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Racial Awareness and Bias Begin Early: Developmental Entry Points, Challenges, and a Call to Action
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Baby Talk and Lemur Chatter—but Not Birdsong—Help an Infant’s Brain Develop
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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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Events
Nov
11
2022
Prof. Adriana Galvan: Psychology Colloquia Series
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM, Evanston
Dr. Adriana Galván is a Professor of Psychology at UCLA whose expertise is in adolescent brain development. Details on her talk will be...
Dec
9
2022
Prof. Lisa Feldman Barrett: Psychology Colloquia Series
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM, Online
Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is among the top once percent most cited scientists in the world for her revoluntionary research in psycholo...
Jan
13
2023
Prof. Gina Poe: Psychology Colloquia Series, Mechanisms at work d...
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM, Evanston
Mounting evidence from human and animal studies supports the idea that during sleep the brain is busy eliminating debris and redundant ...