List of Current Research Opportunities
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Title | Research Area | Semester | Number of Credits | Course Credit | Supervisor | Brief Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken Lab | Spring Fall | 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Leona Aiken, Allecia Reid, Stephanie Moser | Why do some people take the necessary precautions to protect their health, such as using sunscreen regularly, while others fail to do so? | |
| Campana Lab | Spring Fall | 1 2 3 | PGS399 Only | Dr. Ellen Campana | We study second language learning and perception and motor skills | |
| Castro Lab | Spring | 1 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Felipe Gonzalez Castro | The Corazon Projects - Life journey analysis of leaders, residents, and drug users: cognititve, behavioral, and cultural aspects of resilience | |
| Cialdini Lab | Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Robert Cialdini, Chad Mortensen | What makes us say “yes” to a request? Why do we conform to the behavior of those around us? When do we exert our willpower to resist urges? | |
| Cohen Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Adam B. Cohen & Angela Grace Pirlott, M.A | We are interested in examining broad ecological and cultural factors influencing interpersonal sexual attitudes and behaviors. | |
| Cohen Lab #2 | Spring Fall | 2 3 | PGS399 Only | Dr. Adam Cohen | We are interested in the evolutionary and ecological factors that contribute to the development of cultural and religions attitudes and behaviors. | |
| Community Gardening for Older Adults | Spring Summer | 2 3 | PGS399 Only | Main Supervisor: Heather Okvat, M.A., 5th year Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology, Faculty Supervisor: Alex J. Zautra, Ph.D., Foundation Professor, Department of Psychology | Research assistants are needed beginning in late April 2009, to help conduct research on the benefits of community organic gardening for older adults. Some groups also learn mindfulness meditation. | |
| Corbin - Behavioral Alcohol Research for Clinical Advancement | Spring Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. William Corbin, Suzanne Zalewski | Research Assistants (RAs) are needed to assist with participant recruitment and data collection in an alcohol administration protocol. RAs will learn procedures for safely administering alcohol to human subjects and will also learn to administer survey and interview based measures. | |
| Crnic Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 2 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Keith Crnic | The study we are currently seeking undergraduate research assistants for explores how child self-regulation is related to family interactions over time. | |
| Davis Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Mary Davis, Wan Heung “Ellen” Yeung | We investigate the efficacy of several interventions in alleviation of chronic pain. | |
| Demaine Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Linda Demaine | ||
| Glenberg Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Art Glenberg | How does the word "chair" mean the thing that we sit in? Work in the Glenberg Laboratory for Embodied Cognition is answering this question using developmental, behavioral, and neurophysiological methods | |
| Goldinger Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Stephen Goldinger, Megan Papesh | Topics include: visual search, working memory, face perception, eye-tracking, and language perception. | |
| Gonzales Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 1 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Nancy Gonzales | The Puentes a la Secundaria / Bridges to High School is family-focused prevention program to help Mexican/ Mexican American adolescents succeed in school and other important life areas, such as work and relationships | |
| Kenrick/Neuberg Lab | Spring Fall | 3 | PGS399 Only | Dr. Douglas Kenrick, Dr. Steven Neuberg, Dr. D. Vaughn Becker, Chad Mortensen, Uriah Anderson, Jessica Li, Becca Neel | How do evolved motives (avoiding disease, gaining status, finding a mate) influence our social behavior? | |
| Kwan Lab: Medical and Health Decision Making | Spring Summer Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Prof. Virginia S. Y. Kwan | This research encompasses two primary objectives: an assessment of factors that lead to irrational and biased medical decision, and the development of communication techniques that can address and offset these biases. | |
| Ladd Lab | Spring Summer | 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Gary Ladd | ||
| Lemery Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant | The Arizona Twin Project is a twin research study focused on understanding the influence of genetic and environmental factors on developing emotional development and the development of resilience in a primarily Hispanic sample of infant twins. | |
| McBeath Lab | Spring Fall | 1 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Michael McBeath, Flavio Da Silva | Stroke Rehabilitation Project: We have been developing wearable robots interfaced with video games to provide repetitive motion therapy for people suffering from hemiparesis | |
| Neisewander Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Janet Neisewander | Research uses rodent animal models to examine the neurobiological basis of drug addiction | |
| Neuberg Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Steven L. Neuberg & Angela Grace Pirlott, M.A. | We are interested in how people use expressions of prejudice to regulate others’ sexual behavior. | |
| Neuberg Lab | Spring Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Steven Neuberg | We are currently exploring questions such as "Why do we stigmatize some people and not others?" | |
| Okun Lab - Chronic Pain and the Enterprise of Living | Spring Summer Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Morris Okun | This study examines how changes in daily pain can influence pursuit of daily goals and whether individual differences in risk and resilience factors modify whether pain disrupts goal progress among chronic pain patients | |
| Pina Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 1 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Armando Pina | Conducts research on school-based assessment of childhood anxiety and the prevention and early intervention of childhood anxiety and related problems | |
| Russo Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Nancy Russo, Angela Pirlott | Sexual attutudes and behaviors and gender roles research | |
| Sanabria Lab | Spring Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Federico Sanabria | Fundamental behavioral processes--including learning, choosing, waiting, remembering, and timing--in animal models | |
| Somerville Lab | Spring Summer Fall | 2 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Sue Somerville & Matthew Lancaster | The Child Cognition and Learning Laboratory is recruiting individuals who are interested in getting hands on experience in working with children, and designing and conducting experimental research | |
| Wolchik Lab | Fall | 3 | Either PGS399 or PGS499 | Dr. Sharlene Wolchik | Our lab runs a program called the Children of Divorce – Coping With Divorce (CoD-CoD) preventative intervention. This intervention will teach coping skills to early adolescent children of divorce within the context of interactive internet modules. |