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14310:35am %u2013 10:45amFIGHTING FIRE: FACTORS IMPACTING THE RESPONSE TO A SIMULATED FIRE EMERGENCYMICAH RUSSELL (MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY), JUSTIN BONNY (MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY) We investigated whether the willingness to fight a residential fire varied by fire characteristics and environment. Using videos of simulations, participants rated whether they could fight a developing fire. Ratings were lower for larger fires and the impact of smoke thickness varied by the type of room and fire intensity. This research builds on prior survey observations indicating that where a fire originates can affect how occupants interpret and respond to fire cues.10:50am %u2013 11:00amSENSITIVITY TO FUTURE CONSEQUENCES IN DECISION-MAKING: TASK DEVELOPMENT, MEDIATORS, AND MODERATORSXINYAO MA (UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - SUNY), JOHN E. ROBERTS (UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - SUNY) We present two experiments that aim to understand individual differences in sensitivity to future consequences in decision-making through the development and validation of a novel task and the investigation into mediators and moderators. Study 1 found that the inclusion of long-term consequences in decision-making scenarios significantly increased approach decisions, and the process was mediated by perceived scenario vividness, positivity, and arousal. Study 2 examined moderators, highlighting the roles of anxiety, behavioral activation, persistence, and optimism.11:05am %u2013 11:15amEXPLORING THE MECHANISMS OF PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCES IN MEDITATIONROBERT ALEXANDER (NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), BRIANA ALCINDOR (NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), AMY PATEL (NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), LEKHANA RAMACHANDRA (NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), MELISA B SHARKLY (NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), JOVELIS TORIBIO (NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) Meditation has been linked to many changes in perception, including the blurring of boundaries between objects. Here, we explore some of these reported experiences. We recorded participants' eye movements as they completed a focused meditative task in the lab. Half of our participants reported experiencing perceptual changes, some of which were linked to specific changes in their eye movement behaviors. Our work provides a path towards understanding the mechanisms behind perceptual changes in meditation.Saturday, March 8, 202510:20am %u2013 11:20am Paper WilderDEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY PAPERS: PARENTING & EARLY EXPERIENCESSaturday, March 8, 202510:20am %u2013 11:20amCHAIR: ELAINE BARRY 10:20am %u2013 10:30amIT'S ALL ABOUT ASSOCIATIONS: INFERENCE, POTENTIATION, AND TRANSFER IN 6-MONTHOLD INFANTSKIMBERLY CUEVAS (UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT), DAVID TOWNSEND Infants form associations between neutral stimuli in the absence of conditioning or reinforcement. This presentation considers evidence of how rapidly 6-month-olds form associations, including how associations facilitate the transfer of learning to new cues (associative transfer) as well as protract the duration of relatively brief memories (associative potentiation). We will discuss whether the ability to associate non-overlapping elements (A-B; B-C) at 6 months indicates emerging associative inference and/or integrative encoding during infancy.10:35am %u2013 10:45amMATERNAL PARENTING BELIEFS AND INFANT AGE INFLUENCE CHOICES ABOUT INFANT SLEEP LOCATIONELAINE BARRY (PENN STATE FAYETTE THE EBERLY CAMPUS), MELISSA ROBINSON (PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, FAYETTE) Where infants sleep is an important concern of new parents. This study examines maternal parenting beliefs and how they influence infant sleeping location. The current study found significant differences among attitudinal and behavioral responses of mothers of roomsharing and solitary-sleeping infants. The strength of this study is its use of existing measures to 143Saturday, March 8