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Jane Couperus was awarded a National Science Foundation grant for "Collaborative Research: Level II Preparing Undergraduates for Research in STEM-related fields Using Electrophysiology (PURSUE)." The project is for five years. (2019)

National Science Foundation


Denaro, C.M., Hartley, A.A., Couperus, J.W., Bukach, C.M. & Reed, C.L. (2025) Procrastination and anxiety aspects of self-control predict individual differences in the mismatch negativity (MMN). International Journal of Psychophysiology. 214, 113202. DOI:   


Folivi, F., Denaro, C.M., Hartley, A.A., Bukach, C.M., Couperus, J.W. & Reed, C.L. (2025) The cognitive instability aspect of impulsivity predicts the ERN: An ERP Study. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 214, 113206. DOI: . 


Reed, C.L., Siqi-Liu, A., Chitre, A., Denaro, C., Joshi, J., Petropolis, A., Lodge, M. Couperus, J.W., Bukach, C.M. (2022). Selective contributions of Executive Function Ability to the P3. International Journal of Psychophysiology.


Reed, C.L., Hagen, E., Bukach, C.M, Couperus, J.W. (2021). Effectiveness of Undergraduate-Generated Animations: Increasing Comprehension and Engagement for Neuroscience Majors and Non-Majors. Teaching of Psychology. 1-13.


Bukach, C.M., Bukach, N., Reed, C.L., & Couperus, J.W. (2021). Open Science as a Path to Education of New Psychophysiologists. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 76-83. DOI: 


Couperus, J.W., *Lydic, K.O., *Hollis, J.E., *Roy, J.L, *Lowe, A.R., Bukach, C., Reed., C. (2021). Individual Differences in Working Memory and the N2pc. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,15, 620413 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.620413


Cunha, Flávia Terra (2025) received an official citation from the Massachusetts House of Representatives in recognition of volunteer work involving translation and interpretation services for the Amherst Survival Center.


Daniel Czitrom's book, Media and the American Mind: From Morse to McLuhan, has just been translated into Korean by Culturelook Publishing in Seoul. It had previously been translated into Chinese and Spanish. First published in 1982 by the University of North Carolina Press, Media and the American Mind received the First Books Award from the American Historical Association. It remains in print today.


Daniel Czitrom appears as a featured commentator in the documentary film , premiering on PBS/American Masters, Tuesday, October 20, 2020.