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101POSTER 44MODALITY MATTERS: EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF READING VS. LISTENING ON TEXT COMPREHENSIONSARAH GRAY (UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND), NATALIE HIGGINS (UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND), JENNIFER STIEGLER-BALFOUR (UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND) This study examines comprehension differences across three modalities: reading, listening, and reading-whilelistening (RWL) for narrative and expository texts in college students. A regression analysis highlights modality as a significant predictor of reading comprehension, suggesting superior comprehension in the reading condition compared to either the listening or RWL conditions. Ongoing data collection will explore interactions with reading skill, working memory, and neurodiversity, aiming to inform audiobook use in education and accessibility for diverse learners.POSTER 45MONEY ON THE MIND: HOW PERCEPTIONS OF FINANCIAL SCARCITY CAN IMPACT LEARNINGJAYANTIKA CHAKRABORTY (CLARK UNIVERSITY), ALENA ESPOSITO (CLARK UNIVERSITY) Financial scarcity impacts learning by straining cognitive resources through fatigue and reduced attentional control. This study examines how perceived financial scarcity affects recall and inferential learning among college students. Results show scarcityindirectly impairs inferential learning via cognitive fatigue and attention but does not affect rote recall. Findings highlight the need for policies addressing the cognitive burden of economic stress to support equitable educational outcomes and enhance learning in financially disadvantaged students.POSTER 46NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GRATITUDE IN COLLEGE STUDENTSLAURA EGAN (ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE), TAVIS CHARVIS (ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE), MACY TRUITT (ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE), NICOLAS SULICKI (ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE) Positive psychology investigates the psychological states, individual traits or characters strengths, and social institutions that enhance subjective well-being and make life most worth living. This study investigated the impact of gratitude letter writing on burnout in college students. Results contradicted predictions, where participants became more stressed (as measured by heart rate variability) during gratitude letter writing, suggesting that this intervention may not be beneficial for all individuals.POSTER 47PATHOGEN-PREVALENT AUDITORY DISTRACTIONS MAY DIFFERENTIALLY IMPACT RETENTION OF NEWLY LEARNED INFORMATIONBRIAR ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ (SUNY ONEONTA), CAREY J. FITZGERALD (SUNY ONEONTA), ROBERT LOCKAMYEIR (SUNY ONEONTA), RICHARD A. KAUFFMAN (SUNY ONEONTA) The study investigates the impact of pathogenprevalent auditory stimuli on information retention. Participants were divided into three groups: \sound\sound\pathogen-related sounds). The results showed that participants who heard pathogen-prevalent stimuli performed significantly poorer on a statistics quiz compared to the control group. The study also discusses limitations and future research directions.POSTER 48PSYCHOLOGICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CORRELATES OF SCIENCE DENIALBRET MILLER (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), LOUIS MANZA (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), ALEXANDRA WARD (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), ASHLEY DARROW (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), HANNAH SHELLEY (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), MARGARET NEYER (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), ALEXANDRA WASKO (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), ERIN MILLER (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), SAMANTHA MILLER (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), IGOR OSADCHYI, (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE), JORDAN SHEKALUS (LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE) Participants' belief in and credibility towards science exceeded their trust in scientists, but only religious commitment and conspiratorial thinking (and not class standing, social class, gender, political orientation, completed science classes, educational attainment, employment category, nor age) emerged as significant predictors towards these science attitudes. Further, qualitative responses regarding needed conditions to enhance their views of science (where an age effect was observed) focused on participants' unwillingness to change opinions, and misunderstandings concerning science processes.POSTER 49QUANTIFYING PERIPHERAL VISION SENSITIVITY AMONG ACTION VIDEO GAME PLAYERS101Saturday, March 8