Alyssa Mays shares research during the Annual Research Conference of the Eastern Psychological Association

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Marietta College’s Alyssa Mays of Winchester, Ohio, recently shared her research during the Annual Research Conference of the Eastern Psychological Association in Philadephia, Pennsylvania.

Mays, who is majoring in Biology and Neuroscience, presented on “Eye-tracking behavior associated with unsupervised learning of integral-color categories.” Mays is a graduate of North Adams High School.

“I look forward to traveling with Psychology students to a research conference every year. Not only are students exposed to new research that reflects - or may even contradict - the learning they have done in the classroom, they practice professionalism, communication, and networking skills at these meetings,” said Dr. Alicia Doerflinger, Chair of the Psychology Department. “Many of our students have not had a lot of opportunity to travel, and this is a great way to educate students about the world around them. Navigating new cities, new foods, and new ideas abound.”

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers more than 50 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review , as well as one of the nation’s best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution’s rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.