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Collaborative
Projects
Anti-inflammatory Intervention and Neurobehavioral Outcome in Neonatal
Ischemia (2011 - Present)
Investigator:
Steven Threlkeld, Rhode Island College
Collaborator/Mentor: Barbara
Stonestreet, Women & Infants Hospital
Abstract:
Neonatal cerebral oxygen deprivation and reduced blood
flow (hypoxia/ischemia (HI) respectively) can result from umbilical cord
occlusion, prolonged labor or preterm birth producing an inflammatory
response and neuronal cell death contributing to poor cognitive outcome
and learning disabilities later in life. Given limitations of
longitudinally monitoring cognitive outcomes in humans following
perinatal brain injury, rodent models continue to be utilized to assess
potential long-term benefits of translational experimental treatment
strategies.
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Faculty
Development Projects
Effects of Autonomy-Relatedness and Stress Response on Adolescent Risk
Behavior (2012 - Present)
Investigator:
Emily Cook, Rhode Island College
Mentor: Laura
Stroud, Brown University
Abstract: Risk behavior including delinquent behavior, and
substance use, is a major health concern and costly to society.
Risk behavior during adolescence places youth at increased risk for
concurrent problems and sets the stage for adverse mental and physical
health outcomes in adulthood (e.g., higher risk of psychological
disorders, mortality, sexually transmitted diseases).
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Student
Training Projects
A Novel
Animal Model of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) (2012 - Present)
Investigator:
Christopher Bloom, Providence College
Mentor: Matthew
Nock, Harvard University
Abstract: Self-injury has become a phenomenon of great
interest for many clinicians and researchers. Traditionally, the
field has distinguished between those self-harming behaviors occurring
among individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities (i.e.,
self-injurious behavior; SIB), and those occurring in normative
populations (i.e., non-suicidal self-injury; NSSI).
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The Cognitive Representation of Pretense
(2012 - Present)
Investigator:
Jennifer Van Reet, Providence College
Mentor: David
Marc Sobel, Brown University
Abstract: Four Experiments are proposed to test theories of how
the human mind represents pretend actions, as well as how these
representations develop from the preschool period to early adulthood.
The goal of this research is the creation of a new, data-driven model of
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Student
Training Pilot Projects
Assessing Comprehension in Young Children (2012 - Present)
Investigator:
Beverly Goldfield, Rhode Island College
Abstract: Language comprehension is an important index of
developmental status. Because children younger than 2-3 years of
age have limited attention and a minimal behavioral repertoire,
comprehension assessment depends on parent report.
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The Effects of Perceiver Motivation and Visual Attention Training on
Reduction of Cross Race Facial Recognition Bias
(2012 - Present)
Investigator:
Thomas Malloy, Rhode Island College
Abstract: A basic finding in social psychology is that people
have superior recognition memory for the faces of members of the racial
group they belong to (i.e., the in-group) compared to faces of members
of a racial group they do not belong to (i.e., the out-group).
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