UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #744 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 744

Submission ID: 14346

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Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:15 AM

Completed: Mon, 08/12/2024 - 11:04 AM

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Language: English

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Molly Hermiller

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) mhermiller@fsu.edu

Position Title Faculty

FSU College (if applicable) Arts and Sciences

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Psychology

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Additional Research Mentor(s)

Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above) Marissa

Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Pronouns Munroe

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) mam20jz@fsu.edu

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Modulating Human Memory

Project Keywords memory, neuromodulation, imagination, attention, eye-tracking, fMRI, behavior, brain stimulation

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 6

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Psychology
Neuroscience

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): In-person

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 9

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)

Overall Research Project Description The Hermiller Lab studies long-term episodic/autobiographical memory processes - the cognitive process that allows us to mentally travel back in time to recall our prior experiences. We use neuroimaging (fMRI) to measure the brain while it's performing memory, noninvasive brain stimulation (TMS) to modulate the memory networks, and measure behavior (memory tasks, eye-tracking). We have several projects with specific aspects that UROP students may lead, including:
- What is the relationship between imagination vividness and memory performance?
- What is the relationship between attention and hyper-vigilance (PTSD vs. healthy control population), and their interactions with memory performance?
- Can we use brain stimulation to differently target social-based memories vs. spatial memories?
- What is the nature of false memories?
- How do patterns of eye movements relate to memory formation and retrieval?
- How does physical movement (e.g., walking versus standing) affect our ability to form memories?

Research Tasks - literature review
- participant recruitment, screening, and scheduling
- data collection (fMRI, brain stimulation, behavioral assessments)
- data management
- data analyses
- lab meeting presentations
- coding tasks and analyses

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: We will teach you the specific methods pertaining to data collection in our lab.

We do require the following skills:
- professional
- open to learn
- teamwork
- ability to identify where you need extra training/help

Mentoring Philosophy As the PI of the Hermiller Lab, I meet with my students regularly to identify their individual skills, their future goals, and their current struggles, in order to create a plan of action for them to develop and succeed. I believe that science requires active learning, taking on challenges, learning from mistakes, and persistent inquiry. Science is a rewarding and humbling process that leads to better understanding of ourselves and our world. To be successful, it requires researchers at all stages (from PI to undergraduate research assistants) to actively engage with the learning process with humility and attention to detail. These are values that I aim to instill and demonstrate for my mentees. I strive to create a positive, productive, and supportive lab environment, and in return, expect that members of the lab will contribute in a positive, productive, and supportive manner.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://www.hermillerlab.org/

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes

Roundtable times and Zoom links Thursday, Sept. 5th from 1:00pm-1:30pm (https://youtu.be/_0b2s7x-ncw -- Recorded Video)

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UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

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Year 2024

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