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Julia Strand, associate professor of psychology, received two commendations from the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science.
6 September 2023The 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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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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Neiworth co-authored paper with alumni on whether monkeys can reason to find a treat Outside link
15 June 2023Julie 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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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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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 2023Julia 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 2023Julie 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 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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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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Julie Neiworth, Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of Natural Sciences and Psychology, was honored for 35 years of teaching as part of Carleton’s Employee Recognition Celebration, and her former students surprised her with a short video (8.5 minutes) in which they describe the impact of working with and learning with Julie over the years.
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