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Research opportunities for students

Jennifer Breneiser, Learning and Memory Lab, Room 344 Continuing Ed Building

Dr. Breneiser's learning and memory lab is mainly concerned with examining prospective memory (memory to perform an action, on one's own, in the future). Dr. Breneiser also has a research interest in metamemory ("do you know what you know?"), and the effects of different study methods on test performance. If you are interested volunteering in this lab, please contact Dr. Jen Breneiser at jebreneiser@valdosta.edu

Blaine L. Browne, Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Room 344 Continuing Ed Building

Dr. Browne's cognitive neuroscience lab is currently investigating various factors that influence memory such as depth of processing, imageability, and semantic variables.  The lab is also collecting data on computer/internet use among various age groups as well as animal learning in Dugesia tigrina and D. dorotocephala. A new study on hemisphericity of emotionally valanced items using a lexical decision task paradigm will begin this Fall as well. If you are interested in volunteering in the lab please contact Blaine Browne at 293-6318 or blbrowne@valdosta.edu

Steven Kohn, Developmental Science Laboratory, Room 308 Continuing Ed Bldg

The Developmental Science Laboratory is currently researching:
1. Projective aging (how young and older adults perceive what their life will be like in old age); 2. Reverse ageism and older adult perceptions of the younger generation; 3. The use of coping strategies across the life-span (e.g., social comparisons, human agency , social support, and perceived control); 4. Health-related use of the Internet by older adults and chronically ill younger adults; 5. Using cutting edge game technology (e.g., Nintendo's Wii and SIMs II Deluxe) to foster intergenerational social interaction among old and young adults

If you are interested in volunteering in the developmental lab please contact Steven Kohn at 229-333-5979 or sjkohn@valdosta.edu

Chuck Talor, Developmental Science Lab, Room 308 Continuing Ed Bldg

The Developmental Science Lab is currently investigating the relationship of technology and human behavior across age, including text messaging and classroom behavior, and patterns of use of cell phones and social networks (such as my space and facebook). We are also examining religiosity and behaviors of college students. If you are interested in volunteering in the lab please contact Chuck Talor at 249-4914 or crtalor@valdosta.edu