Congratulations to AD&D Lab undergraduate research assistant, Yerika Germosen, for defending her Honors Thesis entitled, “The Nexus Between Prejudicial Attitudes and Cognitive Flexibility in Younger and Older Adults”. Yerika will be graduating with Honors in the Major this semester and moving on to complete her PhD in Neuroscience at the […]
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AD&D labbers enjoyed lots of food, sun, and games to close out the 2017-2018 school year — including some creative brain-themed treats. We were also introduced to Lindsay’s revolutionary concept of “water spaghetti”!
The Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging (SRNDNA) selected two AD&D Lab students for research awards. PhD student Lindsay Conner received an SRNDNA Mentorship/Collaboration Award, which will provide funding to support her training in advanced neuroimaging analysis under the mentorship of Dr. Tor Wager at the University of Colorado, […]
Dr. Lighthall celebrated the end of the year with UCF’s new Neuroscience Alliance student organization. The event was hosted by Dr. Kimi Sugaya and offered a chance for undergraduates to directly connect with neuroscience faculty across different departments. Cheers to all our aspiring brain scientists at UCF!
Lab research assistants, Melissa Merz and James Ross, presented at the UCF SURE 2015. Their independent research examined how individual differences in emotion, decision style, and financial literacy predict beliefs about gain and loss probabilities during economic decision making.