Two senior psychology majors presented their research March 27 at Wake Forest University during the 2010 Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast.
Honors Fellow Kimberly Duggins presented a poster titled “Older adult memory for crime information: A behavioral and electrophysiological study,” which described differences between older and younger adults with regard to memory for incriminating and exonerating details of a crime.
Duggins’ presentation was co-authored by her faculty research advisor, assistant professor Amy Overman, as well as by Joseph Stephens of North Carolina A&T State University and Meredith Allison of Elon University.
Elon College Fellow Abbe Golding gave a presentation titled “Effects of oral 5-HTP administration on a computerized decision making task,” which discussed research demonstrating how distinct aspects of decision making can be differentially altered through the manipulation of serotonin, a chemical used for cell signaling in the brain.
Golding’s talk was co-authored by her faculty research advisor, associate professor Mathew Gendle, and was supported by a travel grant awarded to her by the conference organizers.