Emotional Memory for Film Clips

Abstract

This project would not have been possible without the help of many, many people.I would like to thank Professors Charles Sanislow and Crystal Gabert Quillen for their enthusiasm, support, and guidance. Thank you for your dedication, for your mentorship, for your expertise, and, most of all, for your unflagging belief in this project and in me.I would like to thank each and every member of the CAPS lab, including two alums, Ellen Bartolini and Anna Brugioni, whose work on developing a stimulus set of film clips proved to be foundational to my own project. Thank you in particular to Anna, for showing me the ropes, and to Liz Reagan for helping me with the data transcription.Last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank my amazing support system.Thank you to my fiancé, Vivianne Swerdlow, for always, always being there for me and for helping me to find the courage to believe in myself. Thank you to my parents for always loving and supporting me. Thank you to friends and housemates for their willingness to listen, for their commiseration, and for lots and lots of hugs.