http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Thu, 24 May 2012 09:51:54 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/ward/ipod/ward2-evolutionofintelligence.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/ward/ipod/ward2-evolutionofintelligence.m4v Collaborating with Mark Flinn (psychology and anthropology) and David Geary (psychology) on how and why human brains developed as they did. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 16:59:31 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns1_research_introduction1.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns1_research_introduction1.m4v Kerns gives an introduction to his research on cognitive processes and the brain. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 17:12:41 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns2_research_introduction2.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns2_research_introduction2.m4v Kerns continues to give an overview of his research. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 17:12:59 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns3_cognitive_control.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns3_cognitive_control.m4v How cognitive control processes work. What scholars know about the human brain. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 17:13:15 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns4_cognitive_control2.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns4_cognitive_control2.m4v How cognitive control processes work. What scholars know about the human brain. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 17:13:36 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns4_cognitive_control3-lab.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns4_cognitive_control3-lab.m4v Kerns discusses how activity in different parts of brain can be observed in the lab. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 17:13:55 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns6_cognitive_control4.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns6_cognitive_control4.m4v Kerns discusses more on cognitive control. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 17:14:16 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns7_cognitive_control5-brain_regions.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns7_cognitive_control5-brain_regions.m4v Kerns discusses activity in various brain regions as a result of different cognitive process. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 17:14:35 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns8_brain_imaging_technology.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns8_brain_imaging_technology.m4v Kerns discusses the technology used in his research to view brain activity. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 17:14:56 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns13_schizonphrenia_stages.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/kerns/ipod/kerns13_schizonphrenia_stages.m4v Kerns discusses the characteristics of the different stages of schizophrenia. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 17:16:58 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/thorson/ipod/Thorson05.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/thorson/ipod/Thorson05.m4v Having a Ph.D. in psychology has aided Thorson in observing and understanding people and how they respond to messages, and her research program calls upon her to be a “jack-of-all-trades.” She spent a lot of her early years in advertising research, looking at people’s responses to ads and figuring out what kinds of visual images or auditory stimuli grabs and holds their attention. 3 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:17:20 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo01.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo01.m4v Psychologist Yuyan Luo explains how she first became interested in studying infant cognition and the types of “looking-time studies” she uses to study how much infants understand about object permanence. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:10:14 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo02.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo02.m4v Luo runs the Infant Cognition Lab at MU, in its second year of existence. Luo describes some of the experiments she began in graduate school concerning transparency and object permanence. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:12:18 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo03.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo03.m4v Luo describes her current research project, which focuses on determining infants’ knowledge of psychological reasoning. Using the looking-time method, she is testing infants as young as three-months old to see if they understand the concept of object preference. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:14:16 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo04.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo04.m4v Luo furthers her research about infant psychological understanding by conducting similar experiments with non-human agents. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:17:59 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo05.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo05.m4v All of the subjects in Luo’s experiments are volunteered by their parents. Luo talks about research she hopes to pursue in her future work. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:19:28 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo06.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo06.m4v In addition to running the Infant Cognition Lab, Luo also teaches cognition development courses at MU, ranging from infancy to toddler psychological and biological knowledge development. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:20:57 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/koller/ipod/Koller01.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/koller/ipod/Koller01.m4v Most of Jim Koller’s past research and practice as a licensed psychologist was directed toward pathology, that is, “abnormal behavior.” But he became disillusioned with the then-current state of affairs, realizing that “we have to do something _different_ to stop the escalating incidence of mental illness vis-à-vis mental health problems in the country.” With the cooperation of the Missouri state legislature and the Department of Mental Health, the Center for the Advancement of Mental Health Practices in the Schools was conceived—“with the whole thrust being a paradigmatic shift from mental illness to mental health.” 3 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:38:38 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/lab.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/lab.m4v Yuyan Luo uses “looking-time studies” to learn how much infants understand about the world around them. In this lab video, the top half of the frame will reveal what the infant is shown, whereas the bottom half reveals the infant's reaction. 3 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:17:37 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/koller/ipod/Weston04.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/koller/ipod/Weston04.m4v At the first and only sanctioned online-degree program with a focus on mental health issues in schools in the country, students can take individual courses based on their unique needs through continuing education, and even earn a degree at the Masters or Education Specialist level. Recognized as a national model, the Center’s online program focuses on evidence-based practice and on current, practical application-driven principles and tested theories; people working in the field can take coursework in areas with which they are being confronted professionally. 3 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:04:45 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/1-Christ_Shawn.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/1-Christ_Shawn.m4v Shawn Christ studies the way the brain develops and the relationship between brain and behavior. “I really think that if you’re going to understand that, you can’t just study typical development,” he says. “You can’t just study what happens when everything goes right, you also have to study what happens when things go wrong.” 3 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:25:03 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/2-Christ_Shawn.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/2-Christ_Shawn.m4v The majority of Christ’s work focuses on the brain’s inferior frontal gyrus. That’s the part of the brain involved in most higher-level abilities: working memory, strategy use, inhibitory control, and especially keeping track of the to-do list for any sort of task. 3 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:25:38 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/3-Christ_Shawn.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/3-Christ_Shawn.m4v Up until now, most work with autism has been behavioral. Functional MRI opens up a whole new way of studying learning disabilities. “Now we’re looking directly at the brain,” Christ says. 3 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:26:06 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/5-Christ_Shawn.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/5-Christ_Shawn.m4v Christ uses a lot of technology, including an eye tracker, projections, and functional and structural MRIs, to figure out why the brain works the way it does. All of these tools have their advantages and disadvantages. 3 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:28:37 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/7-Christ_Shawn.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/christ/ipod/7-Christ_Shawn.m4v In college, Christ went from architecture to psychology. He loved working with kids, and he loved to “figure things out.” He was eventually drawn to doing psychological research involving children with disabilities. 3 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:30:12 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_01_don't_binge_on_broccoli.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_01_don't_binge_on_broccoli.m4v Will describes the fundamental focus of his research, the neurochemical roots of food addiction. His methods involve mimicking a natural process to examine the effects of feel-good chemicals, naturally present in the brain, on the dietary habits of rats. 3 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:14:40 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_02_candy_cocaine.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_02_candy_cocaine.m4v Will describes his research on food addiction, explaining "it’s becoming very commonplace and accepted that food is addictive, and that we need to study it just like we study drugs of abuse." 3 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:15:24 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_05_autism_food_intake.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_05_autism_food_intake.m4v Will describes a recent collaboration with a neurologist, in which they studied food intake during pregnancy and analyzed its affects on the later onset of autism in baby mice. Though the project initially seemed disconnected from his other initiatives, Will notes that collaborative work “gives you more inspiration for your own project.” 3 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:17:50 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_06_addicted_to_exercise.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_06_addicted_to_exercise.m4v Binge eating, it turns out, is parallel to exercise addiction like the “runner’s high." Through his collaboration in exercise physiology, Will began looking at exercise as a treatment plan for both drug and food addictions. 3 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:20:10 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_07_fighting_biology.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/will/ipod/Will_07_fighting_biology.m4v Will describes a recent project exploring the relationship between binge-eating and increased food palatability. Genetics plays a large role in our craving for high-calorie food. 3 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:22:10 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_01_Alcohol_and_Race_Bias.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_01_Alcohol_and_Race_Bias.m4v Bartholow describes his recent research project, funded by the University of Missouri Research Board, which measures the effects of alcohol consumption on the expression of racial bias in laboratory tasks. 3 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:13:24 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_02_Alcohol_and_Emotion.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_02_Alcohol_and_Emotion.m4v The project on alcohol and race bias led Bartholow to explore the question of why alcohol reduces the brain’s response to errors. He found that alcohol reduces negative affect, increasing the subjects’ positive feelings and thus causing them to care less about their classification errors. 3 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:25:10 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_03_Research_Applicability.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_03_Research_Applicability.m4v Bartholow explains that his research extends beyond an exploration of alcohol and its effects on social behaviors: it tells us about how the brain works. 3 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:28:15 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_04_Research_and_Teaching.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_04_Research_and_Teaching.m4v Bartholow explains how his research and teaching intersect. In a senior-level course on research methods, for example, he discusses the procedures used in his own lab. Students are “integral to everything” in his working group. 3 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:13:55 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_05_Cognitive_Control.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_05_Cognitive_Control.m4v Bartholow describes two current projects involving higher-order cognitive control. One, funded by the National Science Foundation, explores how individual differences in executive functioning affect the expression of racial bias, while the other explores alcohol’s effects on higher-order cognitive processes. 3 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:58:10 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_06_Interest_in_Soc_Psych.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_06_Interest_in_Soc_Psych.m4v Originally a music major, Bartholow turned to social psychology after realizing his desire to learn “what makes people tick.” 3 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:58:38 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_07_Video_Games_and_Violence.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/bartholow/ipod/Clip_07_Video_Games_and_Violence.m4v Bartholow’s research has also explored how media such as video games affect aggressive behavior. One such project revealed the desensitizing effect of violent video games. 3 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:14:18 GMT