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Chamari Abercrombie ’24 | Neuroscience & Spanish Layali Banna ’22 | Geology Mazvita Chikomo ’22 | Environmental Geoscience Grace Hodges ’23 | Biology & […]
Neuroscience alumnus awarded for work in healthcare innovation
In June, Crain’s Cleveland Business, a business news source for Northeast Ohio, named Nathan Sundheimer ’17 to their “20 in their Twenties” list, an […]
Neuroscience alumna pursues medical social work career
Wooster’s health coach program provided introduction to palliative care
Analyzing the Other Race Effect through I.S. research
Maresa Taté spent her senior year studying the Other Race Effect, which is the tendency for people to more accurately recognize faces within their race, rather than outside of their race. Taté focused her research on how external features and hair alterations affect this perception. Taté was able to develop a plan with her faculty mentor that met her needs specifically.
Neuroscience alumna receives fellowship to attend dream graduate school
Grace Bouker ’21, a neuroscience major at The College of Wooster, was awarded an Occupational Therapy Fellowship from the University of Puget Sound in […]
Neuroscience senior awarded fellowship to pursue graduate studies
Marcel Elkouri ’21 values opportunities for mentorship at Wooster
Working Memory Differences in Bilinguals’ First and Second Languages
Name: Ashley Boersma Major: Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience Minor: Spanish Advisors: Dr. Ashley Abraham and Dr. Evan Wilhelms I became interested in bilingualism after attending […]
A Review of the Treatments of Anxiety Disorders Within the Adolescent Population
Name: Jessica Kamen Major: Neuroscience Advisor: Dr. Sharon Lynn Mental disorders can affect anyone from children to adolescents. The Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental […]
Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Using Fruit Flies to Understand Intellectual Disability
Name: Marcel El Kouri Major: Neurobiology Advisors: Dr. Seth Kelly, Dr. Laura Sirot, Dr. Erzsébet Regan (second reader) Intellectual disability (ID) impacts millions of […]
Antidepressant Effects of Sleep Deprivation Chronotherapy in Male and Female Sprague-Dawley Rats
Student Name: Rachel Backstrom Major: Neuroscience Minor: Biology Advisor: Dr. Amy Jo Stavnezer Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects a wide range of people and, […]
Using Tau Protein to Investigate the Link between Sleep Deprivation and Alzheimer’s Disease in a Drosophila Model
Student Name: Kate Evans Major(s): Neuroscience Advisors: Dr. Seth Kelly and Dr. Rebecca Williams. Second Reader: Dr. Erzsébet Regan Neurodegenerative disorders affect millions of […]
How Do You Like Your Science?: A Comparison of Infographic and Text Based Approaches
Student Name: Rachel Greer Major(s): Neurobiology Advisor: Dr. Laura Sirot, Dr. Ferdinand Nanfack Minkeu Most Engaging Poster Award COVID-19 along with the increasing access […]
Dogs Behave Differently When Meeting A Stranger Depending On Their Personality and How the Stranger Acts
Name: Margaret Loarca Major: Neuroscience Advisors: Dr. Sharon Lynn Dogs have evolved to coinhabit the same areas as humans. How and why dogs first […]
Mapping Out Learning: How Aerobic Exercise, Sex and Alzheimer’s Disease Impact Learning
Name: Gracie Bouker Major: Neuroscience Advisor: Dr. Amy Jo Stavnezer Two of my main research questions for this project were 1) To what extent […]
Now You See Me — Now You Don’t: An Investigation of Hair Alterations Effects on Face Identification in Own- and Other-race Faces
Name: Maresa Tate Major: Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Advisor: Dr. Grit Herzmann Dr. Josephine Wright Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award The ability to distinguish […]
You Have 10 Minutes Remaining: An Examination Into Common Test-Taking Anxieties’ Effect on Academic Performance in Relation to Academic Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement Goal Orientation
Student Name: Megan Gronau Major: Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience Advisors: Dr. Ashley Abraham, Dr. Susan Clayton Between 25% -40% of students experience test-taking anxiety to […]
Varying Levels of Impulsivity in an ADHD Rodent Model Influences Behavioral Accuracy
Name: Sydney Schultz Major: Neuroscience Minor: Biology Advisor: Amy Jo Stavnezer Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neuropsychiatric condition that typically arises in […]
APEX Fellowship | Will McMichael
Major: Neuroscience Class Year: 2022 Faculty Mentor: Cody Leary I conducted research at Rosalind Franklin University near Chicago. I explored how stress induces neuroinflammation […]
An Investigation into the Possible Impact of Early-Life Stress on Music as a Stress-Reduction Tool
Student: Sarah Vandenbergen Major: Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience Minor: Music Advisor: Dr. John Neuhoff, Dr. Grit Herzmann Music is common stress-reduction tool, though the literature to support […]
The Effect of an Antioxidant Supplement on a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Student: Jennifer Grossmann Major: Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience Advisors: Dr. Amy Jo Stavnezer, Dr. Susan Clayton Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes […]