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 two main 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 perception of ethanol in
rodents. 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.
McBurney, D. & White, T. L. (2007). Research Methods (7th ed).
Streeter, N. L. & White, T. L.
(2007). Effect
of Contextual Information on Short-Term Olfactory Memory.
(Abstract.
Presented
at the XXIX AchemS Meeting.
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. (In Press). The Relationship Between
PROP and Ethanol Preferences:
An Evaluation of Four Inbred Mouse Strains. Chemical
Senses.