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Fall 2014
In our everyday lives we often make decisions based on our prior experiences, whether it be choosing to park without putting money in the meter or deciding what to buy as a gift for a loved one. Inevitably, our decisions in the present are informed by our memories of experiences past. In this...
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The Interaction of Path Integration Cues and Landmarks in Positioning Estimations During Human Spatial Navigation in Small- and Large-scale Environment
DownloadSpring 2018
People use landmarks and the path integration cues to return to the origin of the route (i.e., home). This homing behavior is believed to be better when people can access both cues than when they can only access either cue, because two separate homing estimations are combined to reduce homing...
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Fall 2023
Low childhood SES has been associated with diminished health and neurocognitive outcomes (Noble et al., 2005), though few studies have examined how the neurological stress response in adults is impacted by socioeconomic factors from childhood. This study uses EEG measures of frontal midline theta...
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Fall 2016
Recent cultural psychological theory proposes that social orientation differences lead to general differences in attention. Whereas independent cultures (i.e., European Canadians) are thought to see the self as separate from its context, or more generally, process the world analytically and...
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The Neural Encoding of Heterospecific Vocalizations in the Avian Pallium: An Ethological Approach
DownloadFall 2011
Songbirds (order Passeriformes, suborder Oscines) have captured the attention of scientists and non-scientists alike with their vocal signals. The black-capped chickadee (genus Poecile) uses its namesake call, chick-a-dee, to convey a variety of information. In Chapter 2 and 3, I examine the...
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The perception, structure, and function of female song in the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
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The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a non-migratory songbird found throughout North America who communicates primarily through its numerous vocalizations, each with various functions. The vocalizations of the black-capped chickadee can be divided into calls and songs. Calls serve...