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How the Coronavirus Is Influencing Children’s Play

April 13, 2020

Play is children’s language, and parents shouldn’t be concerned if the pandemic has been showing up in kids’ games lately. In the middle of a disaster—such as the current pandemic—many parents witness episodes like these. “It’s upended lives. It’s natural that it would be on their minds,” Sandra Russ,...

Amanda Beck, CWRU 2022, was awarded Henry Timken Scholar Award worth $100,000! Congratulations Amanda!!

February 24, 2020

Beck received the Henry Timken Scholar award. She was among 20 children of company employees to receive a scholarship in the program, which began in 1958. The scholarships, with a total value of $540,000 over four years, went to students in the United States, Romania, India, Poland, France and Mexico. “This...

Congratulations to Sadé Johnson for being selected to receive the Student Travel Stipend for the 2020 National Black Association for Speech-Language Hearing (NBASLH) Convention!

February 24, 2020

Meet Michael King, recipient of the Douglas K Detterman Award for Commitment to Scholarship in the Fields of Intelligence and Cognitive Ability

February 14, 2020

What is your research focus? My research centers around the cognitive and perceptual factors that influence human performance, such as memory, attention, and learning. My current research is focused on visual search, and how attentional demands affect working memory capacity during search. What are your goals for after grad school? After...

Undergraduates: Apply Now for the Hollander Capstone Research Award

February 11, 2020

This award honors a graduating senior for an outstanding capstone research project in the psychological sciences (Psychology or Communication Sciences). Dr. Edwin and Patricia Hollander contributed significantly to the field of psychological sciences. Criteria to be used to evaluate applications for the Hollander Capstone Research Award Applicants for this award must...

How Firm Are the Foundations of Mind-Set Theory? Dr. Brooke Macnamara explores the question in her recent publication

April 20, 2020

Abstract Mind-set refers to people’s beliefs about whether attributes are malleable (growth mind-set) or unchangeable ( fixed mind-set). Proponents of mind-set theory have made bold claims about mind-set’s importance. For example, one’s mind-set is described as having profound effects on one’s motivation and achievements, creating different psychological worlds for people,...

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