Auditory Research Lab & Human ERP Lab

Students in the Lab

Spring 2009:

1.  William Hamlet (graduate student, Exp. Psychology program).

Projects: Acoustic startle responses in rats treated acutely or chronically with 2,4-D herbicide; Event-related potentials in human listeners (ERP Lab).

2.  Laura Reed (graduate student, Exp. Psychology program).

Project: Event-related potentials in human listeners (ERP Lab).

Fall 2008:

1.  Viola Marrs (senior, CSD major, Psychology minor).

Project: Event related potentials in human listeners (ERP Lab), along with Christopher Pearce, Brittany Donald and Will Hamlet

2.  William Hamlet (graduate student, Exp. Psychology program).

Project: Acoustic startle responses in CBA/J mice treated with amphetamine and modafinil

Spring 2008:

1.  Candice R. Riso (senior, Psychology and CSD double-major).

Project:  "Prevention of kanamycin otototoxicity with dietary antioxidants."  Funded by a research grant from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Dept. of Psychology, Spring 2007. Presented at Undergraduate Research Day, April 2008.

**Winner of Psi Chi award for abstract submitted to Midwestern Psychological Association 2008 meeting, along with coauthors Alicia Atkins and Jacob Pritchard.**

2.  Viola Marrs (junior, Psychology and CSD double-major).

Project:  "Prevention of noise-induced hearing loss with dietary antioxidants."  Funded by a research grant from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Dept. of Psychology, Spring 2007.  Presented at Undergraduate Research Day, April 2008.

3.  John Lurquin (senior, Psychology major)

Project: "Effects of modafinil and amphetamine on CBA/CaJ mice."   Presented at Undergraduate Research Day, April 2008.

4.  Diana Gremanis (Psychology and Women's Studies)

Project: "Sex Differences in Acoustic Startle and Prepulse Inhibition in C57Bl/6J Mice." Presented at Undergraduate Research Day, April 2008.

Fall 2007:

1.  Krista Wiseman (senior Psychology major, Gerontology minor).

Project: "Characterization of hearing in WIU brown and piebald mice." Funded by a research grant from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Dept. of Psychology, Spring 2007. 

2.  Candice R. Riso (senior, Psychology and CSD double-major).

Project:  "Prevention of kanamycin otototoxicity with dietary antioxidants."  Funded by a research grant from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Dept. of Psychology, Fall 2007.

3.  Viola Marrs (junior, Psychology and CSD double-major).

Project:  "Prevention of noise-induced hearing loss with dietary antioxidants."  Funded by a research grant from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Dept. of Psychology, Fall 2007.

4.  John Lurquin (senior, Psychology).

Spring 2007:

1.  Amanda Zulas (senior, Psychology with Neuroscience minor; graduated May 2007).

Project: "Effects of modafinil on sensorimotor gating in young and old rats." Funded by a research grant from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Dept. of Psychology, 2007.

Presentations and awards:

     Phi Kappa Phi Scientific Writing Award, 2007 for "Sensory plasticity in the human brain."

     Presentation at Midwestern Psychological Association, May 2007.

     Presentation at WIU Undergraduate Research Day, April 2007.

2.  Krista Wiseman (junior, Psychology and English).

Project: "Characterization of hearing in WIU brown and piebald mice." Funded by a research grant from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Dept. of Psychology, 2007.

Presentation at WIU Undergraduate Research Day, April 2007.

3.  Candice R. Riso (junior, Psychology and CSD). 

Fall 2006:

1.  Amanda Zulas (senior, Psychology with Neuroscience minor; graduated May 2007).

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