Elizabeth Broady, Dwayne
Guenther, & Christine Richman
Social Interactions of Schizophrenic
College Students
This study is designed to examine levels of social
interaction among college students diagnosed with
schizophrenia. Participant dyads will be divided into groups based on date of
diagnosis. Schizophrenic participants will complete the Social Reticence Scale
and a questionnaire designed to evaluate the self-reported level of everyday
stress will be averaged with The Social Behavior Assessment Schedule completed
by the non-schizophrenic friend. Students diagnosed while in college have on
average larger social networks that are largely comprised of peers. Whereas
students previously diagnosed with schizophrenia did not form larger social
networks, and the networks they have consist mainly of family members. The more
interpersonal relationships increase social functioning and decrease symptoms
and periods of hospitalization.
Amy Casebier
Learning with Different Memory Styles
People learn using one or a combination of memory styles,
including semantic, episodic, procedural,
automatic, and emotional memory styles. Discovering which memory style is the
most efficient for each person would be a helpful fact to know in educational
settings to aid students in learning most effectively. Participants in the
experiment will first complete a questionnaire with their preferred method of
learning, and then they will be tested on the effectiveness of their preferred
memory style. The anticipated results are that people learn with different
memory styles, some people are not aware of their most effective learning style,
and that different memory styles are best for different people.
Michelle Coffman & Jennifer Cotton
Anterograde Amnesia
Margaret Coggin & Dan Love
Autism and GABA-receptors
Sarah Hickman & Ashley Ubelhor
Adult ADHD and the Frontal Lobe
Our
proposed study is to measure the level of activity in the frontal lobes of
adults by measuring their Electroencephalogram (EEG) waves. We plan to measure
these waves by attaching electrodes to the heads of the adults and presenting
attention-demanding stimuli. We expect that we will see a decreased activity in
the frontal lobes of adults diagnosed with ADHD in comparison with the level of
activity in the frontal lobes of adults that have not been diagnosed with ADHD.
We also expect that the adults with ADHD will have a smaller cerebral volume
than the adults without ADHD.
Michela Jones and Karla Roberts
Schizophrenia Effects Dopamine Levels
Schizophrenia
is commonly not observed in people until after they reach puberty. The culprit
behind schizophrenia is thought to be dopamine. To see if there is a change in
these levels during or after puberty it is necessary to study children and young
adults to see how these levels change as the participant goes through puberty.
Participants with a disposition for schizophrenia and those without a
disposition for schizophrenia will undergo the same procedures. The results
from the tests will be compared and contrasted between the two groups of
participants, as well as individually.
Joe Lansinger & Jeremy Owens
The Power of Napping: Finding the Optimal Nap
Length
Kylie Mauer & Russalyn Spicer
Speech Therapy as a Baseline Treatment in Broca’s
Aphasia
Many
case studies exist concerning aphasia, but much is still unknown about the
disorder. Psychologists have identified several types of it, and they are
currently working on treatments for it. Treatments receive mixed results. For
some of the more severe types of aphasia, treatment is nonexistent, but for some
of the more minor forms, patients can receive treatment and see moderate
results. One of the first well-documented types of aphasia discussed was Broca’s
aphasia, which affects the planning and production of speech itself. This study
looked at three different treatments for Broca’s aphasia, in an effort to see
which treatment improved language abilities the most. As it turns out, speech
therapy proves the most effective treatment when used alone. Further studies
could discover how speech therapy might be enhanced by a pharmaceutical drug.
Sara Shake & Jerrene Takeuchi
Methods of Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder
Emily Wilson & Laura Zimmerman
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Behavior vs. Drug
Therapy
