen, T., *Davenport, P., E. *Kapler, E., *Jacobs, J., *Sann, S., Ford, K., Prather, M., Tyson, W., & Jacobs, B. (1999, October). A quantitative Golgi analysis of infant human Betz cells: Preliminary findings. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL. #905.8.

Weir, C. G. & *Labovsky, S. (1999, April). Influence on visual habituation in 6-to-15-month old infants as a function of jaundice in the newborn period. Poster presented at a meeting of Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Ft. Collins, CO.

Weir, C. G. & *Seacrest, M. (1999, April). A cross-cultural study of cognition: Understanding balance scales in two countries. Poster presented at meeting of Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

1998

Weir, C. G., *King, R.A. & *Blea-Toland, C. (April, 1998). Effects of demonstrations of continuous or partial reinforcement on performance of 6-and 12-month olds. Poster presented at meeting of the International Conference of Infant Studies, Atlanta, GA.

1997

*Blandon, A. & Weir, C. G. (1997, April). Cross-modal habituation in infants. Paper presented at meeting of Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Reno, NV.

*Blea, C. (1997, April). Observation learning in infants: Partial and continuous reinforcement. Paper presented at meeting of Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Reno NV.

Kamm, G., Hovey, S., *Treml, M., Prather, M., & Jacobs, B. (1997, October). The Colorado College elementary school outreach program for neuroscience education: What the children say. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. #111.9.

*McNaul, C., Erdal, K. & Weir, C. G. (1997, April). Investigating effects of faking, culture, and gender on the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Poster presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.

Prather, M., *Treml, M., *Driscoll, L., Schall, M., & Jacobs, B. (1997, October). Regional variation in dendritic and spine complexity: A quantitative Golgi analysis of human cerebral cortex. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. #87.13.

Weir, C.G. & *Blea, C. (1997, April). Partial reinforcement effects on infant observation learning. Poster presented at meeting of Society for Research on Child Development, Washington DC.

1996

*Courns, K., *Ferguson, J., *Larsen, L., Schall, M. & Jacobs, B. (1996, November). Age-related dendritic and spine changes in human occipital and prefrontal cortices: A quantitative Golgi study. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. #307.2.

*Fisher, B. (1996, April). A quantitative dendritic analysis of a bulimic brain: A case study. Poster given at meeting of Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Park City, UT.

*Rising, K., Weir, C. G., & *McMullen, M. (1996, April). Effects of otitis media and upper respiratory tract infection on cognitive development of 6- to 12-month olds. Poster presented at International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI.

Wallace, C., *Kerns, A. & Weir, C. G. (1996, April). Perspectives of healthy children on fetal-alcohol-syndrome siblings. Poster given at meeting of Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Park City, UT.

Weir, C. G., Bacchus, C., *Schneider, J. & *Rael, J. (1996, April). Observation learning in 6- to 12-month-old infants. Poster presented at International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI.

Weir, C. G., Bacchus, C. & *Soule, S. (1996, April). Observation of caregivers and subsequent learning in infants. Poster given at meeting of Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Park City, UT.

Weir, C. G., Millar, W.S. & *Peck, K. (1996, April). The influence of neonatal jaundice on cognitive functioning in 6- to 12-month olds. Poster presented at International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI.

*Youngquist, M. L. & Weir, C. G. (1996, April). Effects of obstetric medication on newborn hearing and arousal. Poster given at meeting of Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Park City, UT.

1995

*Baca, S., *Larsen, L., *Fisher, B., Kernan, R., Schall, M., & Jacobs, B. (1995, November). Dendritic and spine analyses across hierarchically arranged areas of human neocortex: A quantitative Golgi study. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. #182.9.

*Ferguson, J., *Driscoll, J., *Courns, K., *Rattenbury, K., *Baca, S., *Larsen, L. & Jacobs, B. (1995, November). An overview of the Colorado College elementary school outreach program for neuroscience education. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. #101.21

Lange, M. (1995, April). Gender and academic major effects on a mental rotation task. Poster given at meeting of Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.

1994

*Larsen, L. (1994, May). Musical and numerical interval processing. Poster presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

*Larsen, L., *Swanson, R.L., *Wainwright, M.L., & Jacobs, B. (1994, November). Quantitative dendritic and spine analyses of human prefrontal and occipital cortices. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL. #584.13.

*Peck, A. (1994, May). Self-assessment of children with fetal alcohol syndrome siblings. Poster presented at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Kalamazoo, MI.

1992

Weir, C. G. & Yost, K. (1992, April). Habituation to cross-modal stimuli in infancy. Poster presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL