Brian London '23, M.A. Experimental Psychology
Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Fall 2022
Project: "Can People Learn to Use the Inner Crowd? Testing Strategies to Improve Numeric Estimates"
London received a Fall 2022 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund grant to attend the Society for Judgment and Decision Making Annual Meeting in San Diego, California from November 10-13, 2022. At the conference, London presented his research poster, titled "Can People Learn to Use the Inner Crowd? Testing Strategies to Improve Numeric Estimates," and learned about groundbreaking research on judgment and decision-making being conducted across the world.
While in San Diego, London was able to meet and collaborate with other researchers. "It gave me confidence as a researcher and presenter," shared London, who plans to return to the conference to present additional research this year. "I am grateful to the SAFE Fund donors for giving me the opportunity to attend the conference last year," he added.
London graduated with his Master of Arts degree in Experimental Psychology in August 2023. In April, he received the 2023 Domer Graduate Student Research Award from the Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies. London's research was advised by Dr. Andrew Smith, professor in the App State Department of Psychology.
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About the SAFE Fund
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About the Dr. Wiley F. Smith Department of Psychology
Appalachian State University’s Dr. Wiley F. Smith Department of Psychology serves more than 1,400 undergraduate majors seeking the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in psychology, as well as 90 graduate students across four graduate programs: experimental psychology (MA), industrial-organizational psychology and human resource management (MA), school psychology (MA/SSP) and clinical psychology (PsyD). Learn more at https://psych.appstate.edu.
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Written by Autumn Dagenhardt
Edited by Lauren Andersen
October 3, 2023
BOONE, N.C.
Brian London '23
Brian London '23