Psychology Achievements
Strand publishes article in Memory & Cognition
November 28, 2013Julia Strand, Assistant Professor of Psychology, published an article with Andrea Simenstad ('13), Allison Cooperman ('13), and Jonathon Rowe ('14) in Memory & Cognition titled "Grammatical context constrains lexical competition in spoken word recognition."
Galotti appointed to endowed chair
September 19, 2013Kathleen M. Galotti, Professor and Director of Cognitive Science, was recently granted an endowed chair. She is now the William H. Laird Professor of Cognitive Science.
Julie Neiworth, professor of psychology and director of neuroscience, was recently elected a "Fellow" by the Association for Psychological Science (APS), an honor given for sustained and outstanding distinguished contributions to psychological science.
Julia Strand, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, along with Carleton student collaborators and co-authors Andrea Simenstad '13, Allison Cooperman '13, and Jonathon Rowe '14, presented research on spoken word recognition at the Association for Psychological Science annual meeting in Washington D.C. on May 25.
Sage receives APA Division 7 Early Career Research Grant
April 22, 2013Kara Sage, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, received an APA Division 7 Early Career Research Grant to launch a new research project entitled "iLearn: Can utilizing tablet technology reduce the 2D deficit effect in children’s learning?"
Strand gives invited talk at UC Berkeley
April 1, 2013Julia Strand, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, recently gave an invited talk to the University of California, Berkeley Linguistics Department Colloquium, titled "Recognizing words by sight and sound: Lexical competition and the mental lexicon."
Lutsky presents at Lewis & Clark College and Willamette University
February 25, 2013Neil Lutsky, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Psychology, gave talks to the faculties at Lewis & Clark College and Willamette University in Oregon, February 14 and 15, on "How Teaching Quantitative Reasoning Serves a Liberal Arts Curriculum." Lutsky serves as the consultant for the schools' Teagle grant on quantitative reasoning.
Lutsky presents at Society for Personality and Social Psychology
February 4, 2013Neil Lutsky, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology, presented the paper "What Aspects of Traits Correlate with Subjective Well-Being?" at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, in New Orleans on January 19.
Abrams gives two invited talks at Italy's University of Florence
January 7, 2013Ken Abrams, Assistant Professor of Psychology,
recently gave two invited talks at the University of Florence. The first was titled, "Empirically-Keyed and Factor-Analytic Methods of Personality Test Construction," and the second was titled, "Provoking Panic in the Laboratory: The Use of Respiratory Challenges to Study Why Smoking Promotes Panic Disorder."Meerts gives invited talk at Wesleyan University
December 18, 2012Sarah Meerts, Assistant Professor of Psychology, recently gave an invited talk to the Biology Department at Wesleyan University titled "Sensory Contributions to the Display of Mating in Female Rats."
Neiworth publishes article in Behavioural Processes
December 14, 2012Julie Neiworth, professor of psychology and director of neuroscience, recently published an article, "Chasing sounds" in Behavioural Processes. It is available online now, and will soon be out in print. The article is the first publication of her tests retracted findings by another animal cognitive psychologist.
Sage publishes in Education Research and Perspectives
October 29, 2012Kara Sage, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, published an article in the most recent issue of the journal Education Research and Perspectives. It is entitled "Exploring natural pedagogy in play with preschoolers: Cues parents use and relations among them."