REU Site: NYU Center for Behavioral Statistics and the Study of Motivated Perception

该项目得到了本科生研究经验(REU)站点计划的支持，该计划是一个NSF范围的计划，尽管每个理事会都管理着自己的REU站点竞赛。该计划支持本科生积极参与研究，努力向他们介绍科学研究，以鼓励他们继续参与国家的科学研究和开发事业。REU项目让学生以有意义的方式参与正在进行的研究项目或专门为此目的而设计的研究项目。REU计划是NSF培养多元化、具有国际竞争力和全球参与的科学和工程劳动力这一目标的主要贡献者。社会、行为和经济(SBE)科学局将这笔REU现场赠款授予纽约大学，目的是在STEM领域提供机会，通过使用基于研究的学习社区来增加参与度。这个REU网站为本科生整合了研究和学习，使用小组学习的方法来进行研究和指导。实习生的种族和性别各不相同，该项目的目标是非研究型大学的学生。在该REU网站进行的研究旨在改善少数群体成员的结果。学生们在研究、数据收集、出版和展示的所有阶段都得到了培训和指导。纽约大学REU网站项目的目的是为实习生提供机会，进行理论上具有变革性、转化性和跨学科的研究。这个项目中的工作将视觉、群体动力学、心理生理学和认知联系起来。这个REU网站使用学习社区的方法来设计研究体验--这是增加科学归属感的最有效手段之一。该网站每年夏季招收10名实习生，为期8周。主要目标是提供基础和高级行为统计方面的广泛、身临其境的培训。该网站的第二个目标是发展动机感知科学中的批判性思维技能。实习生通过在以下任何两个领域进行原创性研究来应用动机知觉理论：(1)人际情感，(2)政治，(3)健康和健身，(4)法律决策。此外，实习生还接受社会认知技术方面的培训，包括眼球跟踪、心理生理学和行为编码。第三个目标是增加代表不足的学生在STEM领域的归属感，这是预测留住的主要心理因素。在博士生和PI的指导下，实习生参与由同行组成的研究团队，并担任其中一个项目的团队负责人。此外，实习生在会议上展示他们的研究成果，并在REU任期结束后继续得到指导。

This project is supported under the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program, which is an NSF-wide program although each Directorate administers its own REU Site competition. This program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in an effort to introduce them to scientific research so as to encourage their continued engagement in the nation's scientific research and development enterprise. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects designed especially for the purpose. The REU program is a major contributor to the NSF's goal of developing a diverse, internationally competitive, and globally-engaged science and engineering workforce. The Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) sciences Directorate has awarded this REU Site grant to New York University with the goal to provide opportunities in STEM areas that increase engagement through the use of research-based learning communities. This REU Site integrates research and learning for undergraduate students using a group-learning approach to research and mentoring. Interns are diverse across race and gender and the project targets students at non research extensive universities. Research conducted at this REU Site aims to improve outcomes for minority group members. The students are trained and mentored through all stages of research, data collection, publication and presentation. The purpose of the NYU REU Site project is to afford interns the opportunity to conduct research that could be theoretically transformative, translational, and interdisciplinary. The work in this project connects vision, group dynamics, psychophysiology, and cognition. This REU site designs research experiences using a learning community approach - one of the most effective means for increasing belonging-ness within the sciences. This site accepts 10 interns for 8-weeks each summer. The primary objective is to provide extensive, immersive training in basic and advanced behavioral statistics. The second objective of the site is to develop critical thinking skills in the science of motivated perception. Interns apply the theory of motivated perception by conducting original research in any two of the following areas: (1) interpersonal emotion, (2) politics, (3) health and fitness and (4) legal decision-making. In addition, interns are trained in social cognitive techniques including eye tracking, psychophysiology, and behavioral coding. The third objective is to increase a sense of belonging in STEM fields for underrepresented students which serves as a primary psychological factor predicting retention. Guided by PhD students and PIs, interns participate in research teams composed of peers and serve as the team leader for one of the projects. Further, interns present their research results at conferences and receive continued mentorship even after their REU term is over.