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64MARINA ARMANIOUS (WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY), MICHAEL GORDON (WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY) This study explored the relationship between media multitasking and attention. Participants completed a survey assessing their media multitasking tendencies and daily attention habits. Subsequently, they watched a series of videos featuring one to four simultaneous streams and answered respective questions. Media attention was influenced by an individual's multitasking tendencies and attention behaviors in everyday contexts. Specifically, better attentional performance was linked to lower polychronicity and stronger habitual attention, particularly when engaging with multiple audiovisual streams.POSTER 43DO CONCUSSIONS MAKE COLLEGE STUDENTS MORE IMPULSIVE? NEUROCOGNITIVE IMPACTS OF BRAIN INJURYALYSSA HOUSLEY (SETON HALL UNIVERSITY), RACHEL GERRIE (SETON HALL UNIVERSITY), MEGHAN CAULFIELD (SETON HALL UNIVERSITY) Brain injuries in young adults, including concussions, are associated with long-term neurocognitive symptoms including alterations in cognition and neural functioning. This study examines whether college students with a history of brain injury are more impulsive on a delay discounting task and explores the relationship between impulsivity and prefrontal cortical activity measured via fNIRS. We hypothesized that participants reporting brain injuries will exhibit increased impulsivity and decreased prefrontal cortical activity during decision-making.POSTER 44DO RAP PREFERENCE AND PTSD MODERATE EFFECTS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC ON STRESS?TAHLEA GEE (SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY), NICOLE SANTINO (SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY), NIERA WEST (SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY), WALTER STUTZMAN (SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY), KATHERINE MARSLAND (SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY) Research has shown that music (e.g., classical/preferred) can reduce stress, but it is unclear whether listening to non-preferred music is also beneficial. Thirty-two participants listened to classical music after a stress induction procedure and were surveyed about their stress, affect, musical genre preferences, and PTSD symptoms. HRV and HR were also measured. Contrary to expectations, trends suggested that individuals with PTSD who prefer rap respond better to classical music than those who prefer other genres.POSTER 45EARTH AND ICE: TESTING THE CALMING CAPACITY OF EARTHING AFTER ACUTE STRESSJAMIE CZIKOWSKY (WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY), PRINCY MENNELLA (WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY), THOMAS A. DANIEL (WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY) Earthing, direct physical contact with the Earth, has been shown to reduce HPA activation. We investigated its impact on state anxiety and salivary cortisol after acute stress (a cold pressor test). Two groups were created: (1) Participants wore consumer-grade \ adhesive patches, and (2) participants wore a placebo patch. While the acute stressor affected state anxiety for both groups, no significant calming effects were found in the grounding group's state anxiety or cortisol.POSTER 46EFFECT OF RETRIEVAL PRACTICE ON SEMANTIC AUDITORY DISTRACTIONAVANI REYNOLDS (INDEPENDENT) This study will investigate the effect of retrieval practice on semantic auditory distraction. Previous studies have reduced the influence of semantic auditory distractors by discouraging semantic processing. The proposed study will present evidence that retrieval practice could increase free recall accuracy for words encoded in the presence of semantically related auditory distractors, without discouraging semantic processing. Approximately eighty undergraduate students will participate in six trials of encoding, target practice, and free recall.POSTER 47EFFECTS OF CIRCADIAN ALTERATION ON ANXIETY-LIKE BEHAVIORS IN DROSOPHILA MUTANTSJAMIE GOODALL (WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY), PRINCY QUADROS-MENNELLA (WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY) Irregular sleep cycles correlate with anxiety symptoms, suggesting a potential relationship between altered circadian rhythm and anxiety. We examined anxietylike behavior in different circadian rhythm mutants of Drosophila melanogaster (common fruit fly) and observed that one mutant strain demonstrated significantly higher anxiety-like behaviour compared to controls and another strain. These results support the 64