Lightning Talks Round 1 (9:10 – 10:10 am)
“The Effects of Empowerment on the Relationship Between Feminism and Environmentally Friendly Attitudes” presented by Shreya Mishra (SUNY Geneseo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jim Allen)
“The replication of Diener, Harter, Ng & Arora’s 2010 study of Wealth and Happiness” presented by Tai Tran, Bryce Preston, Neil Perl, Erin Haley, and Emily Hunter (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young-Reusser)
“MRI-based thalamic volumetry in multiple sclerosis using FSL-FIRST: systematic assessment of common error modes” presented by Dongchan Lee (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael G. Dwyer)
“Examining the Moderating Role of Gender and Mediating Role of Anxiety on the Association Between Social Competence and Forms of Aggression in Early Childhood” presented by Julia Kiefer and Gabriela Memba (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jamie Ostrov)
“The Effects of Bolded Words on Reading Comprehension and Recognition Memory” presented by James Blair (Elmira College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chris Terry)
“Dynamic and Static Norms” presented by Anna Wallace, Cassidy Kuhlmann, Arianna Zampella, Josiah Wiedenheft, and Giovanna Malay (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young-Reusser)
“Correlations Between Child Abuse, World View, And An Interest In True Crime” presented by Kenzie Cervo (SUNY Buffalo State College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pamela Schuetze)
“The Association Between Condom Use Self-Efficacy & College Students’ Condom-Decision Abdication” presented by Mikaela Gjoka and Maddie Firkey (Syracuse University, Faculty Advisor: Sarah Woolf-King)
“Optimizing the Effectiveness of Role Models by Matching First-Generation Status and Revealing Successes and Failures” presented by Hector Sosa (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lora Park)
“The impact of community expectations on how a benevolent response to a toxic comment online is perceived by observers” presented by Nathaniel Zedomi and Olivia Tetta (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young-Reusser)
Oral Presentations (10:20 – 11:20 am)
“Associations between Parental Attachment and Academic Motivation and Achievement” presented by Ashley Mendola (SUNY Buffalo State College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pamela Schuetze)
“The Effects of Music Training on Singing Accuracy, Working Memory, Auditory Imagery, and Pitch Perception” presented by David J. Vollweiler (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Pfordresher)
“Traumatic Experiences among Refugee in the US: Risk and Resources” presented by Shantoll Smith and Michelle Erb (SUNY Empire State College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dan Nyaronga)
“Effect of water deprivation with and without subsequent water intake, on cellular activity of paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus-projecting nucleus of the solitary tract neurons” presented by Thomas McNamara (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Derek Daniels)
“Influence of COVID-19 on Middle Eastern and North African International Students: Ethnic Identity and Acculturation” presented by Christopher Khudari (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Katharina Azim)
Lightning Talks Round 2 (11:50 – 12:50 pm)
“Mind Wandering: its effect on reading comprehension” presented by Lydia Peterson, Chyanne Bushyhead, Kayla Carson, Kaitlin Cymmerman, and Tess Pettit (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young-Reusser)
“The Effects of Working Memory and Perceptual Speed Training on the Reaction Times of Multiple Sclerosis Patients” presented by Ryan O’Donnell, Janet Shucard, Ph.D., and Thomas Covey, Ph.D. (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Shucard)
“Three Second Memory in Goldfish Debunked” presented by Hannah Sheldon, Janessa Morelli, Jessica Wegman, Kaitlin Gunther, and Kenneth T. Wilcox (Rochester Institute of Technology, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Caroline DeLong)
“Replication of Emotional Regulation and SES by Troy et al., 2017” presented by Nina Dorsino, Ian Zon, Olivia Tetta, Abigail Doyle, and Ser Nay Ler Pwe (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young-Reusser)
“A Correlational Analysis of College Men’s Characteristics and Their Impressions of a Written Social Scenario” presented by Sarah Ardalan (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Parks)
“The Effects of Scare Tactics & Informational Tactics on College Students” presented by Jenna Hoyt (Elmira College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Terry)
“Measuring Cognitive Functioning Using The The Iowa Gambling Task” presented by Eneida Wainman (Syracuse University, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Zemla)
“Replication of ‘Bats, balls, and substitution sensitivity: cognitive misers are no happy fools’ (Wim De Neys, Sandrine Rossi, Olivier Houdé 2013)” presented by Mackenzie Milne, Chloe Monday, Olive San, Bemnet Haile, and Blu-Doh Keh (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young-Reusser)
“Eyewitness Confidence: Predicting Recognition of an Obscured or Unseen Face” presented by Kacey Crast and MarQuel Corchado (Niagara University, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Burt Thompson)
“Investigating the Association Between College Generational Status and Substance Use” presented by Bethany Laufer (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Read)
“Mood Effects Induced by Video With or Without Audio on Problem-Solving Performance” presented by Hannah Hoebener (SUNY Buffalo State College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stephani Foraker)