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Note to editor: Laura Dare is a graduate of Hays High School, and Scott Fluke is a graduate of Olathe Northwest High School.

Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009

FOUR K-STATE STUDENTS RECEIVE FELLOWSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS IN 1xbet sports betting

MANHATTAN -- Four Kansas State University 1xbet sports betting students are receiving the Doreen Shanteau Undergraduate Research Fellowships.

The 0 awards support upper-division undergraduate students in 1xbet sports betting for their work with a faculty mentor on psychological research. The fellowships were established by K-State's James Shanteau, university distinguished professor of 1xbet sports betting , in memory of his wife, Doreen. Students must be nominated for the award.

The fellowship recipients 1xbet sports betting conduct their research projects during the 2009-2010 school year in collaboration with their faculty mentors, and 1xbet sports betting be expected to present their findings at the K-State psychology department's annual Undergraduate Research Convocation at the end of the spring semester and to submit their findings for publication in a psychology journal.

Award recipients, all seniors in 1xbet sports betting , and their projects include:

Laura Dare, Manhattan, 1xbet sports betting study the relationship between the ability of nicotine to enhance experience and impulsive choice, such as choosing small immediate rewards over larger delayed rewards. Dare predicts that rats who are more impulsive 1xbet sports betting be more sensitive to the reward-enhancing effects of nicotine and 1xbet sports betting test her prediction using a paradigm in which rats 1xbet sports betting respond for sucrose reinforcers in a delay-choice task. Her project, in behavioral neuroscience, 1xbet sports betting be done with Matthew Palmatier, K-State assistant professor of psychology.

Scott Fluke, Olathe, 1xbet sports betting study how individuals may use superstition to reduce the anxiety they may feel as a result of their mortality. Fluke predicts that when participants are provided with the opportunity to use superstition, they 1xbet sports betting increase their perceptions of control and lower their degrees of anxiety, and 1xbet sports betting consequently better manage their fear of death. He 1xbet sports betting conduct his project in social psychology with K-State's Donald Saucier, associate professor of psychology.

Mason Burns, Overland Park, 1xbet sports betting examine how an individual's levels of narcissism -- inflated feelings of self-worth -- influence his or her reaction to positive or negative feedback following a mortality salience cue. Burns predicts that individuals higher in narcissism 1xbet sports betting be more likely to respond anti-socially after they receive negative feedback from potential dating partners and have had their mortality made salient. He 1xbet sports betting conduct his social psychology project with K-State's Saucier.

Emily Reinhardt, Poland, Ohio, 1xbet sports betting study if enriched rearing conditions during childhood and adolescence 1xbet sports betting reduce the symptoms of anxiety in rats. Reinhardt predicts that rats raised in enriched conditions with novel stimuli 1xbet sports betting have their levels of anxiety reduced more quickly than rats raised in other conditions, and 1xbet sports betting test her prediction using a Pavlovian conditioning paradigm. She 1xbet sports betting conduct her project in behavioral neuroscience with Mary Cain, K-State associate professor of psychology.