Presentation Schedule

Presentations will be 12 minutes, followed by 3 minutes for questions.

Room: Olin-Rice 241 1:30-1:45 Circadian rhythms in mammals: The effects of photoperiod on Clock gene expression in vitro. Carl Mickman, University of St. Thomas.

1:45-2:00 Entrainment photoperiod modulates the mouse circadian system and its responsiveness to light. Jeremy Stubblefield, University of St. Thomas.

2:00-2:15 Change blindness vs. change deafness: The comparison of two sensory phenomena. Crystal Smith, Gustavus Adolphus College.

2:15-2:30 The effects of reverberation, age, and hearing impairments on vowel perception. Rachel Elvebak, Gustavus Adolphus College.

2:30-2:45 A momentary lapse of reason: How pheromones affect what you think about the opposite sex, and what they think about you. Brandon Root, Carleton College.

Room: Olin-Rice 243 1:30-1:45 The role of metalloproteases in therapeutic drug design. Holly Cooper, Allison Diercks, Sarah Hackenmueller & Kristine McGlennen, Gustavus Adolphus College.

1:45-2:00 The cognitive enhancing effects of nicotine in beta-amyloid induced amnesia: A rat model of Alzheimer's Disease. Linda Nickens, Carleton College.

2:00-2:15 Whorf and color processing: Does language have an effect? Aaron Fanta, Carleton College.

2:15-2:30 Whorf hypothesis not supported at a perceptual level. George Kachergis, Carleton College.

1 Poster Schedule

All poster presenters should be at their posters from 3:45-4:15, and for an additional 15 minutes according to the following schedule: Session A 4:15-4:30 Session B 4:30-4:45 Session C 4:45-5:00 Session D 5:00-5:15

Position-Session & Title

1-A Perception of age in human faces. Brandon Baartman, Gustavus Adolphus College.

2-B An ERP examination of the Clark Kent Effect. Cody Upcraft, University of Wisconsin-Stout.

3-C Desensitization to violence: Do violent video games have an effect? Matthew Jenks, Chelsea Treiber, Justin Aoki, & Veronica Sweeney, University of Wisconsin-Stout.

4-D The after-image of in-group faces are more distractive than out-group faces Jordan Wheeler & Miki Nomura, University of Wisconsin-Stout.

5-A In-group faces automatically attract attention. Grant Michelsen-Pierce & Miki Nomura, University of Wisconsin-Stout.

6-B Possible tolerance to the aversive effects of ETOH in adolescent mice. Peter Nelson, St. Olaf College.

7-C The effects of MK-801 on consolidation and reconsolidation after priming in rats. Mariko Teruya, Carleton College.

8-D Central administration of orexin A into rats does not increase appetitive and consumatory behaviors using a progressive ratio schedule of reward. Madeline Nguyen, Macalester College.

9-A Effects of orexin A on fear conditioning in rats. Kristin Mathson, Macalester College.

10-B The effect of pretraining excititoxic lesions of the nucleus accumbens on olfactory fear conditioning. Michael Blythe, Macalester College.

11-C The history of neurosurgical intervention. Michael Blythe, Macalester College.

2 12-D Teaching elementary-level students: A capstone experience. Rachel Elvebak, Sara Olmanson, Ross Puffer, Anne Sitorius & Crystal Smith, Gustvaus Adolphus College.

13-A History of electrophysiological methods in neuroscience research. Nicholas Malecek, Macalester College.

14-B Ramon y Cajal, father of modern neuroscience. Guy Schaffer, Macalester College.

15-C Evolution: Past, present, and future within neuroscience. Nate Vernon, Macalester College.

16-D Transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy. Greg Auger, Macalester College.

17-A A history of magnetoencephalography (MEG). Raphael Kaplan, Macalester College.

18-B Brain-machine interfaces: From far-fetched fantasy to science. F. Clifford Rodgers, Macalester College.

19-C The analgesic effect of salvinorin A in the spinal cord of rats. F. Clifford Rodgers, Macalester College.

20-D Frequency-dependent auditory adaptation in Anura. Asitha Jayawardena, Gustavus Adolphus College.

21-A Dynamics of potassium channels in the action potential. Sean Ewen, University of St. Thomas.

22-B Bekesy’s masking effect is present in a color-phonological synaesthesetic experience. Tim O'Neil, University of St. Thomas.

23-C Effects of restraint stress on the regulation of REM sleep in rats treated with chlorisondamine. James Fuller & Ali Titiz, Grinnell College.

24-D The effect of rolipram and macrophage activated medium on functional recovery following spinal cord injury. Jessica Tilghman, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

25-A Stimulation of nonphotic-like circadian clock resetting by methamphetamine. Andy Leung & Andrew Kwliasz, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

26-B Effects of memantine and time on object recognition in rodents. Anthony J. Carr, Macalester College.

3 27-C Death of CA1 pyramidal neurons in the hippocampus during the acute phase of Theiler's Virus infection. Jaimie Adelson, Grinnell College.

28-D Determining arterial input functions for a simultaneous dual tracer PET study. Kacey Vogt, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Waisman Center.

29-A Attempting the impossible: The quantification of pain. Mary Pyka & Laura Grubbs, Minnesota State University-Mankato.

30-B An Investigation of the analgesic effects of 1,8 Cineole: Three assays. Nick Malecek, Greg Auger & Nate Vernon, Macalester College.

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