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151POSTER 28SELF-DERIVATION THROUGH MEMORY INTEGRATION ACROSS LANGUAGES IN COLLEGE STUDENTSSOFIA GUZMAN FARIAS (CLARK UNIVERSITY), ALENA ESPOSITO (CLARK UNIVERSITY) This research contributes to existing knowledge about self-derivation through memory integration within different languages, assessing whether college students can integrate novel information across languages to generate new inferences. Undergraduate students answered a survey across three language conditions that presented them with to-be integrated novel facts and tested them with integration questions. Results are analyzed by comparing two same-language conditions and a cross-language condition in English and Spanish, with self-reported language proficiency measures as covariates.POSTER 29SEX DIFFERENCES IN FOOD CHOICE AMONG CADETS AT A MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMYBETHANY JABLON (UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY), MATTHEW GIBBONS (UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY), EMMANUEL RAMOS (UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY), PAYTON WHITNEY (UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY) To examine sex difference in food choice, an observational study of 120 cadets was conducted (60 men, 60 women). Military service academies provide a unique setting to study food choice due to access to nutrition readiness resources, strict adherence to food standards, and a culture of health and fitness. It was hypothesized that women would make heathier food choices than men because of socialization differences that results in greater health and fitness values among women.POSTER 30SINGING AND THE AGING VOICE: ACOUSTIC ANALYSES OF PROFESSIONAL SINGERS AND ORATORSALANNA TIMMONS (WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY), MICHAEL GORDON (WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY) The voice undergoes a transformation throughout the lifespan due to changes in the larynx. To assess the vocal deterioration associated with age, quantitative analyses of existing recordings of famous singers and orators were sampled. Vocal qualities from their early, mid and later life were compared using jitter, shimmer, harmonic to noise ratio, and fundamental frequency. The results from this study suggest some of the protective aspects of singing on vocal health.POSTER 31SOURCES FOR LEARNING: EXPLORING CHILDREN'S KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION ABOUT PEOPLE AND RELIGIOUS AGENTSYUDI WANG (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), ALLISON WILLIAMS-GANT (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), KATHLEEN CORRIVEAU (BOSTON UNIVERSITY) The study aims to answer what sources children prefer for learning about people and God and if these preferences change with age and religious affiliation? Participants included 81 4- to 10-year-olds (55% religious). Children's preferences for social, artifact, or personal knowledge sources were dependent on Age and Agent Type (people/God) but not religious affiliation. The findings highlight the developmental differences in the types of sources children prefer when learning about religious and non-religious agents.POSTER 32STEPPING OVER BARRIERS FROM DIFFERENT EYE HEIGHT POSITIONSNUMA QURAISHI (RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY), KARYN TANIS (RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY), SHAZIELA ISHAK (RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY) We examine whether manipulating eye height impacts predictions for stepping over obstacles. Participants predict the highest barrier they can step over in sitting, standing, and elevated positions. We determine the maximum height participants can step over and compare to predictions. Body measurements are collected to correlate with predictions and actual heights. Findings are discussed in terms of how eye height influences predictions and implications for preventing injuries and damage when navigating overobstacles.POSTER 33STORIES IN MOTION: THE ROLE OF GESTURE IN NARRATIVE COMPREHENSIONHANNAH DINEEN (WILLIAMS COLLEGE), ELIZA CONGDON (WILLIAMS COLLEGE) Research suggests that gestures can benefit narrative comprehension%u2013a key component of reading comprehension involving phonemic awareness and meaning construction%u2013in adults. Is this true in emerging readers, and if so, what types of movement benefit narrative encoding? We recruited third-graders 151Saturday, March 8