Browsing Department of Psychological Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2010 Spring"
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Assessing single- and dual-process accounts of recognition memory using hierarchical Bayesian models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Recognition memory refers to a person's ability to recognize something that has been previously encountered. For several decades recognition memory has been thought to be governed by a single process whereby the strength ... -
CDPPB reverses an NMDA receptor antagonist-induced deficit in inhibitory avoidance and conditioned taste aversion learning in rats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Rats administered a metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) positive allosteric modulator (PAM), CDPPB, and/or an NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801, were given inhibitory avoidance or conditioned taste aversion training. ... -
Construal levels and the reactivity of state self-esteem to positive and negative experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The reactivity of state self-esteem has been linked to a number of important psychological outcomes, ranging from general well-being to psychological ... -
Effect of SA 4503 on the locomotor stimulatory and discriminative stimulus properties of psychostimulants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Methamphetamine and cocaine exhibit affinity (Ki value [almost equal to] 2.2 and 2.0 [mu]M, respectively) for [delta]1 sigma receptors. Sigma receptors mediate the neurotoxic properties of methamphetamine, and the convulsive ... -
The effects of an mGluR7 agonist, AMN082, on conditioned taste aversion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Metabotropic glutamate receptors impact learning and memory. The current studies examined the effects of AMN082, a recently discovered selective metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) allosteric agonist, on the acquisition ... -
Impaired spatial learning and increased locomotor activity in TgCRND8 mice as a model of Alzheimer's disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)This study provides a behavioral characterization of the TgCRND8 mouse strain, an APP (double-mutant) transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). While past research focused mainly on 2-5 month-old TgCRND8 mice, this ... -
The role of intentions in the pursuit of happiness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Are intentions to become happier through interventions helpful or detrimental to the pursuit of happiness? Although Schooler, Ariely, and Lowenstein (2003) suggest that intentionally pursuing happiness is a self-defeating ... -
Using nested structures to select models for developmental trajectories of cognitive abilities in adulthood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Change over time can be modeled through a variety of statistical techniques including, but not limited to, linear or quadratic slope-intercept (SI), repeated-measures MANOVA, and single-factor growth models. Choice of ...