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Spontaneous Eye Blink Correlates of Attentional Control for Food Cues
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Read moreNeurocognitive Investigations of Appetitive Cue Processing in Adults and Young Children
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Read moreEffects of long-term nicotine exposure: mechanisms and behavioral consequences
During summer, students in my lab worked on 3 projects: 1) experiments to determine if developmental nicotine exposure causes changes in specific cell populations in the brain; 2) experiments to determine if developmental nicotine exposure causes changes to perception of smells; and 3) experiments to identify genes that are involved in nicotine's effects.
Read moreMechanisms of protein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease using zebrafish
Our lab studies the mechanisms that regulate neuron development as well as disease. Parkinson's Disease involves the abnormal aggregation of a protein called alpha-synuclein. In collaboration with Dr. Vivek Unni’s lab at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), we have established a zebrafish model for studying alpha-synuclein function in the living brain. Because zebrafish are transparent during development, we are able to visualize a fluorescence-tagged form of alpha-synuclein in vivo using confocal microscopy.
Read moreAn Application of Markov chain: Card shuffling and measuring the randomness of a deck
We investigate the card shuffling problem from a simulation-based approach. We first create a randomness measure for gauging how well-shuffled a deck is. Several hundred thousand random decks are generated to simulate the distribution of the randomness measures of well-shuffled decks. Then we examine the number of shuffles a certain shuffling scheme would take to reach the mean of this simulated distribution.
Read moreGroup-Based Emotions as Antecedents and Consequences of Competitive Victimhood
One of the projects in the ESIP lab investigates the emotions involved in competitive victimhood, a phenomenon in which two groups in conflict compete over who has suffered more.
Read moreInvestigating Forest Recovery in River View Natural Area After Removal of Invasive Plant Species
In fall 2011, the city of Portland purchased 146 acres of forest adjacent to the Lewis & Clark College campus, creating the River View Natural Area (RVNA). At that time, RVNA was heavily invaded by non-native plants. The city removed these species by cutting/herbicide. This action created an opportunity to investigate forest recovery after invasive removal. Will native species return without further management? Or will removal of these species lead to new invasions by non-native plants?
Read moreParallel computing with higher-level languages and compelling examples
Jens Mache was born in Karlsruhe, Germany. As an undergraduate student, he studied computer science at the University of Karlsruhe (Vordiplom in 1992). After ...
Read moreEvent-related Potential Correlates of Response Inhibition to Alcohol Cues Among College-Aged Binge Drinkers
Todd D. Watson is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department and is also a faculty member in the new, interdisciplinary Neuroscience program at ...
Read moreMapping Neuronal Circuitry using Brainbow zebrafish
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