Currently Funded Projects:
1) Examining the neural correlates of decision-making and the relation to food intake in children.
Food is rewarding and for some children increased brain response in reward regions is associated with weight gain and overeating. However, we do not know how brain response in key decision-making regions relates to what children actually eat. Therefore, we are looking at how the brain response in decision-making regions relates to what kids eat.
Role: Principal Investigator, Shana Adise, B.S.
Co-Investigators: Nicole J. Roberts, M.S., Corey N. White, Ph.D., Charles F. Geier, Ph.D., & Kathleen L. Keller, Ph.D.
2) Understanding how decision-making relates to food intake in children.
We are interested in understanding why some children choose to eat more of certain foods than others. This study will help us learn more about how children make food-based decisions, and may help us to teach children to eat more nutritious diets.
Role: Principal Investigator, Shana Adise, B.S.
Co-Investigators: Nicole J. Roberts, M.S., Charles F. Geier, Ph.D., & Kathleen L. Keller, Ph.D.
3) Examining the Relationship between Puberty and Neural Reward Sensitivity in Adolescents
Childhood and adolescence is marked by structural and functional changes in the brain that alter various behavioral outcomes. Therefore, we are interested in how puberty interacts with decision-making and food intake in adolescents.
Principle Investigator: Charles F. Geier, Ph.D.
Co-Investigators: Nicole J. Roberts, M.S., & Shana Adise, B.S., & Kathleen Keller, Ph.D.
4) Examining Reward Sensitivity, Impulsivity, and Habituation in Adolescents
Children and adolescents behave differently due to normative developmental changes. This study will assess how decision-making maps onto food choice in adolescents.
Principle Investigator: Nicole J. Roberts, M.S.
Co-Investigators: Shana Adise, B.S., Kathleen L. Keller, Ph.D, & Charles F. Geier, Ph.D.
Food is rewarding and for some children increased brain response in reward regions is associated with weight gain and overeating. However, we do not know how brain response in key decision-making regions relates to what children actually eat. Therefore, we are looking at how the brain response in decision-making regions relates to what kids eat.
Role: Principal Investigator, Shana Adise, B.S.
Co-Investigators: Nicole J. Roberts, M.S., Corey N. White, Ph.D., Charles F. Geier, Ph.D., & Kathleen L. Keller, Ph.D.
2) Understanding how decision-making relates to food intake in children.
We are interested in understanding why some children choose to eat more of certain foods than others. This study will help us learn more about how children make food-based decisions, and may help us to teach children to eat more nutritious diets.
Role: Principal Investigator, Shana Adise, B.S.
Co-Investigators: Nicole J. Roberts, M.S., Charles F. Geier, Ph.D., & Kathleen L. Keller, Ph.D.
3) Examining the Relationship between Puberty and Neural Reward Sensitivity in Adolescents
Childhood and adolescence is marked by structural and functional changes in the brain that alter various behavioral outcomes. Therefore, we are interested in how puberty interacts with decision-making and food intake in adolescents.
Principle Investigator: Charles F. Geier, Ph.D.
Co-Investigators: Nicole J. Roberts, M.S., & Shana Adise, B.S., & Kathleen Keller, Ph.D.
4) Examining Reward Sensitivity, Impulsivity, and Habituation in Adolescents
Children and adolescents behave differently due to normative developmental changes. This study will assess how decision-making maps onto food choice in adolescents.
Principle Investigator: Nicole J. Roberts, M.S.
Co-Investigators: Shana Adise, B.S., Kathleen L. Keller, Ph.D, & Charles F. Geier, Ph.D.
Collaborators:
- Charles F. Geier, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
- Nicole J. Roberts, M.S. Ph.D. Candidate in Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
- Corey N. White, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Psychology, Syracuse University
Penn State Institutions:
Previous Projects:
1) PROP Taster Status, TAS2R38 and CD36's role in fat preferences and acceptance in children
Aim: To determine relationships between common polymorphisms in the CD36 and TAS2R38 genes, fat preferences, and body weight
Principle Investigator: Kathleen L. Keller, PhD.
Research Assistant: Shana Adise, B.S.
2) Differences between willingness to try, disgust, liking and taste of animal and nonanimal (vegan) food products.
Principle Investigator: Shana Adise
Co-Investigator: Debra Zellner, Ph.D.
3) Investigating the mechanisms that control auditory development in rodents: hormonal, protein, and environmental contributors to hearing onset in rat pups.
Principle Investigator: Adrian Rodriguez-Contreras, Ph.D.
Research Assistant: Shana Adise, B.S.
4) Multisensory integration and selective auditory and visual attention in typical and atypical developing children.
Principle Investigator: John J. Foxe, Ph.D.
Research Assistant: Shana Adise, B.S.
Aim: To determine relationships between common polymorphisms in the CD36 and TAS2R38 genes, fat preferences, and body weight
Principle Investigator: Kathleen L. Keller, PhD.
Research Assistant: Shana Adise, B.S.
2) Differences between willingness to try, disgust, liking and taste of animal and nonanimal (vegan) food products.
Principle Investigator: Shana Adise
Co-Investigator: Debra Zellner, Ph.D.
3) Investigating the mechanisms that control auditory development in rodents: hormonal, protein, and environmental contributors to hearing onset in rat pups.
Principle Investigator: Adrian Rodriguez-Contreras, Ph.D.
Research Assistant: Shana Adise, B.S.
4) Multisensory integration and selective auditory and visual attention in typical and atypical developing children.
Principle Investigator: John J. Foxe, Ph.D.
Research Assistant: Shana Adise, B.S.