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The Influence of Social Experience on Acoustic Communication in Mice
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
In the present experiments, I attempted to understand how social experience throughout the lifespan affects the production, preference, and perception of USVs in female mice. These experiments were the first comprehensive ...
PERSONALITY TRAITS, PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, AND SELECTIVE EXPOSURE TO GUN VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
In the United States, gun violence is prevalent not only in the media but also in reality. Decades of research has focused on the effects of media violence on its audience, especially aggression.However, studies have shown ...
Moral Psychology: An Ontological Approach
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
In information science, an ontology is a controlled vocabulary that provides names and definitions for the classes and relations among entities within a realm of discourse, and which can then be used to make interoperable ...
Personality and an Engaged Response Style in Patients Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
Multiple sclerosis MS) is an autoimmune disease that impacts the central nervous system (CNS). The disease's attack on the CNS results in a wide range of symptoms and an unpredictable disease course. The combined uncertainty ...
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy - Second Edition in Children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
Children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD) are known to exhibit deficits in facial-emotion recognition (FER). However, research regarding FER in individuals with HFASD has yielded mixed results, ...
Examination of Sex Differences in Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms in Children with HFASD Using the BASC-2
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
Although some initial studies have examined sex-based differences in externalizing and internalizing symptoms within samples of children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD), the research is limited and ...
Measuring Narrative Persuasion
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Narrative persuasion has received a large amount of interest from researchers in the social sciences. This study tested if Galileo methods is an effective instrument for finding attitude and belief changes caused by narrative ...
How Can Celebrities Make Me Feel More Safe? The Attachment Related Function of Social Surrogates
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
People interact with a variety of media sources on a daily basis. Previous work suggests that social surrogates, or symbolic social connections, can provide individuals with comfort when distressed. The current work examined ...
Predictors of Pain Reliever Misuse among Respondents of the United States 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
The risk factors for potential opioid misuse and abuse in patients receiving long-term opioid pain treatment have been a topic of interest in research for many years. There are differences among patients who receive long-term ...
Effects of Plausibility and Predictability on Reading: How and Why They Differ
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
This dissertation is concerned with how world knowledge (plausibility) affects reading beyond how predictable what comes next is. Previous studies have explained the effect of plausibility in terms of probability, either ...