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142(COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), DAN MCCLOSKEY (COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK) Cooperative nesting in African Naked Mole-rats was studied in groups of 5, 10, and 20 individuals, with and without the presence of large workers, to determine the impact of group size and subcaste composition on social behavior. Larger groups showed higher nesting success independent of subcaste composition, while small groups depended on large worker presence for nesting behavior. Our findings provide a foundation for investigating the mechanisms driving this collective behavior.10:35am %u2013 10:45amTHE NEUROLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF CHILDREN LEARNING MATH THROUGH GESTUREBASED INSTRUCTIONAMANDA SECCIA (NAZARETH COLLEGE), KRISTINE HOCKER (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO), ALFRED CHAO (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO), MARC BERMAN (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO), SUSAN GOLDIN-MEADOW (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO) Some theorize that gesture is beneficial for learning math because it incorporates movement in the learning process; however, action-based instruction, which also involves movement, does not show the same benefits. To understand why gesture is beneficial, we investigate the neurological underpinnings of children learning math through gesture or action. We predict that gesture-based instruction will activate brain areas associated with relational reasoning and will be positively associated with solving problems requiring retention and application.10:50am %u2013 11:00amSHORT-TERM SPATIAL RECOGNITION MEMORY INTERACTIONS WITH EARLY-LIFE EXPERIENCE AND OBJECT-SHAPEPATRESE ROBINSON-DRUMMER (HAVERFORD COLLEGE) Spatial memory can be incidentally learned, shows protracted developmental emergence, and is sensitive to early-life traumas. Spatial tasks are ideal for probing the neurobiological development of HPCdependent memory in typical and traumatic development. The current results demonstrate shortterm spatial recognition memory failure following early-life stress in rodents. We also propose a novel spatial recognition task variation that demonstrates how object- and environment-specific cues may contribute to memory failures during development.11:05am %u2013 11:15amACCENT TYPE MODULATES GAMMA OSCILLATIONS IN BOTH ADULTS AND INFANTSHOLLY BRADLEY (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AT MISSISSAUGA), ANNA CZEPIEL (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AT MISSISSAUGA), CHRISTINA VANDEN BOSCH DER NEDERLANDEN (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AT MISSISSAUGA), ELIZABETH JOHNSON (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AT MISSISSAUGA) Neural tracking aligns brain oscillations with speech; this is thought to support phonetic and prosodic processing. This study examined how English-speaking adults (n=34) and infants (7-month-olds, n=35) process familiar versus unfamiliar accents. EEG revealed significant neural tracking across frequency bands for both accents, with stronger gamma-band tracking for familiar accents. These findings suggest early neural markers of linguistic familiarity and provide insights into how both infants and adults process variations in accent during language development.Saturday, March 8, 202510:20am %u2013 11:20am Paper Julliard/ImperialCOGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PAPERS: PERCEPTION & DECISION-MAKINGSaturday, March 8, 202510:20am %u2013 11:20amCHAIR: ALEX DANIEL 10:20am %u2013 10:30amHINDSIGHT IS 2024: CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER LEVELS OF ELECTION HINDSIGHT BIASJOSEPH ROMAGANO (LEHIGH UNIVERSITY), ALMUT HUPBACH (LEHIGH UNIVERSITY) The 2024 presidential election offered a constrained timeframe to gather data on election hindsight bias. The data presented herein analyzes quantitative indicators of hindsight bias by comparing participants' predictions on various election-related questions made during the week preceding the election with their recollections of these predictions following the announcement of the winner. Additionally, the individual characteristics most strongly associated with higher levels of political hindsight bias will be examined.142