Department of Psychology - Northwestern University

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Brain, Behavior & Cognition
Personality, Development & Health
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Recent Research

Mentorship Enables a High School Senior to Lead Sleep Research Study
Gymnastics teams look nothing like they used to. And this is the biggest change of all, Prof. Onnie Rogers Opinion Piece for CNN
Messages Shape Identity and Transform Lives
#WOMENonWALLS, Prof. Renee EngeIn's article for The Art Institute of Chicago
Scientists cite need for more research on leadership development in adolescence
Visualize Data to Communicate Science with Students, the Public, and Policymakers
Unrecognized strengths: The power of being you
Racial Awareness and Bias Begin Early: Developmental Entry Points, Challenges, and a Call to Action
Infants link language and cognition, whether the language is spoken or a sign language
How Listening to Language Boosts Infant Cognition
White Parents Need to Talk About Race with Younger Children, Too

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About us

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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