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EFFECTS OF WALKING VERSUS COMPLETING A NEUROCOGNITIVE TASK, ON END-TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE AFTER CONCUSSION – A PILOT STUDY
Get PDFThis study examined differences between healthy and concussed participants when performing a neuropsychological and physical task on measures of end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2). Twenty-two participants (17 healthy; 5 concussed) completed the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Test (ImPACT) battery and walked on a treadmill at two walking speeds. A CapnoTrainer© measured ETCO2 during the tasks. Statistically significant main effects were observed for task (F(1,20)=5.332, p\u3c0.032; F(2,38)=52.305, p\u3c0.001) and group (F(1,20)=14.388, p\u3c0.001; F(1,19)=8.283, p\u3c0.01) in ETCO2 during the cognitive and physical tasks, respectively. Abnormal ETCO2 levels may occur after concussion, therefore, future investigations are warranted
Roosevelt v. Newett: The Libel Trial of 1913
Get PDFThis article discusses the oft forgotten 1913 trial of former president Theodore Roosevelt vs George Newett. This david and goliath battle between a small Ishpeming newspaper and the larger than life former president represented a turning point in Republican politics, as well as the public perception of Roosevelt and his alleged impropriety
Investigating Sexual Violence in College-Aged Dating Couples: Does the Medium Affect the Message?
Get PDFThis paper explores the reactions of college students to sexual violence scenarios. Scenarios depicted long-term, same-sex and opposite-sex dating couples. Eight scenarios were created, varying along the factors of: presentation medium (video, written) and sex(es) of assailant and victim (Male/Female (M/F), Male/Male (M/M), Female/Female (F/F), and Female/Male (F/M)). Each participant was presented with one of the eight scenarios, in a between-groups fashion. Participants’ conceptualizations of the scenarios were gathered via comprehension and interpretation questions. Participants were also asked questions to gather demographic information. Demographic analyses showed that over one-third of respondents had experienced sexual assault. Contrary to hypotheses, written scenarios were found to be more believable and emotionally evocative than were video scenarios. Students were also more likely to identify sexual assault as having happened in the written, as opposed to video, scenarios, but showed no significant differences in their determinations of sexual assault among the conditions based on the sex(es) of the assailant and victim. However, respondents did think that M/F scenarios were more believable than F/M scenarios, and clearer than M/M and F/F scenarios. On average, students agreed/strongly agreed that sexual assault and unwanted sexual behaviors had occurred in the scenarios
ASSESSING THE EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE CUTANEOUS-RABBIT EFFECT USING FACES
Get PDFThis research investigated how emotional images affects tactile saltation. More specifically, we combined visual faces with three different emotions: angry, sad and happy with a tactile illusion known as the cutaneous rabbit effect (CRE) that was delivered on participants’ shoulder at different durations. Because some of the faces were political figures, we assessed participant’s political affiliation using Political Typology Quiz. Participants rated their emotional response using the self-assessment manikin (SAM), a three dimensional scale that measures valence, arousal and dominance. For the valence dimension, our results indicate that participants found it less pleasant to see likeable faces sad than any other figure. Data also showed that it was the least pleasant for participants to see a hateful public face when they were angry. Political affiliation and the duration of the CRE both affected the arousal dimension suggesting that liberals seems more concerned by fictional and public figures than political ones while conservatives seems to be more affected by angry faces of political figures when the tactile duration is the longest. Finally, for the dominance dimension, it was found that likeable figures made participants feel more in control of the situation and that dislikeable figures made participants feel controlled
THINGS WE HAVE IN COMMON: ESSAYS AND EXPERIMENTS
Get PDFThings We Have in Common is a collection of short stories, flash pieces, and image-text experiments that attempts, in the wake of the death of my mother, to excavate the relationship between memory and narrative, identity and belonging against a backdrop of the main forces that have influenced my familial group, namely generational poverty, a changing relationship with our Athabascan and Caucasian heritages, and the complicated ecology, geography, and culture of Alaska. Like many forays into memory, this project represents a joyous failure. Please read this collection as a love letter to Alaska
