The lab brought two posters to the 2024 Red River Psychology Conference in Moorhead. Congratulations to everyone who presented!
Diet and PTSD symptoms
Jani Western (then Skala) presented a pilot study of veterans living with PTSD, who tracked their daily diets and completed nightly symptom surveys. Although preliminary, the results suggested that dietary intake was associated with PTSD symptom severity the following day.
Skala, J., Byron, G. S., & Hilmert, C. J. (2024, April). Associations between diet and post-traumatic stress disorder symptomology. Poster presented at the Red River Psychology Conference, Moorhead, MN. View the poster (PDF)
Virtual support
A team of lab members presented work from our virtual reality stress paradigm, testing whether a supportive virtual audience changes psychological responses to the virtual Trier Social Stress Test. Congratulations to Kelsi Hazer, Angela Wright, Matthew Wetternach, Ines Treviño Ruperez, and Ashtin Roller!
Hazer, K., Wright, A., Wetternach, M., Treviño Ruperez, I., Roller, A., Byron, G., & Hilmert, C. (2024, April). Virtual support: Psychological stress responses and social support in virtual reality. Poster presented at the Red River Psychology Conference, Moorhead, MN. View the poster (PDF)
