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Psychology

Brigham Young University

Theses/Dissertations

2020

Herpes Simplex 1

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The Effects Of Latent Infections And Atmospheric Pollutant Levels On Memory Search Reaction Times, Bowman Mccullough Mar 2020

The Effects Of Latent Infections And Atmospheric Pollutant Levels On Memory Search Reaction Times, Bowman Mccullough

Undergraduate Honors Theses

There are many regions where human population levels naturally create pollution by the processes by which everyday living occurs. This study views the effects on the reaction times of healthy individuals compared with individuals carrying latent infections Herpes Simplex 1, Toxoplasmosis Gondi, and Helicobacter Pylori, all residents of the Utah Valley region, known for poorer air quality due to the geographic landscape of the nearby mountains. College students were tested to see how high-pollutant air qualities (air pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 specifically) may have affected their reaction times when presented with stimuli from the Sternberg Memory Load and …