CaP Research Lab Members

Director

Brooke O. Breaux

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Current Graduate Students

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Click on the fleur-de-lis to find out more about the M.S. in PSYC offered at UL Lafayette.

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Former Graduate Students

Kristine Melancon (Fall 2024), M.S. in PSYC

• Exploring Subtle Language Choices to Lessen the Public Stigma Directed at People Who Misuse Psychoactive Substances

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Victoria Karpuszka (Summer 2023), M.S. in PSYC

• Embodied Cognition: The Link Between Music and Language Processing

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Trey Delcambre (Spring 2022), M.S. in PSYC

• A Dual-Processing Approach to the Spread of Political Content on Social Media

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Mateja Pavlic (Spring 2022), M.S. in PSYC

• Truthfulness of Accented Speakers: Investigating the Effects of Accent Familiarity

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Marissa Pitt (Spring 2021), M.S. in PSYC

• What Factors Influence Drinking, Drug Use, and Sexual Behaviors Among College Students? An Exploration of Narcissism and Mortality Salience

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Catherine Brousse (Fall 2020), M.S. in PSYC

• The Effects of Figurative Language on Perceptions of War: A Case of Euphemisms and Dysphemisms

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Hanh "Annie" Vu (Spring 2019), M.S. in PSYC

• Outgroup Aversion Toward Undocumented Immigrants: The Effects of Mortality Salience, Self-Affirmation, and Self-Concept

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Alyssa Lacour (Fall 2018), M.S. in PSYC

• Exploring the Relationship between Ruminative Thought and Cognitive Dysfunction: Through the Lens of Attentional Mechanisms and Emotional Content

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Claire Salinas (Summer 2017), M.S. in PSYC

• The Influences of Food and Food Focus on Boundary Extension

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Sharae Vicknair (Spring 2016), M.S. in PSYC

• Words Used to Describe Same-Sex Sexuality: An Exploration of Meaning

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Seth Savoie (Spring 2016), M.S. in PSYC

• A Brief Mindfulness Approach to Reducing Test Anxiety: Using an Environmental Cue to Signal Mindfulness During an Evaluative Situation

 

Former Honors Thesis Students

Kirsi Michael (Fall 2023), B.S. in PSYC

• Christopher the Criminal: Having a Popular Name Increases Perceptions of Criminality for White Male Suspects