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Student Research

 

Marywood University CSD undergraduate and graduate students conduct research that contributes to their coursework as well as to the Speech-Language Pathology profession.  Some recent examples include:

"The Effects of Musical Training on Phonological and Functional Working Memory"

  • Students: Bethanie LeCureux and Moira Pope
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
  • Presentation Venue: Marywood University Research Forum

 

"Age-Related Changes in Processing Vocal Emotions"

  • Students: Nina DePalma
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
  • Presentation Venues: Marywood University Research Forum

 

"Novel Word Learning in People with Aphasia: The Role of Judgements-of-Learning and Phonological Memory"

  • Students: Jillian Jones, Kimberly Flanagan, Morgan Reilly, Nicholas Bollinger
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
  • Presentation Venues: Marywood University Research Forum

"Fast Mapping in Healthy Young Adults: The Effects of Immediate vs. Delayed Judgments-of-Learning"

  • Students: Marissa Ruda and Bryna Rickenbach
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
  • Presentation Venues: Marywood University Research Forum

"Age-Related Changes in Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Vocal Emotions"

  • Students: Keith Albright, Rebecca Masko, Jason Berry, Elaina Rickards
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
  • Presentation Venues: Marywood University Research Forum

 

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"Fast Mapping in Adults: The Influence of Gender & Metamemory"

  • Students: Bethanie LeCureux, Moira Pope, Bryna Rickenbach, and Marissa Ruda,
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
  • Presentation Venues:
    • Marywood University Research Forum, 2008
    • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Chicago, 2008
    • Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, 2009

 

 

picture of students and faculty"Neural Basis of Auditory Emotions"

  • Student: Nina DePalma, and Marywood CSD alumna Sara Lisiewski Conrad '08
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
  • Presentation Venue:
    • European Societies of Neuropsychology, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Research focus: The study of mirror neurons in the brain, measuring heart rate and skin conductance, among 25 volunteer undergraduate students as they listened to and thought about various vocal emotions.  

 

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