Colloquia 2007-2008
Fall 2007 Colloquia
September 21
Stereotypes and Implicit Social Comparison: Shifts in Comparison-Group Focus
Elizabeth Collins, Ph.D.Indiana University
Location: LBC 201 – Race Room
September 28
Viewing the Cognitive Effects of Estradiol Through a Memory Systems Lens
Donna Korol, Ph.DUniversity of Illinois
Location: Boggs 105
October 5
Gender and Sexuality at Work: Some Recent Trends and Unanswered Questions
Christopher Warren, Ph.D.California State Univerity at Long Beach
Location: LBC 203 – StibbsRoom
October 12
Some Thoughts on the Stability of Linguistic Universals: A Naive Beginning.
Mike Kalish, Ph.D.University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Location: LBC 202 – Rechler Room
October 22
Psychological Aspects of Obesity: From Behavioral Modification to Bariatric Surgery
David Sarwer, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Location: LBC 201 – Race Room
October 26
PTSD: From Evolution to Therapeutics
Lior Givon, Ph.D. M.D.Harvard Medical School
Location: Boggs 105
November 9
"The Effect of Effortful Control on School Readiness Among School-Age Students"
Annie Weiss, M.S.Tulane University
Location: LBC 202 – Rechler Room
November 9
The Influence of Spatial Attention and Sound Location on Auditory Event-Related Potentials
John Holmes, B.S.Tulane University
Location: LBC 202 – Rechler Room
November 16
Where We Live: Relationships Among African American Urban Adolescents' Perceptions of Neighborhood Context, Social Support, and Academic Performance
Samantha Francois, M.S.Tulane University
Location: LBC 201 – Race Room
November 16
"Infant Manual Exploration of a Composite Substrate"
Sarah Fontenelle, M..S.Tulane University
Location: LBC 201 – Race Room
November 30
Grief and Trauma Intervention with Children After Katrina: A Randomized Study
Alison Salloum, Ph.D.University of South Florida
Location: Boggs 105
December 7
"Effects of Posttraumatic Stress on the Academic Performance of Youth: The Mediating Role of Attention Problems"
Tara Mathews, M.S.Tulane University
Location: LBC 201 – Race Room
December 7
"The Effects of Delayed Auditory Feedback in Fluent Adults"
Lauren Smith, B.A.Tulane University
Location: LBC 201 – Race Room
Spring 2008 Colloquia
January 25
Intragroup Social Consequences of Claiming Discrimination
Donna Garcia, Ph.D.University of Western Ontario
Location: LBC 203 – Stibbs Conference Room
February 22
Secular Strategies and Sacred Sentiments: Legitimizing Taboo Trade-offs in Religious and Pharmaceutical Marketing
Pete McGraw, Ph.D.University of Colorado
Location: LBC 203 – Stibbs Conference Room
February 29
From Toys to Navigation: The Development of Cognitive Gender Differences
Isabelle Cherney, Ph.D.Creighton University
Location: LBC 203 – Stibbs Conference Room
March 25
"Sex and Hemisphere Influences on Emotional Memory"
Larry Cahill, Ph.D.University of California, Irvine
Location: LBC 203 – Stibbs Conference Room
April 4
Stress and Pregnancy
Emily Harville, Ph.D.Tulane University
Location: LBC 208 – Korach Conference Room
April 11
Estrogen Enhancement of Working Memory, Learning-Induced Changes in the Hippocampus
Shaefali Rodgers, M.S. & Balachandar Kathirvelu Tulane University
Location: LBC 202 – Rechler Room
April 18
Culture Matters: Understanding the Salience and Utility of Specific Cultural Values in the Lives of African Americans and European Americans
Kenneth Mauraice Tyler, Ph.D.University of Kentucky
Location: LBC 202 – Rechler Room
April 25
Brain Connections: Non-Invasive Methods for Imaging and Modeling Inter-regional Connectivity in Vivo
Peter Fox, M.D.University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Location: LBC 203 – Stibbs Room