Marian Berryhill: Effects of Al use on executive function
Title
Effects of AI use on executive function
Mentor
Department
Biosketch
Marian Berryhill, Ph.D., is a cognitive neuroscientist who studies human cognition, specializing in executive function, memory and attention. She graduated from Hamilton College and earned her doctorate from Dartmouth College. After postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University in Philadelphia, she joined the Department of Psychology where she is currently a full professor. Berryhill is the principal investigator of the Memory & Brain laboratory, where current projects investigate how we maintain and manipulate a few pieces of information to accomplish immediate tasks.
Project overview
The research question is to test whether people's confidence in their memory is modulated as a function of whether they had access to AI or not. A Pack Research Experience Program (PREP) student would be asked to modify an existing experiment to incorporate a new manipulation involving perceived access to AI. Then, they would collect data from approximately 30 human participants and to analyze those data. The student would be involved in finalizing the study design, collecting the data, analyzing the data, and performing statistical analyses of the data. The student will be asked to design and present the resulting data at a Wolf Pack Discoveries poster session. The goal is to complete one experiment in the course of the semester.
Student Training Opportunities
- Modify an existing experiment by adjusting the computer code.
- Complete human subjects training to ensure ethical conduct of research
- Collect data from human participants
- Analyze the data and produce statistics using R.
- Produce a poster and present the poster on campus.
Required Qualifications
Not applicable.
Maximum hours per week
The PREP student will be expected to work on the project for a maximum of 9 hours per week.
Pack Research Experience Program information and application