Mahzarin Banaji elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 1, 2018

Mahzarin Banaji has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences

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Gilbert Wins APS and Harvard Mendelsohn Awards

April 23, 2018

Professor Daniel Gilbert just received the APS’s William James Fellow Award as well as the Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award from the Graduate Student Council at Harvard University.

The APS William James Fellow Award honors APS members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology. Recipients must be APS members recognized internationally for their outstanding contributions to scientific psychology.

The Everett Mendelsohn Award is awarded by the...

Nock and Gershman Receive Star Family Challenge Research Awrd

April 4, 2018

Professor Matthew Nock and Assistant Professor Samuel Gershman, along with HSPH Associate Professor of Biostatistics J.P. Onnela, received a 2018 Star Family Challenge Research Award for their project, "Using Mobile Passive Monitoring, Real-time Assessment and Dynamic Computational Phenotypes to Understand, Predict and Prevent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors.”

The Star Family Challenge is a research award program established at the suggestion of James A. Star ‘83, supporting FAS and SEAS faculty members in the natural and social sciences pursuing high-risk, high-impact...

Gershman Awarded Sloan Fellowship

February 15, 2018

Assistant Professor Sam Gershman has received a Sloan Research Fellowship, from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in the Neuroscience Category, in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to his field. The award is given to “stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.”... Read more about Gershman Awarded Sloan Fellowship

Somerville Receives Early Career Award

January 30, 2018

Associate Professor Leah Somerville has received the innaugural Early Career Award from the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society. The Early Career Award recognizes an early-stage investigator who has made significant contributions to Social and Affective Neuroscience terms of outstanding scholarship and service to the field. Read more about Somerville Receives Early Career Award

Cushman Receives APA Early Career Award

January 2, 2018

Assistant Professor Fiery Cushman was awarded the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of cognition and human learning. Read more about Cushman Receives APA Early Career Award

Somerville Wins Fantz Memorial Award

December 7, 2017

Professor Leah Somerville has received the Robert Fantz Memorial Award for Young Psychologists from the American Psychological Association. The award recognizes the achievements of promising young investigators in psychology who focus on the development of individuality, creativity and free-choice of behavior. Read more about Somerville Wins Fantz Memorial Award

Sidanius and Buckholtz Featured in Harvard Crimson

September 28, 2017

Professors James Sidanius and Joshua Buckholtz are feaured in the Harvard Crimson's Fifteen Minutes Magazine as two of their 15 Professors of the Year for 2017. Read more about Sidanius and Buckholtz Featured in Harvard Crimson

Caramazza Awarded Kavli Award

September 7, 2017

Professor Alfonso Caramazza was awarded the Fred Kavli Distinguished Career Contributions Award. This award honors senior cognitive neuroscientists for their sustained and distinguished career, including outstanding scientific contributions, leadership and mentoring in the field of cognitive neuroscience. Read more about Caramazza Awarded Kavli Award

Spelke Awarded George Miller Prize

August 29, 2017

Professor Elizabeth Spelke has been awarded the George Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience. The award recognizes “individuals whose career is characterized by distinguished and sustained scholarship and research at the cutting-edge of their discipline and that has in the past, or has the potential in the future to revolutionize cognitive neuroscience.” Read more about Spelke Awarded George Miller Prize

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