2022 Conference Presentations

Poster Presentations

(9:15 – 10:50 am)

1. “High fat diet increases [3H] Flunitrazepam binding in the mouse brain that is dependent on the expression of the dopamine D2 gene” presented by Josh Neuman, Nicole Roeder, Brittany Richardson, and John Hamilton (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Panayotis Thanos)
2. “Substitution and The Cognitive Mind” presented by Keith Van Dyne, Bridget Sobolewski, Jeremey Wilcox, Marith Anderson, and Eh Khu Hser (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young Reusser)
3. “Examining COVID concerns and mental health in college students” presented by Sophie Hunter (Canisius College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sarah Blakely-McClure)
4. “The role of anterior and posterior ventral tegmental area GABA activation on the attenuation of cocaine incubation of cocaine craving” presented by Elizabeth Bukoskey (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Caroline Bass)
5. “Estradiol Does Not Alter Exploratory Behavior in Juvenile Siberian Hamsters” presented by Jordan Johnson (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Matthew Paul)
6. “Replication of Tentori, K., Crupi, V., & Russo, S. (2013): The impact of making conjunction fallacies as part of the everyday judgment process” presented by Dawson Dean, Jessica Keeran, Kristina Moreno, Liesl Staton, Mayra Casillas, and Nadia Desautels (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young Reusser)
7. “Examining Sociodemographic Differences in Mental Health Stigma” presented by Connor Rohan, Francesca Giaquinto, and Olivia Bell (SUNY Buffalo State College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Kamper-DeMarco)
8. “Color is a Salient Cue for Goldfish Discriminating Between 3D Stimuli Rotated in the Picture and Depth Planes” presented by Kaitlin Gunther and Jessica Wegman (Rochester Institute of Technology, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Caroline DeLong)
9. “Anxious-Withdrawal Behaviors and Peer Difficulties Place Adolescents at Risk for Sleep Disturbances” presented by Jessica N. Gurbacki (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Drs. Julie C. Bowker & Kenneth H. Rubin)
10. “Changes in Locomotor Activity during Intermittent-Access Cocaine Self-Administration” presented by Gabriel Santos (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul J. Meyer)
11. “The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Campus Climate” presented by Ryan James (Daemen College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dennis Poepsel)
12. “The amount of money one has and how it relates to stress” presented by Mackenzie Milne and Tess Pettit (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hannah Kim)
13. “Testosterone Effects of Exercise and Implications of Drug Abuse: A Review” presented by Brendan Perreault and Nikki Hammond (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Panayotis Thanos)
14. “Associations among Bullying Victimization, Depression, and School Connectedness” presented by Swarnali Zafor (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Weijun Wang)
15. “Exercise and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic” presented by Adrianus V. Wutz and Faith F. Westgate (SUNY Buffalo State College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Howard M. Reid)
16. “Persisting Humility: Exploring How Long an Experience of Awe Influences Humility in a Direct Plus Replication of “Awe and Humility” (Stellar et al., 2018)” presented by Abigail Wheeler, Isabelle Murch, Katarina Eldridge, Baylie Harnish, Hannah Seow, and Moo Lay Paw (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young Reusser)
17. “The Association between Attachment and Internalizing Behaviors in a High-Risk Sample of Children: The Role of Caregiving Environmental Risk” presented by Olivia Bell (SUNY Buffalo State College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pamela Schuetze)
18. “Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalizations Across Sex, Age, and Strain” presented by Lucia Fetkenhour (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Micheal Dent)
19. “Replication of ‘Change the Things You Can: Emotion Regulation Is More Beneficial for People From Lower Than From Higher Socioeconomic Status’” presented by Harrison Watts, Emmett Carlson, Austin Bass, Grace Thompson, Daye Jung, and Samantha Gorski (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young Reusser)
20. “Early Pandemic Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Adults at High vs. Low Risk for COVID-19” presented by Olivia B. Allaby, Stephanie Godleski, and Joseph S. Baschnagel (Rochester Institute of Technology, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca J. Houston)
21. “An index to categorize rats based on cocaine self-administration predicts the likelihood of cue-induced drug seeking” presented by Leah Heiler (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul Meyer)
22. “The Impact of Dynamic vs. Static Norms on Meat Consumption Attitudes” presented by Eileen Goodge, Mckenzie Celotto, Christina McCoy, Hser Moo Paw, and Pho Sid (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young Reusser)
23. “Preschool emotion regulation and academic readiness: Bidirectional associations and moderation by parenting” presented by Kristen E. Kibler and Gretchen R. Perhamus (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jamie M. Ostrov)
24. “Social preference of male and female vasopressin-deficient Brattleboro rats” presented by Tyree Langley and Kelcie Schatz (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Matthew Paul)

Oral Presentations

Session 1 (11:00 – 11:50 am)

1. “Taste Driven Behavior: Investigating the Mechanisms of Bitter Taste Acceptance” presented by Sam Brooker and Tracey Martin (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ann-Marie Torregrossa)
2. “Impact of media on skewed perception of psychopaths” presented by Montana Tysiac (D’Youville University, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Manpreet Rai)
3. “The Impact of Trauma on Older Survivors of Physical and Sexual Abuse” presented by Dayna Starks (Niagara University, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Susan Mason)
4. “Does acute nicotine treatment enhance compulsive-like remifentanil self-administration through nonpharmacological stimuli during contextual punishment?” presented by David Lichte (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gregory Loney)

Session 2 (1:00 – 1:50 pm)

5. “The Effects of Chronic Short-Term Noise on Tinnitus in CBA/CaJ Mice” presented by Emiliy Demieri (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Micheal Dent)
6. “Kindness in the face of toxicity: Measuring the impact of benevolent replies to toxic comments when agreement with toxic commenter is varied” presented by Nina Dorsino, Jessica Keeran, and Tess Pettit (Houghton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alison Young Reusser)
7. “Demystifying Psychedelic Mysticism: A Correlational Analysis of Psychedelic-Induced Mystical Experiences with Beneficial Outcomes” presented by Connor Carrow (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul Meyer)
8. “The Effect of Technology on Social Experiences Among College Students” presented by Sahana Viswanathan (University at Buffalo, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jennifer P. Read)