HNRS 118: "Cognitive Electrophysiology," a new course added to the Honors Program colloquia Spring 2022, focuses on a methodology that records the electrical signals of the brain called electroencephalography (EEG). PURSUE ...

There is little research on risk and protective factors for suicide in individuals with different types of disabilities. Those with hidden disabilities may experience unique challenges that could increase their suicide ...

Previous studies have shown the association between attention and P3 amplitude, a deflection in brain electrical activity, as well as the power of 20-35Hz Beta wave activity. Prior work has shown that attention performance ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had an unexplainably immense impact on the entire world when it began in March of 2020 including the cancellations or postponements of sports worldwide. The National Collegiate Athletics Association ...

In the two years since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a large spread of misinformation regarding COVID-19 which can hinder collective action in democratic societies and contribute to distrust in information ...

College students’ smartphone use presents concerns with academic dishonesty, distraction, sleep disturbances, and social withdrawal. We of the CHEEZ (Cognition and Human Electroencephalography Zone) conducted a survey to ...

While parent involvement is important for children's and adolescents' well-being, academic success, and adaptive behaviors, overparenting has been associated with decreased levels of social adjustment and well-being in ...

Mental health concerns among college students have been on the rise over the last decade. In a recent survey of over 90,000 U.S. college students, 41% of the students reported symptoms of depression and 36% reported symptoms ...

The mere presence of one’s smartphone can be a distraction, impairing behavioral performance on an attention task (Ward et al., 2017). Attention is positively associated with both amplitude of the P3 (a component of EEG-based ...

Smartphone use is commonly thought to be problematic, especially for the younger generations, for attention, sleep, and connection to the present. We are investigating, in undergraduate students, the association between ...