Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology

南卡罗来纳大学实验心理学夏季研究所允许10名本科生与国际公认的科学学者在行为神经科学、认知和认知神经科学的子领域进行研究，为期8周。学生是从全国的本科院校中挑选出来的，包括那些以少数族裔为主的群体。SRIEP将少数族裔和非少数族裔学生的兴趣和热情集中在心理学的基础科学领域。这为学生提供了研究生水平的研究经验，包括有机会在充满活力和支持的研究人员导师的个人指导下制定和进行实验。学生将经历实验研究的主要阶段，包括文献生成、数据收集、数据组织、统计分析和以美国心理协会的风格撰写报告。研究研讨会允许学生在SRIEP项目结束时展示他们的工作。学生将学习先进的技术，如药物管理、行为测试、免疫组织化学、共聚焦显微镜和动物基因转移、fMRI/MRI、高密度脑电、事件相关电位和认知方法，以研究人类的注意力、欺骗、发育、语言、记忆和决策。学生的体验将通过教员每周的研究研讨会和指定阅读材料，以及每周关于实验心理学研究设计和统计问题的会议，包括伦理学的讨论，来丰富学生的体验。南卡罗来纳大学实验心理学暑期研究所为本科生提供了一个关于实验心理学领域的教育论坛。这一项目的重点非常必要，因为美国被视为实验心理学领域的领导者，但我们的大学必须能够激励和培养最优秀的学生，为未来的行为和神经科学关键领域的职业生涯服务。暑期研究所提供了一个工具来加强这些目标，特别是为那些在他们的机构研究机会更有限的学生提供教育。项目结果通过跟踪调查进行记录，这些调查表明，进入基础科学研究生项目的参与者数量高于未参与项目申请者的队列。

ABSTRACTProposal #0649249PI: Dr. Jay ColemanTitle of Project: Summer Research Institute in Experimental PsychologyThe Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology REU at the University of South Carolina permits 10 undergraduate students to conduct research with internationally recognized scientific scholars in the subfields of behavioral neuroscience, cognition, and cognitive neuroscience for eight weeks. Students are selected from undergraduate institutions nationwide including those with minority-based populations.The SRIEP focuses minority and non-minority student interest and enthusiasm on the basic science areas of psychology. This provides students an experience in graduate level research including an opportunity to formulate and conduct an experiment with individual guidance from an energetic and supportive research faculty mentor. The student will experience major phases of experimental research including literature generation, data collection, data organization, statistical analysis, and writing a report in the style of the American Psychological Association. A research symposium allows students to present their work at the end of the SRIEP program. Students will learn advanced technology such as drug administration, behavioral testing, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy and gene transfer in animals, fMRI/MRI, high density EEG, ERP, and cognitive methods to study attention, deception, development, language, memory and decision making in humans. Student experiences will be enriched by weekly research seminars by faculty with assigned readings, and by weekly sessions on problems in research design and statistics in experimental psychology including discussion of ethics. The University of South Carolina Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology provides a forum for educating undergraduate students about the field of experimental psychology. This program emphasis is much needed, as the U.S. is perceived as the leader in fields of experimental psychology, but our universities must be able to motivate and train the best students for future careers in vital areas of behavioral and neural sciences. The Summer Research Institute provides one vehicle to enhance these goals, particularly to educate students who more limited research opportunities at their institution. Program results are documented by follow-up surveys which demonstrate higher numbers of participants entering basic science graduate programs than cohorts of non-participant program applicants.