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  1. We have traveled 8118 round trip miles so far!
  2. We have traveled to 41 different cities in Wisconsin, 1 in Minnesota and 1 in California!
  3. We have used approximately 427 gallons of gas.
  4. We have spent approximately 180 hours, or 7.5 days, traveling, with an average round trip travel time of 3 hours and 30 minutes.
  5. The most popular place to stop for lunch: Culvers
  6. The most popular conversation topic while traveling: social life
  7. The most popular car ride activity: listening to music
  8. Research staff prefers bucket seats to a bench seat in the middle row of our research vans.
  9. What music do team members listen to when traveling? Everything from Frank Sinatra to classic rock to Jay-Z.
  10. Our lab members come from across the United States and the globe! Here's a list of our 2007 lab members and their birthplaces:
    11. Number of Lab Members State/Country
    10 Wisconsin
    2 Illinois
    2 California
    1 Pennsylvania
    1 Minnesota
    1 Michigan
    1 Arizona
    1 New York
    1 Arkansas
    1 England
    1 Spain
    1 Uzbekistan

  11. Our lab members represent many different undergraduate majors! Here's a list of our 2007 cohort:

    Number of Lab Members Undergraduate Major
    20 Psychology
    2 English
    2 Social Welfare
    1 Biology
    1 Communicative Disorders
    1 Creative Writing
    1 Biopsychology & Cognitive Science
    1 History
    1 Russian
    1 French
    1 Certificate in Women's Studies
    1 Certificate in Global Cultures

     


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