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- "The link between non-human primate vocalizations and cognition is not constrained by maturation alone: Evidence from healthy preterm infants" by Professor Sandy Waxman
- "Why Do Some People Always Seem To Get Lost? Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction" featuring Professor David Uttal
- "The failings of the Chicago Principles when it comes to free speech" by Professor Eli Finkel
- Professor Eli Finkel's research was highlighted in the New York Times article "Political Scientists Want to Know Why We Hate One Another This Much"
- "The BFGs of Neuroscience: Blowing Dreams into People Using VR" featuring graduate student Blaise Elliott (adviser Marcia Grabowecky) discussing his experience working in the Paller lab to understand and manipulate sleep
- Professor Sylvia Perry's work was recently mentioned in the NY Mag article, "Did kids become more racist under Trump?"
- Professor David Rapp provides guidance in an election year filled with deepfakes, bad actors, and the hazards of AI in "Misinformation is raging. Here's how we fight back"
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Professor Sylvia Perry's work was featured in the article "Talking to your kids about race can reduce bias" on WBEZ Chicago
- Professor Eli Finkel’s research was highlighted in the Kellogg Insight article "How Trolls Poison Political Discussions for Everyone Else"
- "The Mass Psychology of Trumpism" by Professor Dan McAdams
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The Department of Psychology at Northwestern University was founded in 1909. Our department is a group of eminent faculty - scholars and teachers - who make major contributions to the field by helping to shape the base of knowledge, academic literature, and training of both undergraduate and graduate students of psychology
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Nov
8
2024
Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson: Psychology Colloquium Series
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston
Title: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Youth of Color by Any Means Necessary Abstract: For youth of color, prolonged exposur...
Nov
15
2024
Dr. Laurie Bayet: Psychology Colloquium Series
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston
Title: LEARNING FROM BABIES: HOWINFANTS UNDERSTAND THEVISUAL AND AFFECTIVEWORLDAmerican Abstract: Developmental approaches uniquely rev...
Jan
31
2025
Dr. Franki Y. H. Kung: Psychology Colloquium Series
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston
Title: “Robotic Asians”: A Mechanistic Dehumanization Perspective on Anti-Asian Bias in the U.S. Abstract: Psychology has documented se...