Theresa L. White, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor
Department of Psychology
Le Moyne College
(315)
445-4340
and
Department of
Neuroscience and Physiology
(315)
464-7754
Research Interests
My primary
research interests are in the areas of learning, memory, and sensory
psychology. Most of my previous research
has been in
the
psychophysical study of human olfactory memory, although I have also been
involved in neuropsychological and psychophysical studies
which sometimes involve animals. I am currently involved in several projects,
one that concerns the influence of smells as mood primes
on the human
perception of facial stimuli, and the other of which is exploring the role of
bitterness in pain perception. I have
brought this
research expertise into the classroom by teaching Research Methods, Personality
Theories, Introductory Psychology,
Learning
Behavior Analysis, Brain and Behavior, Sensation and Perception, and Clinical
Neuropsychology to undergraduates. In addition,
undergraduates
are often involved in my research projects.
See SORG for more details! If you are interested in a summer research
project in
Neuroscience,
you may want to consider the LUNI program at UPSTATE. Click here for an
application!
Recent Publications
White, T. L. & Kirby, B. J.
(2005). ‘Tis better to give than to
receive: An undergraduate peer review
process. Teaching of Psychology,
32(4), 259-261.
White, T. L. & Prescott, J.
(2007). Chemosensory Cross-Modal Stroop Effects: Congruent odors facilitate
taste identification.
Chemical Senses, 32 (6), 337-341.
White, T. L., Dishaw, L. V., Sheehe,
P.R., & Youngentob, S. L. (2007).
The Relationship Between PROP and Ethanol Preferences: An Evaluation of
Four Inbred Mouse Strains. Chemical
Senses, 32 (9), 847-854.
White, T. L. (2009). A second look at the structure of human
olfactory memory. International
Symposium on Olfaction and Taste: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
1170, 338-342.
McBurney, D. & White, T. L.
(2010). Research methods (8th ed). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
McBurney, D. & White, T. L.
(2010). Instructor’s manual with test bank for Research Methods Eighth Edition.
Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
White, T. L. (2010). Odor Quality.
In B. Goldstein (Ed.) The encyclopedia of perception . Sage:
Thousand Oaks, CA.
Eggleston, K., White, T.L. &
Sheehe, P.R. (2010). Adding cocoa to
sucrose: The effect on cold pain
tolerance. Chemical Senses, 35(4),
269-277.