• Neural Synchrony and Asynchrony as Mechanisms for Perceptual Grouping and Segmentation 

  Clarke, Aaron (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  The question of whether neural synchrony has functional significance for cortical processing has been an issue of contention in the recent scientific literature. Although the balance of evidence now seems to be favoring ...

• The Influence of Vulnerable Narcissism on College Adjustment 

  Dombeck, Joseph James (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  Attending a university is one of the first major life transitions for many young adults, and it presents a number of important challenges, difficulties, and stressors. Thus, students with certain personality characteristics ...

• I'm Seeing Red!Literally: The Effect of Metaphoric Representation on Perception 

  Fetterman, Adam Kent (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  Metaphor is often used to represent abstract concepts using concrete domains (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980). One set of metaphors that has long been of interest, but seldom studied, is the set of those linking color and emotion. ...

• Literal vs. Symbolic Immortality: Exploring the Relative Strengths of Religious Paths to Death-Transcendence 

  Juhl, Jacob Timothy (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  According to terror management theory, religious worldviews provide protection from mortality concerns by providing feelings of literal immortality ( conscious life after death) and symbolic immortality (the essence of ...

• The Effects of Cultural Dispositions on Behavior in Social Dilemmas: Examining the Impact of Expectations on Cooperation and Competition 

  Ladbury, Jared Lee (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  Many groups require cooperation in order to efficiently complete tasks in a manner that benefits all group members. The antecedents of cooperative and competitive behavior have been well studied using a particular class ...

• Conquering Avoidance by Avoiding Death: The Effects of Mortality Salience on Goal Value, Goal Commitment, and Goal Pursuit in Depressive Individuals 

  Myxter, Peter John (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  Research into the antecedents and consequences of successful goal pursuit is reviewed within the framework of a proposed existential intervention for depression. Behavioral perspectives propose that insufficient goal ...

• Rumination and Problem Solving: A Focus on Dispositions, Processes, and the Five-Step Framework 

  Scheller, Katey Rae (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  Rumination is a method of responding to and coping with negative moods that involves repetitively and passively focusing on the causes, consequences, and symptoms of negative mood (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991 ). Research has ...

• Creativity and Randomness 

  Zabelina, Darya Lvovna (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  Major theories of creative cognition are reviewed in the present thesis. These theories are diverse yet seem to converge on similar key processes. One definition of creativity emphasizes going beyond stereotypical responses ...

• The Relationship Between Features and Edge Types in Natural Images 

  George, Jonathon Michael (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  One of the most important processes in the human visual system involves detecting and understanding edges. Edges allow humans to break a visual scene up into meaningful chunks of information. Without edges, a visual scene ...

• Changes in Negative Affect Following Pain (vs. Nonpainful) Stimulation in Individuals With and Without a History of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury 

  Bresin, Konrad Winston (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  Theoretical models of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI; i.e., purposeful destruction of body tissue without suicidal intent) suggest that individuals engage in NSSI in order to regulate intense emotions. However, empirical ...

• Facial Expression Recognition in People with Differing Levels of Eating Disorder Symptoms 

  Nudnou, Ilya (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Previous studies of emotion categorization abilities of people with eating disorders used accuracy and reaction time to identify performance deficits for these individuals. The conclusions from this literature have been ...

• Sex Differences in Response to a Large 200-Person Audience using the Trier Social Stress Test in Pre-Recorded Virtual Reality 

  Byron, Garrett (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) induces stress in the lab by having participants complete challenging tasks in front of an audience. The TSST has been adapted to virtual reality (VR), eliminating in-person audience ...

• Longitudinal Examination of Sleep and Chrononutrition 

  Veronda, Allison Christine (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Chrononutrition (i.e., circadian timing of food intake) offers promising opportunities to improve weight management strategies, but many fundamental aspects of chrononutrition are still unknown. While research to date has ...

• Exploring the Effects of Interleaving on Mind-Wandering 

  Miller, Alyssa Lynn (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Research has shown that interleaving (a study technique where two topics are practiced in an alternating fashion) enhances learning and memory. However, it is unclear whether interleaving impacts the frequency of mind-wandering. ...

• The Inkblot Re-conceptualized: Developing an Implicit Situational Judgment Test of Multiple Components of Poor and Optimal Functioning 

  Irvin, Roberta Linda (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Situation judgment tests (SJTs), which provide a balance between global personality measurement and context-specific social-cognitive processes, can be combined with implicit measurement approaches to limit some of the ...

• Shared Nostalgia: Moving From an Individual to an Interpersonal Approach to the Study of a Social Emotion 

  FioRito, Taylor Anne (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Nostalgia is a common, bittersweet experience described as a sentimental longing for the past. Past research has found nostalgia to be a social emotion that increases feelings of social connectedness and motivates social ...

• I Want to Break Up: Testing an Integrative Framework for Understanding and Predicting Romantic Relationship Dissolution 

  Semanko, Anna Maruska (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Romantic relationships are desired by the majority of individuals. Despite this prevalent desire, romantic relationships end often. What are the underlying motivations and reasons for breaking up with a romantic partner? ...

• Measuring Infant Emotion Regulation within the Still Face Procedure: A Novel Approach to Assessing Regulation Development in the Context of Prenatal Maternal Stress 

  Bagne, Angela Grace Beach (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  A growing body of literature demonstrates that prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) can influence infant and child outcomes across developmental domains. The timing of PNMS exposure may be particularly important, and late PNMS ...

• Aging, Object-Based Inhibition, and Online Data Collection 

  Huether, Asenath Xochitl Arauza (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Visual selective attention operates in space- and object-based frames of reference. Stimulus salience and task demands influence whether a space- or object-based frame of reference guides attention. I conducted two experiments ...

• Combining Trait and Processing Perspectives of the Individual: Toward a New Assessment Model of Interpersonal Competence 

  Persich, Michelle Ruth (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Satisfying interpersonal relationships are an important and beneficial part of life. However, despite that fact that most people desire close interpersonal relationships, some people are less successful at forming and ...

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