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Julia Strand, associate professor of psychology, received two commendations from the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science.

6 September 2023

The first commendation was for her 2023 paper, “Error Tight,” which describes exercises for lab groups to identify places in their research workflow where errors may occur and pinpoint ways…
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William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology Neil Lutsky presented a talk at the 2023 Psychology One Conference at Duke University

1 August 2023

Neil Lutsky, William R. Kenan, Jr. professor of psychology, presented a talk titled “Using a Web-Based Correspondence Bias Module to Enrich Introductory Students’ Encounter with Psychology” at the 2023 Psychology…
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Associate Professor Sarah Meerts Promoted to Full Professor

29 June 2023

Professor Meerts received a B.A. in biopsychology with a correlate in art history in 2001 from Vassar College and a Ph.D. in psychological and brain sciences from Dartmouth College in…
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Neiworth co-authored paper with alumni on whether monkeys can reason to find a treat Outside link

15 June 2023

Julie Neiworth, Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of Natural Sciences and Psychology, and co-authors Ana Knighten (Cognitive Science, 2020) and Christopher Leppink-Shands (Psychology, 2019) published an article entitled “Is inferential reasoning a distinctly human cognitive feature? Testing reasoning in cotton top tamarins” in the Journal of Comparative Psychology (June 12, 2023, online version). This study used a 2-4 cups game common to testing human toddlers, apes, and now monkeys to see if they could infer where a treat is hidden based on partial information.
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Students and Faculty Present Posters and Talks at Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference at Bethel University

5 May 2023

Associate Professor Mija Van Der Wege and students Henry Edmonds ’23, Samira Gado ’24, and Amanda Lilienfeld ’23 presented the poster This Statement is False: Labeling Lies Don’t Help at…
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Associate Professor Mija Van Der Wege and Students Present Posters at Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago

5 May 2023

Mija Van Der Wege, associate professor of psychology, Amanda Lilienfeld ’23 and Samira Gado ’24 presented two posters at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago: “This statement is false: labeling lies doesn’t help,”…
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Associate Professor Julia Strand Gives Two Invited Virtual Talks for an International Audience

5 May 2023

Julia Strand, associate professor and chair of psychology, recently gave two invited virtual talks for international audiences. The first was for the Virtual Psycholinguistics Forum, sponsored by the Chinese University…
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Neiworth presents with other faculty who teach across disciplinary divides — LTC event at Carleton

25 April 2023

Julie Neiworth, Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of Natural Sciences and Psychology, together with Professors Annette Nierobisz, Sociology, Claire Kelling, Statistics, and Deborah Gross, Chemistry showcase 3 models of interdisciplinary teaching…
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Assistant Professor Gisel Flores-Montoya in Panel on Women of Color in Stem

25 April 2023

Assistant Professor Gisel Flores-Montoya participates in a panel on Women of Color in STEM on Friday, April 28, 2023 from 10:50-11:50am in Anderson 036. The panel also features Marty Baylor,…
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Associate Professor Mija Van Der Wege, Students, and Alums present work at Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL

24 April 2023

Just as people feel that they can communicate better with those in an ingroup, they may feel that they can communicate worse with someone who is in an out-group, a…
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