In a 1 to 3 credit DIR with our lab, you will have the opportunity to be a member of a dynamical research team. As a Research Assistant in the WAVES Lab, you will learn about conducting research in the behavioral sciences, and will be involved in aspects of our studies that match your interests and educational goals.
Any FAU undergraduate (upper division) or graduate student who has taken some psychology courses and has a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Contact us to determine if a DIR with our lab is right for you.
Doing a DIR is like having a job. You are expected to be responsible and professional in your attitude toward your work in our lab. DIR students are required to work 3 hours per week per credit.
Select students may complete an honor's seminar and an honor's thesis with the WAVES Emotion Lab. As a thesis student, you will be intensely involved in managing your own research project and writing a scientific paper. Completing an honor's thesis project will allow you to experience research in more depth than a DIR and it may give your graduate school applications an edge over your competition.
As indicated by the Department, students may apply for and be admitted to the Honors Program after completion of 60 credit hours and prior to the completion of 105 hours. Students must have a grade point average of 3.2 overall and in psychology for all college-level coursework to be admitted to and to be retained in the honors track. Both BA Psychology and BS Neuroscience and Behavior students are eligible to participate in the Honors Program. Student must enroll in PSY 4932 Honor's Seminar prior to enrolling in PSY 4970 Honor's Thesis.
There is not a set amount of work associated with a thesis project because all projects are different. Students who are in the Honor's Track are expected to complete as many hours as needed to complete their thesis project.
If you are interested in a DIR or Honor's Thesis opportunity with our lab, simply email Dr. Jones at "njones@fau.edu"
Chantal Gagnon, Ph. D.
Bullying in Schools: The Role of Empathy, Temperament, and Emotion Regulation
May 2012
Krystal D. Mize, Ph. D.
Infant Jealousy Responses: Temperament and EEG
August 2008
Instructor and Undergraduate Coordinator of Psychology at FAU
Miguel Diego, Ph.D.
Maternal Neuroendocrine Function and Fetal Development
August 2004
Assistant Resident Professor at University of Miami
Joseph Cotler, M.A.
Cardiac Patterns During Another Infant's Cry Sound in Neonates of Depressed Mothers
May 2013
Christopher Aults, M.A.
Psychophysiological Measures of Agression and Victimization in Early Adolescence
December 2012
Maria L. Corbett, M.A.
The Effect of a Mindfulness Meditation Intervention on Attention, Affect, Anxiety, Mindfulness, and Salivary Cortisol in School Aged Children
December 2011
Jillian Sader, M.A.
The Development of Mother-Infant Communciation through Touch and Gaze Patterns in Depressed and Non-Depressed Breast- and Bottle-Feeding Dyads
July 2011
Alexis Blau, M.A.
The Development of Jealousy
December 2010
Aviva R. Kadin-Pessoa, M.A.
Developing Mechanisms of Self-Regulation: An Intergrative Perspective
August 2010
Sara Klco, M.A.
A Neuropsychological Examination of the Effects of
Mindfulness Meditation in Elementary School Children
June 2010
Amanda Almeida, M.A.
EEG in Preschool Aged Children and the Development of Empathy
August 2009
Miguel Diego, Ph.D.
EEG in 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old Infants
of Depressed and Non-depressed Mothers
TBA
Traci Ingersoll
Literature Review on Emotional Well-Being and Alternative Therapuetic Interventions in Children and Adolescents
August 2013
Melannie Pineda
The Longitudinal Stability of Jealousy in Infancy
May 2012
Chloe Barrera
Feeding Patterns Effect Brain Activity Patterns in Infancy
May 2012
Darcel Craft
The Effects of Empathy Development in Preschoolers of Depressed Parents
May 2011
Jamie Eggenberger
An EEG Coherence Analysis of the Effects of
Mindfulness Meditation in School-aged Children
December 2010
Joseph Salvatore
Behavioral and Physiological Indices of Emotion in Preschoolers
August 2010
Dayana Sanchez
The Effects of Mindfulness Mediation on
Children's Brain Electrical Activity and Creativity
August 2008
Jessica Wassung
Effects of Parental Depression on Empathy Development in Preschoolers
August 2006
Angeliqua Dubecky
Touch Behaviors
December 2005
Samantha Kane
Familial Patterns of Empathy in Preschoolers
May 2004
Moran Amrani
Breast-feeding: Its Effects on Mother and Child
May 2001