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, Anderson plans to earn a Ph.D. in a Psychology field. Anderson's research interests include sub... more , Anderson plans to earn a Ph.D. in a Psychology field. Anderson's research interests include subjects from historical anthropology to neuropsychology. Within any area, she is interested in how people think and react to various situations. Her research began in an Advanced Research course when she chose to look into students' perceptions of real-world events.

Psychology of Music, 2018

Listening to music can affect cognitive abilities and may impact creative cognition. This effect ... more Listening to music can affect cognitive abilities and may impact creative cognition. This effect is believed to be caused by music’s impact on arousal and mood. However, this causal relationship has been understudied. Furthermore, the strength of semantic knowledge associations has also been linked to creativity and provides an alternative hypothesis for increases in creative cognition. The relationship between music, mood, semantic knowledge, and creative cognition is not well understood. The present study consisted of two experiments. The first examined the relationship between music listening and creative cognition, the second additionally sought to examine whether the effect of music on semantic memory and/or mood are mechanisms that promote creative cognition. In the first experiment, participants completed 15 items of the Remote Associates Test of Creativity after listening to hip-hop music, classical music, and babble. In addition to replicating the first experiment, the seco...

Psychology of Music, Nov 25, 2018

Listening to music can affect cognitive abilities and may impact creative cognition. This effect ... more Listening to music can affect cognitive abilities and may impact creative cognition. This effect is believed to be caused by music's impact on arousal and mood. However, this causal relationship has been understudied. Furthermore, the strength of semantic knowledge associations has also been linked to creativity and provides an alternative hypothesis for increases in creative cognition. The relationship between music, mood, semantic knowledge, and creative cognition is not well understood. The present study consisted of two experiments. The first examined the relationship between music listening and creative cognition, the second additionally sought to examine whether the effect of music on semantic memory and/or mood are mechanisms that promote creative cognition. In the first experiment, participants completed 15 items of the Remote Associates Test of Creativity after listening to hip-hop music, classical music, and babble. In addition to replicating the first experiment, the second also measured mood and semantic memory. In both experiments participants displayed greater creativity after listening to music. Semantic memory retrieval was enhanced after listening to music, but creative cognition and semantic memory were not significantly correlated with mood. The findings show parallel, positive effects on creative cognition, semantic retrieval, and mood when subjects listen to music.

Past research revealed that physical domestic violence is typically perceived as much more abusi... more Past research revealed that physical domestic violence is typically
perceived as much more abusive than non-physical forms of
violence. This study explored college students’ perceptions of
various forms of domestic violence. Thirty Xavier University of
Louisiana students defined domestic violence in the subject’s own
words and then rated perceived abusiveness in vignettes describing physical, social, and emotional abuse perpetrated by both males and females. Results revealed significant differences in perception depending on the type of abuse. Physical abuse was perceived to be significantly more abusive than either non-physical form of domestic violence, and social abuse was perceived to be significantly less abusive than both emotional abuse and physical abuse. There was no significant difference in perception across the perpetrator’s sex, and there was no significant interaction between perpetrator sex and abuse type. Furthermore, answers to the open-ended questions corresponded with vignette ratings. Implications for domestic violence awareness are discussed, particularly with regards to existing public health literature .

, Anderson plans to earn a Ph.D. in a Psychology field. Anderson's research interests include sub... more , Anderson plans to earn a Ph.D. in a Psychology field. Anderson's research interests include subjects from historical anthropology to neuropsychology. Within any area, she is interested in how people think and react to various situations. Her research began in an Advanced Research course when she chose to look into students' perceptions of real-world events.

Psychology of Music, 2018

Listening to music can affect cognitive abilities and may impact creative cognition. This effect ... more Listening to music can affect cognitive abilities and may impact creative cognition. This effect is believed to be caused by music’s impact on arousal and mood. However, this causal relationship has been understudied. Furthermore, the strength of semantic knowledge associations has also been linked to creativity and provides an alternative hypothesis for increases in creative cognition. The relationship between music, mood, semantic knowledge, and creative cognition is not well understood. The present study consisted of two experiments. The first examined the relationship between music listening and creative cognition, the second additionally sought to examine whether the effect of music on semantic memory and/or mood are mechanisms that promote creative cognition. In the first experiment, participants completed 15 items of the Remote Associates Test of Creativity after listening to hip-hop music, classical music, and babble. In addition to replicating the first experiment, the seco...

Psychology of Music, Nov 25, 2018

Listening to music can affect cognitive abilities and may impact creative cognition. This effect ... more Listening to music can affect cognitive abilities and may impact creative cognition. This effect is believed to be caused by music's impact on arousal and mood. However, this causal relationship has been understudied. Furthermore, the strength of semantic knowledge associations has also been linked to creativity and provides an alternative hypothesis for increases in creative cognition. The relationship between music, mood, semantic knowledge, and creative cognition is not well understood. The present study consisted of two experiments. The first examined the relationship between music listening and creative cognition, the second additionally sought to examine whether the effect of music on semantic memory and/or mood are mechanisms that promote creative cognition. In the first experiment, participants completed 15 items of the Remote Associates Test of Creativity after listening to hip-hop music, classical music, and babble. In addition to replicating the first experiment, the second also measured mood and semantic memory. In both experiments participants displayed greater creativity after listening to music. Semantic memory retrieval was enhanced after listening to music, but creative cognition and semantic memory were not significantly correlated with mood. The findings show parallel, positive effects on creative cognition, semantic retrieval, and mood when subjects listen to music.

Past research revealed that physical domestic violence is typically perceived as much more abusi... more Past research revealed that physical domestic violence is typically
perceived as much more abusive than non-physical forms of
violence. This study explored college students’ perceptions of
various forms of domestic violence. Thirty Xavier University of
Louisiana students defined domestic violence in the subject’s own
words and then rated perceived abusiveness in vignettes describing physical, social, and emotional abuse perpetrated by both males and females. Results revealed significant differences in perception depending on the type of abuse. Physical abuse was perceived to be significantly more abusive than either non-physical form of domestic violence, and social abuse was perceived to be significantly less abusive than both emotional abuse and physical abuse. There was no significant difference in perception across the perpetrator’s sex, and there was no significant interaction between perpetrator sex and abuse type. Furthermore, answers to the open-ended questions corresponded with vignette ratings. Implications for domestic violence awareness are discussed, particularly with regards to existing public health literature .