Primary Investigator
Jennifer M. Talarico (she/her)
Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Psychology
Lafayette College [CV]
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Recent lab alumni
Adriana Vergona ’25
A double-major in Philosophy and Psychology, Adriana’s thesis was an examination of how infants balance the demands of postural control and cognitive effort. She will continue related work in a PhD program at the College of Staten Island working with Dr. Sarah Berger.
Clara Ye ’23
A double-major in Art and Psychology, Clara’s thesis was a cross-cultural comparison of the effects of active art-making with passive art-viewing on feelings of anxiety and belonging. Since graduating, she has been working in education (and continuing to create her own original art).
Nina Curko ’22
Upon graduating, Nina won the won the Herbert W. Rogers Prize, awarded to the “graduating senior(s) who is deemed outstanding by a vote of the Psychology Faculty.” Her thesis was a replication and extension of Contextual Prerequisites for Understanding by Bransford & Johnson (1972). She is currently a graduate student in cognitive psychology at Boston College.