Seminars are open to the public and held at 12:15PM in the Razran Room (SB E-308). For further information contact Joshua C. Brumberg, Ph.D.

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Full Schedule

9:00-9:10 AM
Welcome
Joshua Brumberg, Ph.D.
Founder and co-organizer Neuropsychology Research Day

Session I:
Moderator: Janine Flory, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Training Neuropsychology
Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY

9:10-9:25
Feeding elicited by GABA-B Receptor agonists in the nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area: intersite inhibitory interactions by GABA-A and GABA-B antagonists
Pat Miner (Bodnar Lab, Queens College)

9:25-9:40
The Impact of Antidepressant Treatment on Cognitive Functioning of Depressed Older Adults
Michelle Culang (Sneed Lab, Queens College)

9:40-9:55
NMDA Antagonism in the VTA impairs Reward-Related Learning
Karen Kest (Ranaldi Lab, Queens College)

9:55-10:10
Reaction Time Differences in Preschool Children with ADHD: The influence of cuing and feedback
Agnieszka Mlodnicka (Halperin Lab, Queens College)

10:10-10:25
Tobacco Use in College Students: Associations with Trait Measures of Impulsiveness
Samantha Weltz and Naftali Wein (Flory Lab, Queens College)

10:25-10:45
Questions

10:45-11:00
Coffee Break

Session II:
Moderator: Joshua C. Brumberg, Ph.D.
Program Head, Neuropsychology Ph.D. Subprogram
Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY

11:05-11:20
Sensitivity of Tests of Balance and Weight Transfer to MCI and Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Richard Mariani (Kluger Lab, Lehman College)

11:20-11:35
Behavioral modification of adult neurogenesis
Carole Parent (Pytte Lab, Queens College)

11:35-11:50
Morphine-6-glucuronide rapidly increases pain sensitivity independently of opioid receptor activity in mice and humans
Amanda Waxman (Queens College, Kest Lab, College of Staten Island)

11:50-12:00 PM
Questions

12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch

Session III: Keynote Speaker
1:00 – 2:30 PM
Words of Welcome: Richard Bodnar, Ph.D.
Acting Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
Queens College, CUNY

Introduction of Keynote Speaker:
Joshua Brumberg, Ph.D.
Program Head, Neuropsychology Ph.D. Subprogram Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY

Keynote Address: Dynamic auditory processing, musical experience and language/reading development
Nadine Gaab, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Member of the Faculty of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Children’s Hospital Boston
Department of Medicine
Division of Developmental Medicine
Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience

2:30-2:35
Break

Session IV:
Moderator: Claudia Brumbaugh, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY

2:35-2:50
Morphological Heterogeneity of Layer VI Neurons in Mouse Barrel Cortex
Chia-Chien Chen (Brumberg Lab, Queens College)

2:50-3:05
Feedback from securely and insecurely attached potential partners: Will flattery get you everywhere?
Peryl Grossman (Brumbaugh Lab, Queens College)

3:05-3:20
Verbal Fluency Performance in Amnestic MCI and Older Adults with Cognitive Complaints
Kate Nutter­Upham (Rabin Lab, Brooklyn College)

3:20-3:35
Interchannel Associations Among Emotion Perception Tasks Increase in Older Age
Katie Finley (Borod Lab, Queens College)

3:35-3:50
Three-dimensional shape from second-order orientation flows Carole Filangieri (Li Lab, Queens College)

3:50-4:05
Signaling pathways of VEGF-mediated neuroprotection following status epilepticus
Elisa Salerni (Croll Lab, Queens College)

4:05-4:20
Questions