Lab Work
Academic Motivation Lab
Jennifer Henderlong Corpus
I study the developmental, situational, and dispositional factors that underlie students’ motivation to learn. More specifically, I examine the tension and synergy between intrinsic and extrinsic forms of motivation as well as the strategies that parents and teachers use (e.g., praise, reward systems) to enhance or unwittingly undermine such motivation.
» Visit the Academic Motivation Lab website
Adolescent Health Research Program
Kristen G. Anderson
My laboratory, the Adolescent Health Research Program, collaborates with other researchers, school personnel, and treatment centers, to better understand the processes whereby youth make decisions to use alcohol and other drugs as well as make purposeful efforts to cut down, stop or quit these behaviors.
» Visit the Adolescent Health Research Program website
Social Psychology Research Lab, including the Student Perception Project
Kathryn C. Oleson
I study a variety of topics in the field of interpersonal perception, including perception of one’s self, individuals, and groups. My two main areas of study include research on the self and on stereotyping and prejudice.
To find out about some of my recent work on the self in academic context, visit my lab website.
Cognitive Electrophysiology - SCALP LAB
Michael Pitts & Enriqueta Canseco-Gonzalez
Our lab explores a wide range of topics from a cognitive neuroscience perspective, including sensory and perceptual processing, multi-sensory interactions, speech perception, language production and comprehension, selective attention, and consciousness. Our primary technique is electro-encephalography (EEG), from which we derive event-related potentials (ERPs) and oscillatory dynamics in time-frequency space. We also employ complementary approaches including psychophysics, behavioral research, eye-tracking, and neuropsychological assessments.