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105from CCNY completed a visual task requiring focus on target lines while ignoring faces, alongside surveys on demographics, social media engagement, stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. The study investigates whether higher social media users display increased left frontal alpha activity.POSTER 66THE EFFECTS OF VIRTUAL REALITY NATURE ON STRESS AND ANXIETYEMELY LARIOS (TOWSON UNIVERSITY), ANGELIKA KIPENSKAIA (TOWSON UNIVERSITY), GIGI GALLAGHER (TOWSON UNIVERSITY), SAMANTHA DESI (TOWSON UNIVERSITY), IAN HEATHCOTE (TOWSON UNIVERSITY), CHRISTOPHER GREEN (TOWSON UNIVERSITY), AVA ASKANDARIAN (TOWSON UNIVERSITY) This study examined the effects of virtual reality nature scenes on stress, anxiety, and cognition. Participants completed a pre-test anxiety scale, a Trier Mental Challenge Test stressor, viewed a nature scene via VR headset or computer, and post-test anxiety scale. Qualitative post-questions assessed outcomes for cognition. Heart rate variability and skin conductance were measured throughout, and repeated measures ANOVAs analyzed changes across phases.POSTER 67THE IMPORTANCE OF AMBIGUITY: FOSTERING COGNITIVE GROWTH & DEVELOPMENTISAIAH SAMPSON (EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY), BONNIE GREEN (EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY) This research explores the challenges college students face in ambiguous situations. We explicitly focused on how uncertainty, anxiety, and coping tendencies affect student success and well-being. It explores how ambiguity impacts student engagement, confidence, and decision-making. Through surveys and experimentation, this research aims to understand how students manage uncertainty and the impact it has on academic outcomes as well as beyond the classroom. This will provide educators with strategies to support student growth and adaptability.POSTER 68THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MALADAPTIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND THEORY OF MINDCHRISTIAN DELLAVELLA (ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY), ESTER NAVARRO (ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY), LESLIE ALHAKIM (ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY) The relationship between theory of mind (ToM) and maladaptive personality traits is a poorly understood but critical intersection between cognitive and clinical psychology. While some research has suggested certain personality characteristics may elevate ToM ability, others may cause deficits that lead to negative health outcomes and poor social functioning. Understanding how variability in the population's ideological disposition affects our capacity to understand others' perspectives is key to grasping the intricacies of social interactions.POSTER 69THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WORK AND LEISURE SCREEN TIME USAGE AND ATTENTION SPANNEDA MOINOLMOLKI (ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE), SKYLA ROSS (ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE), CEDRIC SMITH (ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE), HAYES MITCHELL (ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE), SHARNEZ SAMUEL (ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE), MALIKIA JONES (ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE) This study investigates the relationship between hours of screen time usage and attention in adults. Significant negative correlations were found between hours of leisure-related screen time usage and general/focus-specific attention. Total screen time usage (combined leisure and work-related hours) was found to be negatively related to general, focus, and shift-specific attention.POSTER 70THE MAGIC OF MEMORY: HOW UNIQUE STIMULI PAIRINGS PLAY TRICKS ON MEMORYALYSSA BEHUNIAK (MARIST COLLEGE), JASON TRENT (MARIST COLLEGE) The current study examined how memory is influenced by violations of expected stimuli pairings. Participants (N = 586) were exposed to both congruent and incongruent food, face, and color stimuli. After completing a math problem, participants were tested on their recall. The results found that individuals remembered congruent color and face stimuli significantly more than their incongruent counterparts, and colors were remembered significantly more than the other conditions.POSTER 71THE PRESENCE OF A TIMER ON NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST PERFORMANCE AND STRESS105Saturday, March 8