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A Non-Invasive Method of Influencing the Distribution of Noise in Human Brain Activity (thesis)
While noise in brain activity has been studied for many years, new theoretical considerations suggest that this noise may be an important and even essential part of normal brain functioning. Here we describe a technique ...
The Role of Social Support on Academic Buoyancy and Academic Stress (thesis)
The current study examined the association between academic stress and academic buoyancy with social support as a moderator. . . . By understanding the roles of differing types of social support in protecting academic ...
How Does Ingroup Directed Anger Promote Collective Action? (thesis)
The current research investigated the implications of ingroup transgressions on identity threat, ingroup directed anger, and collective action about ingroup transgressions. It also considered the moderating role played by ...
The Effect of Community Trauma on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Boston Marathon Bombing (thesis)
This paper evaluates the hypothesis that the Boston Marathon bombing was such a traumatic experience for youth living in Massachusetts that it harmed their math standardized test scores and that this effect was larger the ...
If You Give a Boy a Baby: Encouraging Empathy in Preschool Boys through Toy Play and Emotion Talk (thesis)
Empathy, the ability to respond to another's distress with a similar emotion, develops in children as young as two to three years old as their role-taking abilities and emotion regulation skills increase (Feshbach, 1982). ...
Intervention to Change Environmental and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Identities (thesis)
Two roles that have become increasingly relevant in education are one's place in the technological and natural worlds. The first role, labeled information communication identity (ICT), is how much one includes hardware ...
The Impact of Motivational Style on Perceptions of Online Exercise Information (poster)
Research shows that motivational style is essential to exercise participation and that intrinsic motivation is more effective for encouraging long-term adherence to exercise routines (Teixeira et. al., 2012).
• The internet ...
Barbie as a Model of Gender Nontraditional Career Possible Self Content for Preschool and Kindergarten Girls (thesis)
Girls (N = 26, mean age = 4.38 years) were interviewed using Barbies dressed in gender traditional and nontraditional career outfits about their identification with the dolls and girls' own aspirations and self-efficacy ...