Andrew Dimond Presents Undergraduate Research at Beloit College Symposium Day

BELOIT, WI (04/26/2012)(readMedia)-- Andrew Dimond'13 of Oriental, N.C., presented his research on "There and Back Again: Studying Semantic Processing" at the 36th Annual Beloit College Student Symposium on Thursday, April 12. He is a psychology major.

Symposium Day at Beloit College is an academic forum at which students publicly present their research to the college community. All classes are cancelled to allow students, faculty and staff to attend the presentations. Topics range from scientific studies to interpretations of literary works. Each of the nearly 90 students participating in the program prepare a half-hour oral presentation or make poster presentations of original research conducted during the 2011-2012 academic year. Symposium Day participants are honored at a closing reception.

Dimond's research involved investigating whether or not there is a correlation between the time it takes for information to transfer between the hemispheres of the brain and the speed at which people process semantically plausible or semantically implausible, singular or plural adjective noun pairs in sentences, such as old castle versus sad castle or dirty plates versus angry plates.

Beloit College is a residential, liberal arts college offering 40 majors to its 1,250 students. Located 90 miles northwest of Chicago, Beloit is one of the nation's most international colleges, drawing students from 41 nations as well as 49 states.