Theresa L. White, Ph.D.
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
that
sometimes involve animals. I am
currently involved in several projects, including 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 the following undergraduate
courses: Research Methods, Personality
Theories,
Introductory Psychology,
Learning Behavior Analysis,
Brain and Behavior, Sensation and Perception, and Clinical Neuropsychology.
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 D-SURF program at UPSTATE.
Click here for an application!
Recent Publications
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.
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.
Streeter, N. L. & White, T.L.
(2011). Incongruent contextual
information intrudes on short-term olfactory memory. Chemosensory
Perception, 4 (1-2), 1-8.
White, T. L. (2012). Attending to olfactory short-term
memory. In G. M. Zucco, R. S. Herz,
& B. Schaal (Eds.) Olfactory Cognition: From Perception and Memory to Environmental
Odours and Neuroscience. Amsterdam,
Holland: John Benjamins Company.
White, T. L. (May 10, 2012). You are what you eat - And maybe what you
smell like! Get Psyched! Cengage Learning.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/get-psyched/201205/you-are-what-you-eat
Eggleston, K. & White, T. L.
(2013). Chocolate and pain
tolerance. In R.R. Watson, V. R. Preedy,
& S. Zibadi (Eds.) Chocolate in
health and nutrition. New York:
Springer.
White, T. L. & McBurney, D. L.
(2013). Research methods (9th ed.). Belmont, CA:
Cengage Learning.
White, T. L., Mřller, P., Köster, E.
P., Eichenbaum, H., and Linster, C. L. (in
press). Olfactory memory. In R. L. Doty (Ed.) Handbook on Olfaction and Gustation (3rd edition): Modern
Perspectives. New York: Wiley Liss.