Martine Turgeon has extensive experience in research and teaching in experimental psychology. She holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from McGill University and has held research and teaching positions at several universities, including Lancaster University and Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Her research focuses on auditory grouping, attention, timing, rhythm perception, and cross-modal integration of emotion. She has supervised numerous students and published several peer-reviewed articles.
Bauer Media Group would be the best media institution to distribute the author's music magazine because they have experience distributing niche magazines like Kerrang! to very specific audiences. Their advertising techniques and knowledge of where to ship and display magazines on shelves would help the author's magazine reach the right audience. The large, dedicated audiences of Bauer Media Group's other magazines could also be attracted to try the new magazine. Additionally, Bauer Media Group's size provides connections to businesses in the music industry that could provide special features for the magazine.
The document discusses various network elements in SDH networks, including terminal multiplexers, regenerators, add/drop multiplexers, cross-connects, and flexible multiplexers. Terminal multiplexers act as concentrators and their simplest deployment involves two linked by fiber. Regenerators are needed when signal levels become too low over long distances. Add/drop multiplexers allow tributaries to be added and dropped directly from higher order bit streams. Cross-connects accept various SDH rates and access payloads to interconnect STM-1 signals. Flexible multiplexers act as a concentration system before services are distributed locally. Common network configurations include point-to-point and point-to-multipoint using add
Evan De Marco has over 10 years of experience in supply chain, logistics, and transportation management. He is currently a Logistics Coordinator at NYK Line in Chicago, where he manages import and export operations and arranges shipments. Previously, he was a Capacity Account Manager at C.H. Robinson, where he oversaw regional operations. He interned in supply chain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. De Marco holds a Bachelor's degree in Health Administration and Management from Florida Atlantic University. He is a Certified International Supply Chain Manager.
LoanCloser is an electronic mortgage settlement platform that aims to complete the last mile of the loan origination process. It integrates various functions needed for settlement such as document preparation, title insurance, and loan funding. The platform allows all parties in the settlement process such as lenders, borrowers, vendors, and outgoing mortgagees to securely access and collaborate on loan documents and data. This reduces errors, speeds up the settlement process, and provides complete transparency compared to traditional paper-based settlements.
I have learned significant technical skills in programs like Photoshop, InDesign, and Excel. My analysis of existing media products helped me understand how magazines attract audiences through intentional design conventions. Comparing my preliminary and final covers shows advances in using genre-appropriate fonts, high contrast colors, character framing, lighting techniques, puffs, plugs, barcodes, datelines, page thirds, bottom lines, issue numbers, and attention-grabbing words.
The document summarizes how the magazine was designed to attract its target audience of young alt-rock fans. The magazine features a dark color scheme of red and black, a jumbled layout, and "messy" distorted fonts to appeal to the target audience. The writing uses "hook" words to create interest, a casual lexis to connect with young readers, and direct address to have a conversational tone. The content focuses on the genres of music the audience prefers but also expands to related areas like fashion and celebrities that would interest them. The overall goal was to design a magazine that matches the "feel" of the target audience and emphasizes a sense of community through its visuals, writing, and design.
Bauer Media Group would be the best media institution to distribute the author's music magazine because they have experience distributing niche magazines like Kerrang! to very specific audiences. Their advertising techniques and knowledge of where to ship and display magazines on shelves would help the author's magazine reach the right audience. The large, dedicated audiences of Bauer Media Group's other magazines could also be attracted to try the new magazine. Additionally, Bauer Media Group's size provides connections to businesses in the music industry that could provide special features for the magazine.
The document discusses various network elements in SDH networks, including terminal multiplexers, regenerators, add/drop multiplexers, cross-connects, and flexible multiplexers. Terminal multiplexers act as concentrators and their simplest deployment involves two linked by fiber. Regenerators are needed when signal levels become too low over long distances. Add/drop multiplexers allow tributaries to be added and dropped directly from higher order bit streams. Cross-connects accept various SDH rates and access payloads to interconnect STM-1 signals. Flexible multiplexers act as a concentration system before services are distributed locally. Common network configurations include point-to-point and point-to-multipoint using add
Evan De Marco has over 10 years of experience in supply chain, logistics, and transportation management. He is currently a Logistics Coordinator at NYK Line in Chicago, where he manages import and export operations and arranges shipments. Previously, he was a Capacity Account Manager at C.H. Robinson, where he oversaw regional operations. He interned in supply chain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. De Marco holds a Bachelor's degree in Health Administration and Management from Florida Atlantic University. He is a Certified International Supply Chain Manager.
LoanCloser is an electronic mortgage settlement platform that aims to complete the last mile of the loan origination process. It integrates various functions needed for settlement such as document preparation, title insurance, and loan funding. The platform allows all parties in the settlement process such as lenders, borrowers, vendors, and outgoing mortgagees to securely access and collaborate on loan documents and data. This reduces errors, speeds up the settlement process, and provides complete transparency compared to traditional paper-based settlements.
I have learned significant technical skills in programs like Photoshop, InDesign, and Excel. My analysis of existing media products helped me understand how magazines attract audiences through intentional design conventions. Comparing my preliminary and final covers shows advances in using genre-appropriate fonts, high contrast colors, character framing, lighting techniques, puffs, plugs, barcodes, datelines, page thirds, bottom lines, issue numbers, and attention-grabbing words.
The document summarizes how the magazine was designed to attract its target audience of young alt-rock fans. The magazine features a dark color scheme of red and black, a jumbled layout, and "messy" distorted fonts to appeal to the target audience. The writing uses "hook" words to create interest, a casual lexis to connect with young readers, and direct address to have a conversational tone. The content focuses on the genres of music the audience prefers but also expands to related areas like fashion and celebrities that would interest them. The overall goal was to design a magazine that matches the "feel" of the target audience and emphasizes a sense of community through its visuals, writing, and design.
Nestle | Reridgerated Food Products Case StudyRohit Rohan
This document provides a case study analysis of Nestle Refrigerated Foods' Contadina pasta and pizza products. It summarizes the development and success of Contadina pasta, including its product development process, testing, branding, marketing, distribution strategy and segmentation of target consumers. Concept testing data is presented comparing Contadina pasta and pizza, finding that while both received favorable responses, pizza was seen as too expensive. The document concludes by considering whether Contadina should launch refrigerated pizza given competition from Kraft and challenges around achieving sufficient market share.
This document summarizes a business plan to market an optical distortion device as a cost-effective alternative to debeaking chickens. It discusses positioning the product as reducing bird mortality, trauma, and feed costs. It outlines targeting medium and large farms in high chicken density regions. Pricing is set at $0.18 per pair to maximize profits through an even split with farmers of $0.28 in total savings per hen from reducing mortality, trauma, and feed costs. The 5-year plan projects revenues, expenses, and pre-tax income as distribution expands through regional sales offices to achieve 50% market penetration across the continental US.
This is another Darul Fiqh presentation which expounds on the contemporary issues and laws relating to Zakat.
A very user friendly guide with a lot of complicated issues easily explained for all to benefit.
Atlantic Computer manufactures servers and high-tech products. It dominates the traditional server market but seeks to enter the growing basic server market. It developed the Tronn server and PESA software to accelerate Tronn's speed by 4 times. Atlantic must determine pricing for the Tronn-PESA bundle. Four options are analyzed: 1) include PESA for free 2) price competitively against main rival Ontario 3) use cost-plus pricing 4) value-in-use pricing sharing savings. The analysis recommends value-in-use pricing to demonstrate value to customers while allowing for potential profit sharing that benefits both parties.
This curriculum vitae summarizes the educational background and professional experience of Susan Gordon. She holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Psychology from Saybrook University and has taught as an associate faculty member and adjunct professor at National University. Her research focuses on mind-body medicine, neurophenomenology, and women's health issues. She has authored several publications and presented widely at academic conferences internationally.
Applied Behavior Analysis For Children With Autism Spectrum DisordersKarin Faust
This chapter discusses the history and development of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and its application to autism spectrum disorders. ABA traces its roots to early experimental psychology in the late 19th century, including the work of Fechner, Wundt, and Ebbinghaus. John B. Watson is considered the founder of modern ABA as a science of behavior in his 1919 work. His conditioning experiments with phobias demonstrated tying basic principles to applied work. B.F. Skinner expanded on Watson's ideas. The chapter concludes that ABA has evolved from these foundations to its current state, with potential for further developments in treating autism.
This document provides a vitae for James F. Juola, including his personal information, education history, employment history, teaching and research interests, and a list of external research grants and technical reports/presentations. It outlines his extensive career in psychology, with a focus on areas like perception, attention, psycholinguistics, human-computer interaction, and more. He has held professor positions at the University of Kansas and Eindhoven University of Technology and has received grants and honors over his career spanning nearly 50 years in the field.
This study examined functional connectivity of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and its relation to learning and awareness. Participants completed a sensory learning task and were classified as AWARE or UNAWARE based on their ability to learn tone-visual stimulus associations. For AWARE participants, MTL activity correlated with learned discrimination and reversal, engaging dorsolateral prefrontal and occipital cortices. For UNAWARE participants, MTL activity correlated only with simple facilitation and engaged contralateral MTL, thalamus regions. This suggests the MTL contribution to learning depends on its pattern of interactions with other brain regions.
This paper proposes a new framework called Passive Frame Theory to help understand the primary function of consciousness in the nervous system. The theory suggests that consciousness serves the somatic nervous system by constraining and directing skeletal muscle output, yielding adaptive behavior. It claims this function of consciousness is more passive and "low level" than previously thought. The framework aims to illuminate what consciousness contributes to nervous system functioning, how it achieves this, and the underlying neuroanatomy. It takes a descriptive, action-based approach focused on basic forms of consciousness rather than higher cognitive functions.
Dr. Jade Norris received her PhD from the University of Hull in 2016, where she investigated the impact of aging on numerical cognition. She is currently a postdoctoral research officer at Swansea University, where she leads the creation of an older adult participant database and collaborates on several research projects. Her research focuses on numerical processing and cognition across the lifespan, and she has published articles in Frontiers in Psychology and PLoS ONE, with two more upcoming. She recruits participants, collects and analyzes data, and presents her research at conferences both in the UK and internationally.
Courtney Astrom is a forensic anthropologist who received her MSc in Forensic Anthropology from the University of Central Lancashire in 2016. She has extensive experience in bioarchaeology, osteology, and forensic anthropology through programs in Poland, Illinois, and Peru. Astrom has worked as a teaching assistant and tutor, presented research at conferences, and volunteered her skills at her university. She is proficient in anthropological identification techniques, decomposition processes, and crime scene investigation procedures.
Culturing the adolescent brain what canneuroscience learn f.docxannettsparrow
Culturing the adolescent brain: what can
neuroscience learn from anthropology?
Suparna Choudhury
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, 22 Boltzmannstrasse, Dahlem, D-14195, Berlin, Germany
Cultural neuroscience is set to flourish in the next few years. As the field develops, it is necessary to reflect on what is meant
by ’culture’ and how this can be translated for the laboratory context. This article uses the example of the adolescent brain to
discuss three aspects of culture that may help us to shape and reframe questions, interpretations and applications in cultural
neuroscience: cultural contingencies of categories, cultural differences in experience and cultural context of neuroscience
research. The last few years have seen a sudden increase in the study of adolescence as a period of both structural and functional
plasticity, with new brain-based explanations of teenage behaviour being taken up in education, policy and medicine. However,
the concept of adolescence, as an object of behavioural science, took shape relatively recently, not much more than a hundred
years ago and was shaped by a number of cultural and historical factors. Moreover, research in anthropology and cross-cultural
psychology has shown that the experience of adolescence, as a period of the lifespan, is variable and contingent upon culture.
The emerging field of cultural neuroscience has begun to tackle the question of cultural differences in social cognitive processing
in adults. In this article, I explore what a cultural neuroscience can mean in the case of adolescence. I consider how to integrate
perspectives from social neuroscience and anthropology to conceptualize, and to empirically study, adolescence as a culturally
variable phenomenon, which, itself, has been culturally constructed.
Keywords: adolescence; culture; context; brain development; neuroscience; anthropology
INTRODUCTION
The recent emergence of cultural neuroscience represents
an important challenge to the assumption of universality
of the neural mechanisms associated with perceptual,
attentional and social interaction processes. New data from
functional neuroimaging studies mirror findings from cross-
cultural psychology research, by showing differential brain
activation patterns, in terms of degree and location, among
adult individuals of different cultural groups engaged in
a variety of cognitive tasks (see Han & Northoff, 2008 for
a review). Certainly, with the advancement of neuroimaging
technologies, and the formation of new interdisciplinary
fields such as social neuroscience, neuroethics and most
recently cultural neuroscience, there has been a renewed
interest in ‘neural underpinnings’ of categories, or kinds,
of people. The possibility of seeing the living brain in
action has stimulated a drive to characterize these categories
of people�for example, male and female, Republican
and Democrat, prosocial and antisocial, Eastern and
Western�in terms of neural sign.
Dr. Julie R. Dumont is a post-doctoral research scholar at Dartmouth College. She received her Ph.D. from Cardiff University in 2013 for her thesis on the role of the anterior thalamic nuclei in episodic memory. Her current research at Dartmouth examines the contribution of key brainstem structures to the generation of head direction signals. She has published several peer-reviewed articles and presented her research at various conferences.
This document provides information about the Brain Technology & Neuroscience Research Centre (BTNRC), including its mission, leadership, and affiliations. It introduces BTNRC as an organization established to conduct interdisciplinary research in fields like neuroscience, psychology, and human life sciences. It lists the president, vice president, and chairman of BTNRC, as well as members of its board of directors and advisory board who are professors and researchers from around the world in related fields.
This curriculum vitae summarizes the educational and professional background of Kristine Krajnak, Ph.D. It includes her education, positions held, external awards, publications, and other professional activities. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Master's from Villanova University, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Her positions have included teaching assistant, lecturer, and postdoctoral fellow roles. She has received several awards and grants for her research focusing on neuroscience, physiology, and occupational safety and health issues.
This document contains summaries of activities from the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program (NACS) at the University of Maryland. It discusses the formation of a new Student Grants Review Committee to review grant proposals from NACS students. It also discusses the Student Representative Committee that provides input on issues important to NACS students. Additionally, it announces staff awards, new funding opportunities for students including a Semester Research Training Award, and highlights recent student accomplishments and publications.
This document is the 2014 research journal from the University of Oregon McNair Scholars Program. It contains abstracts from research projects conducted by McNair Scholars. The McNair Program prepares low-income and first-generation students for graduate study. Each year it supports around 28 undergraduate scholars who show potential to complete doctoral degrees. The journal includes abstracts from studies in various fields such as psychology, anthropology, chemistry, and more. It provides a overview of the diverse research being conducted by the program's scholars.
This document discusses the benefits of language learning and art for aging populations. It notes that the brain remains plastic even in adulthood and can benefit from mental and physical activity as well as social interaction to promote independence. The document proposes that language learning and intergenerational art programs can address issues of isolation, inactivity, and cognitive decline in older adults by providing novelty, challenge, and practice for the brain. Such activities may help maintain cognitive reserve and delay the effects of aging.
Sensory Deprivation, Memory and Smell, and Death Anxiety.
Three design concepts that are informed by psychology articles and experiments and that demonstrate their findings.
This document is the syllabus for PM 515: Behavioral Epidemiology (Applied statistics for the social sciences) taught in Spring 2016. The course is designed for graduate students in the social sciences and covers topics like maximum likelihood estimation, regression diagnostics, multinomial and ordered logistic regression, matching methods, mediation, and hierarchical linear models. It will be taught on Thursdays from 1-4pm in room 303 of the Health Science Campus building. Students will analyze empirical data and write a paper, brief report, and presentation. Grades will be based on these assignments, peer reviews, and participation. The semester schedule provides an overview of the topics that will be covered each week.
Nestle | Reridgerated Food Products Case StudyRohit Rohan
This document provides a case study analysis of Nestle Refrigerated Foods' Contadina pasta and pizza products. It summarizes the development and success of Contadina pasta, including its product development process, testing, branding, marketing, distribution strategy and segmentation of target consumers. Concept testing data is presented comparing Contadina pasta and pizza, finding that while both received favorable responses, pizza was seen as too expensive. The document concludes by considering whether Contadina should launch refrigerated pizza given competition from Kraft and challenges around achieving sufficient market share.
This document summarizes a business plan to market an optical distortion device as a cost-effective alternative to debeaking chickens. It discusses positioning the product as reducing bird mortality, trauma, and feed costs. It outlines targeting medium and large farms in high chicken density regions. Pricing is set at $0.18 per pair to maximize profits through an even split with farmers of $0.28 in total savings per hen from reducing mortality, trauma, and feed costs. The 5-year plan projects revenues, expenses, and pre-tax income as distribution expands through regional sales offices to achieve 50% market penetration across the continental US.
This is another Darul Fiqh presentation which expounds on the contemporary issues and laws relating to Zakat.
A very user friendly guide with a lot of complicated issues easily explained for all to benefit.
Atlantic Computer manufactures servers and high-tech products. It dominates the traditional server market but seeks to enter the growing basic server market. It developed the Tronn server and PESA software to accelerate Tronn's speed by 4 times. Atlantic must determine pricing for the Tronn-PESA bundle. Four options are analyzed: 1) include PESA for free 2) price competitively against main rival Ontario 3) use cost-plus pricing 4) value-in-use pricing sharing savings. The analysis recommends value-in-use pricing to demonstrate value to customers while allowing for potential profit sharing that benefits both parties.
This curriculum vitae summarizes the educational background and professional experience of Susan Gordon. She holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Psychology from Saybrook University and has taught as an associate faculty member and adjunct professor at National University. Her research focuses on mind-body medicine, neurophenomenology, and women's health issues. She has authored several publications and presented widely at academic conferences internationally.
Applied Behavior Analysis For Children With Autism Spectrum DisordersKarin Faust
This chapter discusses the history and development of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and its application to autism spectrum disorders. ABA traces its roots to early experimental psychology in the late 19th century, including the work of Fechner, Wundt, and Ebbinghaus. John B. Watson is considered the founder of modern ABA as a science of behavior in his 1919 work. His conditioning experiments with phobias demonstrated tying basic principles to applied work. B.F. Skinner expanded on Watson's ideas. The chapter concludes that ABA has evolved from these foundations to its current state, with potential for further developments in treating autism.
This document provides a vitae for James F. Juola, including his personal information, education history, employment history, teaching and research interests, and a list of external research grants and technical reports/presentations. It outlines his extensive career in psychology, with a focus on areas like perception, attention, psycholinguistics, human-computer interaction, and more. He has held professor positions at the University of Kansas and Eindhoven University of Technology and has received grants and honors over his career spanning nearly 50 years in the field.
This study examined functional connectivity of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and its relation to learning and awareness. Participants completed a sensory learning task and were classified as AWARE or UNAWARE based on their ability to learn tone-visual stimulus associations. For AWARE participants, MTL activity correlated with learned discrimination and reversal, engaging dorsolateral prefrontal and occipital cortices. For UNAWARE participants, MTL activity correlated only with simple facilitation and engaged contralateral MTL, thalamus regions. This suggests the MTL contribution to learning depends on its pattern of interactions with other brain regions.
This paper proposes a new framework called Passive Frame Theory to help understand the primary function of consciousness in the nervous system. The theory suggests that consciousness serves the somatic nervous system by constraining and directing skeletal muscle output, yielding adaptive behavior. It claims this function of consciousness is more passive and "low level" than previously thought. The framework aims to illuminate what consciousness contributes to nervous system functioning, how it achieves this, and the underlying neuroanatomy. It takes a descriptive, action-based approach focused on basic forms of consciousness rather than higher cognitive functions.
Dr. Jade Norris received her PhD from the University of Hull in 2016, where she investigated the impact of aging on numerical cognition. She is currently a postdoctoral research officer at Swansea University, where she leads the creation of an older adult participant database and collaborates on several research projects. Her research focuses on numerical processing and cognition across the lifespan, and she has published articles in Frontiers in Psychology and PLoS ONE, with two more upcoming. She recruits participants, collects and analyzes data, and presents her research at conferences both in the UK and internationally.
Courtney Astrom is a forensic anthropologist who received her MSc in Forensic Anthropology from the University of Central Lancashire in 2016. She has extensive experience in bioarchaeology, osteology, and forensic anthropology through programs in Poland, Illinois, and Peru. Astrom has worked as a teaching assistant and tutor, presented research at conferences, and volunteered her skills at her university. She is proficient in anthropological identification techniques, decomposition processes, and crime scene investigation procedures.
Culturing the adolescent brain what canneuroscience learn f.docxannettsparrow
Culturing the adolescent brain: what can
neuroscience learn from anthropology?
Suparna Choudhury
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, 22 Boltzmannstrasse, Dahlem, D-14195, Berlin, Germany
Cultural neuroscience is set to flourish in the next few years. As the field develops, it is necessary to reflect on what is meant
by ’culture’ and how this can be translated for the laboratory context. This article uses the example of the adolescent brain to
discuss three aspects of culture that may help us to shape and reframe questions, interpretations and applications in cultural
neuroscience: cultural contingencies of categories, cultural differences in experience and cultural context of neuroscience
research. The last few years have seen a sudden increase in the study of adolescence as a period of both structural and functional
plasticity, with new brain-based explanations of teenage behaviour being taken up in education, policy and medicine. However,
the concept of adolescence, as an object of behavioural science, took shape relatively recently, not much more than a hundred
years ago and was shaped by a number of cultural and historical factors. Moreover, research in anthropology and cross-cultural
psychology has shown that the experience of adolescence, as a period of the lifespan, is variable and contingent upon culture.
The emerging field of cultural neuroscience has begun to tackle the question of cultural differences in social cognitive processing
in adults. In this article, I explore what a cultural neuroscience can mean in the case of adolescence. I consider how to integrate
perspectives from social neuroscience and anthropology to conceptualize, and to empirically study, adolescence as a culturally
variable phenomenon, which, itself, has been culturally constructed.
Keywords: adolescence; culture; context; brain development; neuroscience; anthropology
INTRODUCTION
The recent emergence of cultural neuroscience represents
an important challenge to the assumption of universality
of the neural mechanisms associated with perceptual,
attentional and social interaction processes. New data from
functional neuroimaging studies mirror findings from cross-
cultural psychology research, by showing differential brain
activation patterns, in terms of degree and location, among
adult individuals of different cultural groups engaged in
a variety of cognitive tasks (see Han & Northoff, 2008 for
a review). Certainly, with the advancement of neuroimaging
technologies, and the formation of new interdisciplinary
fields such as social neuroscience, neuroethics and most
recently cultural neuroscience, there has been a renewed
interest in ‘neural underpinnings’ of categories, or kinds,
of people. The possibility of seeing the living brain in
action has stimulated a drive to characterize these categories
of people�for example, male and female, Republican
and Democrat, prosocial and antisocial, Eastern and
Western�in terms of neural sign.
Dr. Julie R. Dumont is a post-doctoral research scholar at Dartmouth College. She received her Ph.D. from Cardiff University in 2013 for her thesis on the role of the anterior thalamic nuclei in episodic memory. Her current research at Dartmouth examines the contribution of key brainstem structures to the generation of head direction signals. She has published several peer-reviewed articles and presented her research at various conferences.
This document provides information about the Brain Technology & Neuroscience Research Centre (BTNRC), including its mission, leadership, and affiliations. It introduces BTNRC as an organization established to conduct interdisciplinary research in fields like neuroscience, psychology, and human life sciences. It lists the president, vice president, and chairman of BTNRC, as well as members of its board of directors and advisory board who are professors and researchers from around the world in related fields.
This curriculum vitae summarizes the educational and professional background of Kristine Krajnak, Ph.D. It includes her education, positions held, external awards, publications, and other professional activities. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Master's from Villanova University, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Her positions have included teaching assistant, lecturer, and postdoctoral fellow roles. She has received several awards and grants for her research focusing on neuroscience, physiology, and occupational safety and health issues.
This document contains summaries of activities from the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program (NACS) at the University of Maryland. It discusses the formation of a new Student Grants Review Committee to review grant proposals from NACS students. It also discusses the Student Representative Committee that provides input on issues important to NACS students. Additionally, it announces staff awards, new funding opportunities for students including a Semester Research Training Award, and highlights recent student accomplishments and publications.
This document is the 2014 research journal from the University of Oregon McNair Scholars Program. It contains abstracts from research projects conducted by McNair Scholars. The McNair Program prepares low-income and first-generation students for graduate study. Each year it supports around 28 undergraduate scholars who show potential to complete doctoral degrees. The journal includes abstracts from studies in various fields such as psychology, anthropology, chemistry, and more. It provides a overview of the diverse research being conducted by the program's scholars.
This document discusses the benefits of language learning and art for aging populations. It notes that the brain remains plastic even in adulthood and can benefit from mental and physical activity as well as social interaction to promote independence. The document proposes that language learning and intergenerational art programs can address issues of isolation, inactivity, and cognitive decline in older adults by providing novelty, challenge, and practice for the brain. Such activities may help maintain cognitive reserve and delay the effects of aging.
Sensory Deprivation, Memory and Smell, and Death Anxiety.
Three design concepts that are informed by psychology articles and experiments and that demonstrate their findings.
This document is the syllabus for PM 515: Behavioral Epidemiology (Applied statistics for the social sciences) taught in Spring 2016. The course is designed for graduate students in the social sciences and covers topics like maximum likelihood estimation, regression diagnostics, multinomial and ordered logistic regression, matching methods, mediation, and hierarchical linear models. It will be taught on Thursdays from 1-4pm in room 303 of the Health Science Campus building. Students will analyze empirical data and write a paper, brief report, and presentation. Grades will be based on these assignments, peer reviews, and participation. The semester schedule provides an overview of the topics that will be covered each week.
1. How do people make decisions?
2. The adolescent brain and theories of decision-making
3. What can we do to help
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This document is a curriculum vitae for Dr. Robert King, a lecturer in applied psychology at University College Cork. It outlines his educational background, including a PhD in psychology from Birkbeck College and qualifications in teaching. It details his areas of teaching, university service, supervision of students, recent grant applications, employment history, academic service/consultancy, publications, conference presentations, and references. The CV provides a comprehensive overview of Dr. King's academic and professional experience and accomplishments in the field of psychology.
The document discusses different perspectives on living and dying, including a scientific perspective that most people want to live as long as possible, unless their lives are miserable. It also discusses how concepts of aging have changed and notes that subjective measures of health and happiness can predict early death, though depression, socioeconomic factors, and social status may also have additional effects. The document promotes taking a philosophical view of these issues and learning from different thinkers on the topics.
This document is a curriculum vitae for Emmanuel Dupont. It provides biographical information such as his date of birth, education history, employment history, research interests, teaching experience, and publications. His research has focused on gap junctions and their role in cell-to-cell communication, particularly in relation to the cardiovascular system.
1. Curriculum Vitae
____________________________________________________________
Martine Turgeon Ph.D.
I. Personal Data
Address: 5668 Christophe-Colomb, Montréal, Qc, Canada, H2S 2G1
Phone Number (home): +1(514) 419-6314 Phone Number (cell.): +1(514) 796-9890
Email (home): enitram99@gmail.com Email (work): Martine.Turgeon@uqtr.ca
Date of birth: September, 9th, 1966 Phone Number: +1(514) 796 9890
Mother tongue: French Fluent in: French & English
Citizenship: Canadian with indefinite leave to stay in the UK;
II. Higher Education
2010-2011 “Certificate of Academic Practice” (CAP). Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
(Fellow of Higher Education Academy)
1994-1999 “Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Experimental Psychology”, Dean’s honor list,
McGill University, Montréal, Qc., Canada (Ph.D formally granted on February, 9th, 2000).
1992-1994 “Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Experimental Psychology”, McGill University, Mtl, Qc., Ca.
1985-1992 “Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Psychology”, McGill University, Mtl, Qc., Ca.
1983-1985 “Dîplome d’Études Collégiales (D.E.C.) en Sciences Pures et de la Santé”,
C.E.G.E.P. François-Xavier Garneau, Sillery, Qc., Ca.
III. Research Experience
Sept 14-Mar 15 Research Assistant to develop the project «La Stimulation Magnétique Transcrânienne répétitive
(SMTr) : une approche novatrice pour le traitement des douleurs fantômes au membre supérieur.» I am
conducting an exhaustive literature review and preparing the research protocol for Johanne Higgins
(Université de Montréal) and Jocelyn Morettini (Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal)
who are planning a grant proposal on the use of non-invasive brain stimulation to alleviate phantom-limb
pain following higher-limb amputation.
Sept 12-June 13 Pursuing research undertaken at Lancaster University (see below) as an Assistant Professor in the
Psychology Department of St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS., Ca.
Oct 06- Sept 12 Development of an independent research programme as a Lecturer in the Psychology Department of
Lancaster University in the areas of: (1) auditory grouping and auditory selective attention, (2) timing and
aging, (3) rhythm perception and production, including the learning and imitation of rhythms and
interindividual entrainment (i.e., being together in time); and (4) cross-modal integration of emotion, in
particular how music can affect the perception of emotionally ambiguous facial expressions.
Jul 01-Oct 06 Research Fellow at the School of Psychology of the University of Birmingham as part of a Medical
Research Council grant on ‘Action Dynamics’ to Prof. A. M. Wing & Dr. P. Praamstra. As part of that
research, I have developed a new battery of neuropsychological tests for timing abilities and tested
vulnerable populations (stroke patients, individuals with schizophrenia, elderly individuals)
Jan 00-Jul 01 Post-doctoral fellowship from Fondation FYSSEN to explore audio-visual integration towards the
perception of event simultaneity and sensorimotor synchronization. This was done in collaboration with
Dr. S. McAdams (IRCAM, Paris, Fr.) and Dr. C. Drake (“Univ. René Descartes/Paris V”, Boulogne, Fr.).
1991-1999 Psychophysical research in the area of auditory organization (auditory scene analysis) under the
supervision of Prof. A. S. Bregman (McGill Univ., Montréal, Canada) towards the completion of an
undergraduate research project, a master thesis and a doctoral thesis.
2. IV. Teaching Experience
1. Lecturing
Sept. 14–May 15 Teaching ‘Psychologie Cognitive’ for undergraduate students at Université du Québec à Trois-
Rivières (Joliette’s campus for Fall 2014 and Drummondville’s campus for Winter 2015).
Winters 13 & 14: Teaching “Théories, principes, approches et modèles en neuropsychologie et en neuropsycho-
pathologie” to PhD students at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Qc., Ca.
Sept 12-June 13 : Teaching ‘Introduction to Psychology’ (Fall Term), ‘Cognition’ (Fall and Winter Terms) and
‘Sensation & Perception’ (Fall and Winter Terms); the latter two courses included laboratories.
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Ca.
Oct 06- Sept 12 : Teaching ‘Neuropsychology Methods’ as part of ‘Psychological Research Methods’, Lancaster
University, Lancaster, UK. Development and teaching of a new option on the human mirror
neuron system, as part of ‘Advanced Neuropsychology’: ‘From Action to Language, Music and
Social Cognition’. Teaching sensation and perception, attention and motor control, sleep and
waking, evolution of the human brain, learning and memory as part of 'Brain & Behaviour' and
'Advanced Neuropsychology', Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Teaching auditory grouping, auditory selective attention, music and language as part of a “Master
In Language, Speech & Hearing”, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
2. Supervising
Post-graduate students
Oct 10-Sept 12: Co-supervision of Daniel Eaves’ PhD research with Stefan Vogt on the learning of
rhythms and sequences. Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Mar 1-Sept 12: Supervision of three master students (Rebecca Thompson, Irmak Arcan and Jessica Clark)
exploring entrainment (being together in time) as a mean to promote social interactions in
neurotypical and atypical (deaf and autistic) populations of children. Lancaster University,
Lancaster, UK
Mar 10-Sept 10: Supervision of Emer Obrien’s master research on rhythmic bonding and Autistic
Spectrum Disorder, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Jun 08-Oct 09: Supervision of Samuele Carcagno’s Ph.D. thesis entitled: “Psychophysical and
Electrophysiological Measures of Pitch Learning’. Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Jan.-Apr. 05: Supervision of P. Soshilou for a M.Plac. project on attentionally-cued sensorimotor
synchronization.The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Oct.-Dec. 04: Supervision of N. Jefferies for a M.Plac. project on auditory sequential memory.
The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Other
Sept 12-June 13 : Supervision of lab managers for 'Cognition' and 'Sensation & Perception', St. Francis
Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Ca.
Oct 06-May 12 : Supervision of about 40 undergraduate research projects, Lancaster University, UK
Oct 02-May 05 : Supervision of 3 undergraduate research projects, The University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, UK
3. Assisting in the Teaching
Sept 92-Sept 98 : Teaching Assistant at McGill University, Montréal, Qc., Ca for “Laboratory in Human
Perception” (6 semesters), “Perception” (2 semesters), “Thinking and Concepts” (2
semesters), “Language Acquisition” (1 semester) and “The Environment and the
Developing Brain” (1 semester).
V.Non-Academic Work Experience
1989-1992 : Counselor at the crisis center “L’Autre Maison”, Montréal, Qc., Ca: Psychological
evaluations and short term clinical follow ups (less than 3 months).
1988-1990 : Postman for “Canada Post”, Montréal, Qc., Ca.
Summer 87: Placement agent for “Canadian Employment Center for Students”, Montréal, Qc., Ca.
Summers 84, 85: Street Performer as part of ‘Projets Défis 84 & 85’: Part of a team of 4 members who
designed and carried out a program of “animation de quartiers” for “Ville de l’Ancienne-
Lorette”, Ancienne-Lorette, Qc., Ca.
3. VI. Fellowshships
2000 : Post-doctoral fellowship from the FYSSEN’s foundation for a 6-month period (Jan.-July
2001) to complete the series of psychophysical studies started in 2000 (see below).
1999: Post-doctoral fellowship from the FYSSEN’s foundation for a 12-month period (Jan. 2000-
Jan. 2001) to work with S. McAdams (IRCAM, Paris, France) and C. Drake (Univ. Rene
Descartes, Boulogne, France).
1998: Fellowship from the James McDonnel’s foundation to attend the 1999 Summer Institute in
Cognitive Neuroscience (Darthmouth Medical School, NH, USA).
VII. Theses and Publications
1. Theses
Turgeon, M. (1999). “Cross-spectral grouping using the paradigm of rhythmic masking release”.
McGill University. Doctoral thesis dissertation.
Turgeon, M. (1994). “The influence of log-frequency parallel gliding upon perceptual fusion”.
McGill University. Master thesis dissertation.
2. Peer-reviewed publications
Eaves, D.L., Turgeon, M., & Vogt, S. (2012). Quantifying the kinematic fidelity of automatic imitation in
rhythmical actions: Effects of compatibility, delay and vision of the hand, PloS ONE, 17: 1-12.
Turgeon, M., & Wing, A.M. (2012). Late onset of age-related difference in unpaced tapping with no age-
related difference in phase-shift error detection and correction, Psychology and Aging. 27: 1152-1163.
Turgeon, M., Giersch, A., Delevoye-Turrell, Y. & Wing, A.M. (2012). Impaired predictive timing with spared
time interval production in individuals with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 197: 13:18.
Turgeon, M., Taylor, L.W., & Wing, A.M. (2011). Timing and Aging: Slowing of fastest regular tapping rate
with preserved timing error detection and correction. Psychology and Aging. 26: 150-161.
Plack, C.J., Turgeon, M., Lancaster, S., Carlyon, R.P., & Gockel, H.E. (2011). Frequency discrimination
duration effects for Huggins pitch and narrowband noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
129: 1-4.
Turgeon, M., Bregman, A.S., & Roberts, B. (2005). “Rhythmic masking release: effects of asynchrony,
temporal overlap, harmonic relations, and source separation on cross-spectral grouping”. Journal of
Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 31(5): 939-953.
Praamstra, P. ,Turgeon, M., Hesse, C.W., Wing, A.M., & Perryer, L. (2003). “Neurophysiological Correlates
of Error Correction in Sensorimotor-Synchronization”. NeuroImage, 40: 1283-1297.
Turgeon, M., Bregman, A.S., & Ahad, P. A. (2002). “Rhythmic masking release: contribution of cues for
perceptual organization to the cross-spectral fusion of concurrent narrow-band noises” Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, 111 (4): 1819-1831.
Cisek, M., & Turgeon, M. (1999). “ ‘Binding through the fovea’: A tale of perception in the service of action”.
Psyche: An interdisciplinary journal of research on consciousness, Vol 5. Available on the internet:
http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-34-cisek.html
3. Publications in books and conference proceedings
Turgeon, M., Phillips, A., & Cross, L. (2011). “What is necessary and sufficient for inter-individual
entrainment? : Considerations of time scales and temporal structures” 13th International Workshop on
Rhythm Perception and Production, Leipzig, Germany.
Turgeon, M. (2010) " Being Together in Time: From inter-individual synchrony to ‘bonding’." 1st
International Conference on Kinesthetic Empathy: Concepts and Contexts, Manchester, UK.
Turgeon, M., and Fry, J. (2009) " An Exploration of Inter-Individual Entrainment through Shared Rhythmic
Action." 12th
International Workshop on Rhythm Perception and Production, Lille, France.
Higuchi, S., Di Dio, C., Ziessler, M., Turgeon, M., Roberts, N., Eickhoff, S.B., Rizzolatti, G., and Vogt, S.
(2009). Mirror neuron system and imitation learning of sequences and rhythms – An event related fMRI
study. 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Turgeon, M. (2008) An exploration of attentional monitoring of isochronous asynchronous streams in deviant
detection and sensorimotor synchronization. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5), p.
3569.
Turgeon, M. (2008) An exploration of auditory stream selection: Attentional filtering versus monitoring costs
in perceptual and perceptual-motor contexts. Proceedings of the British Society of Audiology, University
of York, York, UK.
4. Turgeon, M., Giersch, A., Delevoye-Turrell, Y., & Wing, A.M. (2005) "An investigation of timing error
detection and correction in schizophrenics", In Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the International
Neuropsychological Society and British Neuropsychological Society, Dublin, Ireland, pp.37-38.
Turgeon, M., Taylor, L.W. & Wing, A.M. (2005) "An exploration of timing abilities from nineteen to ninety."
10th
International Workshop on Rhythm Perception and Production, Bilzen, Belgium.
Turgeon, M., Wing, A.M., Perryer, L., & Praamstra, P. (2001) "An electrophysiological investigation of
compensation for timing perturbations in sensorimotor synchronization", Ascona, Switzerland.
Turgeon, M., & Bregman, A.S. (2000) "Ambiguous Musical Figures: Competition between sequential
grouping by virtue of a common pitch and sound-source location and simultaneous grouping by virtue of
a common fundamental frequency or temporal structure", In R. Zatorre & I. Peretz (eds.): Biological
Foundations of Music, NY: NY Academy of Sciences.
Turgeon, M., & Bregman, A.S. (2000) "The Perceptual Organization of Complex Tones in a Free Field", 6th
"International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition" (ICMPC), Keele University, Keele, UK,
CD-ROM.
Turgeon, M., & Bregman, A.S. (2000) "Figures auditives ambigües: Compétition entre le groupement
séquentiel par une hauteur et une localisation de source commune et le groupement simultané par une
fréquence fondamentale et/ou structure temporelle commune", Club de Neuro Audio Acoustique
(CNA2), Ile de Tatihou, France., pp. 23-24.
Turgeon, M., McAdams, S., Drake, C, & Samson, Y. (2000) "The relative contribution of the visual and
auditory signals to the dynamic reproduction of a rhythmic pattern", 8th International Workshop on
Rhythm Perception and Production, Castleton, UK, pp. 38-39.
Turgeon, M. & Bregman, A.S. (1999). “The relative contribution of onset asynchrony, harmonic ratios and
angular separations of sound sources to the cross-spectral grouping of complex tones in a free field”.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (Suppl.), 106 (4), pp. 2238.
Turgeon, M. & Bregman, A.S. (1997). “ ‘Rhythmic Masking Release’: A paradigm to investigate auditory
grouping resulting from the integration of time-varying intensity levels across frequency and across
ears”. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (Suppl.), 102 (5), p. 3160.
Turgeon, M., & Bregman, A.S. (1996). “ ‘Rhythmic Masking Release’: A paradigm to study the perception of
auditory patterns”, In F.Y. Doré (ed.): Abstracts of the XXVI ICP, International Journal of Psychology,
Vol. 31 (3,4), 346.4.
Turgeon, M., & Bregman, A.S. (1996). “ ‘Rhythmic Masking Release’: A paradigm to investigate the
auditory organization of tonal sequences.”, In: Proceedings of the 4th ICMPC, pp. 315-316.
Turgeon, M., & Bregman, A.S. (1996). “ ‘Le Dévoilement du Rythme Masqué’: Un paradigme pour l’analyse
de la scène auditive”. Proc. of Annual meeting of “Association Canadienne Française pour
l’Avancement de la Science”, Mtl, Ca.
Turgeon, M., & Bregman, A.S. (1996). “ ‘Rhythmic Masking Release’: A paradigm to study the perception of
auditory patterns”. Proceedings of the 6th annual meeting of “Brain, Behavior and Cognitive Science
Society” (BBCSS), Mtl.,Ca.
VIII. Academic References
Prof. Albert S. Bregman: Emeritus Professor at McGill University & member of the Royal Society of
Canada. Address: Psychology Department, McGill Univ., 1205 Dr. Penfield Ave., Montréal, Qc., Ca.
H3A 1B1; Tél.: +1 514 398 6103; Fax: +1 514 398 4896; Email: al.bregman@mcgill.ca
Prof. Alan M. Wing: Professor of Human Movement at the University of Birmingham and Director of
the Sensorimotor Neuroscience Laboratory of the Brain Behaviour Science Centre. Address: School of
Psychology, Univ. of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, B15 2TT; Tél.: +44 (0) 121 414 7954;
FAX: +44 (0) 121 414 4897; Email: a.m.wing@bham.ac.uk
Prof. J. Gavin Bremner: Professor of Human Development at Lancaster University. Address:
Psychology Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, LA1 4YF; Tél.: +44 (0) 152 459 3821;
Fax: +44 (0) 152 459 3744; Email: j.g.bremner@lancaster.ac.uk
5. IX. Others
1. Experience relevant to administrative, organizational and communicative skills
2011-2012 Coordinator of neuropsychology teaching, Psychology Department, Lancaster University, UK
2006-2012 International student officer: responsible for recruitment and welfare of overseas students,
Psychology Department, Lancaster University, UK
1998–1999 Coordinator of the subject pool for the Psychology Department of McGill University, Canada.
Fall 08 Invited to give a lecture at Goldsmith college (London, UK) as part of the eminent speaker series
of lectures for the Master in the Neuroscience of Music.
Fall 07 Invited to give a talk at the University of Surrey (Surrey, UK) as part of the external speaker
series of the Psychology Department.
Spring 08 Invited to give a talk at the ICN (UK) as part of the ‘Music, Mind & Brain’ seminar series.
2001-2006 Organization of the weekly seminars at the Sensorimotor Neuroscience Laboratory, School of
Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK.
Fall 05 Invited to present my work on audio-visual timing at the University of Nottingham in the context
of the seminar series of their School of Psychology, Nottingham, UK.
1994-1999 Member of the “Hebb Committee”, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
1997-1999 Member of the “Macnamara Memorial Lecture Committee”, McGill University, Canada.
Fall 96 Invited to present my doctoral research in a special “Hebb Colloquium” for graduate students in
psychology, McGill University, Canada.
Spring 96 Invited to present my doctoral research in the context of an auditory-physiology seminar series
at the Eaton Peabody Laboratory of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, USA.
Falls 92 & 96 Organization of the McGill’s Open House for the psychology dept., McGill University, Canada.
1985 Participation in the TV series “Héritage 2001” by Groupe Coscient, Quebec, Canada. I was
among four selected students who debated “live” with experts on particular environmental issues.
2. Experience relevant to creative abilities
1999 Music composition and instrumentist (african percussions and bass clarinet) in a multimedia
show: “Théories Poétiques sur les Interconnexions”, Théatre de La Chapelle, Montréal, Canada
1994 Exhibition of artistic work done from photographies on the theme of “perceptual filters”,
Galerie Copie-Art, Montréal, Canada
3. Other regular practices
1. Music: Training: 4 years of classical piano, 1 year of voice in Indian classical music, 1 year of tabla;
Regular practice: 5 years of singing (mezzo soprano) in the Montreal’s choir “Mruta Mertsis”,
more than 20 years of saxophone, clarinet and African percussions (self trained);
2. Dance: Training: 4 years of Spanish flamenco, 1 year of Indian traditional dance (Bharata Natyam);
3. Photography: Training: A course at Dawson College (Mtl., Ca.) in basic photography techniques and Black &
White development; Regular practice: amateur photographer for the last 20 years;
4. TaiChi: 4 years of training at the Univ. of Birmingham.
5. Yoga: A few courses (strongest formation from Satyananda Yoga) and regular practice for over 20 years.
Led weekly sessions for staff at Lancaster University for 5 years