PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR |
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STEPHEN J. FLUSBERG [sflusberg at vassar dot edu] [CV]
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CURRENT LAB MEMBERS |
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Stay tuned...
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LAB ALUMNI and THESIS TOPICS |
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2022-2023
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Lindsey Anderson: How celebrity status of alleged assailants impacts victim framing
Madison Buttice: How language and athlete identity impact social judgment Amna Khan: The impact of mixed metaphor framing Nicole Brea Ortiz: Investigating the impact of age on essentialist reasoning in kids Andrew Raska: A critical evaluation of cognitive reappraisal for stress management |
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2021-2022
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Yasmine Compare: Effects of a brief educational intervention on mental illness stigma
Matthew Cohen: Effects of phonetics and celebrity on preference for neologisms Deborah Hoffman: Investigating the social and cognitive consequences of bilingualism Natalie Kurek: Factors associated with resistance to gender-fair language Raja Mazar: The impact of anthropomorphism on cognitive development Hadiyah Phillips: Bicultural identity and belonging in a college setting |
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2020-2021
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Olisa Bajgora: The foreign language effect in moral judgment and mental imagery
Kelly Baxter: Linguistic framing and stigma for substance use disorders Angelica Castaldo: Investigating the prevalence and predictors of the Mandela Effect Dylan Ciolfi: The role of gender stereotypes in victim framing Jasmine Pacheco: The relationship between aphantasia, daydreaming, and rumination Riley Philistin: Barriers to education in a non-native language |
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2018-2019
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Sam Balko: Effects of speaker and listener identity on metaphor framing
Abbey Cuddy: Does maternal history of depression predict internal state talk? Melissa Herrera: Does maternal internal state talk affect executive functioning? Edona Lazorja: War metaphors for addiction Katherine Lopez: Framing effects for neurodiverse persons in a criminal context Kiera O'Connell: Is there a saving-enhanced memory effect for spatial layouts? |
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2017-2018
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Michael Battersby: Metaphorical framing for the treatment of social anxiety
Jada Cheek: Linguistic framing and attitudes towards law enforcement Nicholas Duci: How smartphone presence affects lecture learning Carly LaPlace: Agent framing moderates effects of the moral history of money Robert Olejarz: Do smartphones function as security blankets? Justice Marin: Framing effects on attitudes towards mental illness |
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2016-2017
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Mark Lauria: The influence of communication modality on metaphor framing
Avianca Ramos: Saving-enhanced memory effects in the real world Jessica Smith: How access to the internet affects problem-solving Rachel Ubanos: Cognitive consequences of schema violations Paul Wingate: Do schema violations reduce top-down processing? |
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2015-2016
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Kevin Collister: Effects of schema disruptions on visual pattern detection
Adaira Marie Greco: The effects of thought disposal on feelings of guilt Conrad Hamonet: Illusory behavioral synchrony and prosocial behavior Daniel Pitti: Effects of metaphor on perceptions of social mobility |
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2014-2015
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Kathleen Dengler: The role of acting experience in lie detection
Phineas Howie: Effects of information availability on memory and attitudes Brianna Massaro: Do metaphors enhance text learning? Jessica Pivnik: How low illumination affects the empathic response Devin Stack: The effects of musical experience on sequential memory |
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2013-2014
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Gracie Bihn: Does yoga enhance attentional abilities?
Michael DellaValle: The role of metaphor in reasoning about mental illness Alicia Hwang: Effects of dance expertise on sequence learning Dean Miller: Multiple reference frames in the learning of spatial layouts Stacy Radich: Movin’ on up: Spatial metaphors and social standing |
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2012-2013
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Chase Meyerson: Do actors make better liars and lie detectors?
Derek Shapiro: Life journey metaphors predict locus of control |