FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 7, 2008
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 CSUSM Students Score Big at CSU’s Annual Research Competition

Cal State San Marcos psychology students garnered three out of the eight awards in the Behavioral and Social Sciences category at the CSU’s 22nd Annual Statewide Student Research Competition held May 2 and 3 at CSU East Bay, Hayward.

The two day competition was divided into 19 sessions based on subject area and student level (undergraduate/graduate). Ten CSUSM students participated in three subject areas:  biological and agriculture science; health, nutrition, and clinical sciences; and behavioral and social sciences.

The awardees and their project titles are:

• Oriana Aragon-Clark (Cardiff), Normalization of Brain Wave Activity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Following Neurofeedback Training

• Shane Allen (San Marcos), Behavioral Sensitization to the Prescription Opiates Oxycodone and Codeine: Comparisons to Morphine and Implications for Abuse

• Monique L.Smith (San Marcos), Different Effects of Oxycodone on Adult and Adolescent Rats

The students were judged on the clarity of the purpose, the value of the research, the appropriateness of their methodology, their interpretation of results, the organization of their presentation, and their ability to articulate and present the material and to answer questions.

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