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Buckholtz Receives Early Career Award

April 6, 2017

Professor Joshua Buckholtz was awarded the Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Early Career Award from the Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP), one of the highest honors in clinical psychology for early career contributions. This award is dedicated to the memory of Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Chair and Professor of Psychology at Yale University and SSCP member, who was known during her career as an outstanding clinical research scientist and a strong advocate and mentor to many students in

Ken Nakayama Wins Tillyer Award

March 13, 2017

Ken Nakayama, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of The Optical Society (OSA) Edgar D. Tillyer Award which recognizes distinguished work in the field of vision. Ken is being honored specifically for wide ranging studies of the visual system,

Jerome Kagan Article on Morality

February 6, 2017

Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Jerome Kagan published an essay entitled, "Morality: The Uniquely Human Journey" on the website of the Center for Humans and Nature.

Joshua Buckholtz featured in Harvard Gazette

February 2, 2017

An article, by Associate Professor of Psychology, Joshua Buckholtz, "A revised protrait of psychopaths" was featured in the February 2nd edition of the Harvard Gazette.

Konkle and Lai Named As APS "Rising Stars"

February 1, 2017

Professor Talia Konkle and Calvin Lai, a postdoctoral fellow in Psychology, have both been named by the Association of Psychological Science (APS) as Rising Stars to recognize “outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their research careers,post-PhD”.

Banaji/Greenwald Share 2017 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions

January 9, 2017

Mahzarin Banaji and Tony Greenwald were selected as the joint recipients of the 2017 American Psychology Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions, the APA's highest honor. This award honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology.

Leah Somerville Receives the Cognitive Neuroscience Society's Young Investigator Award for 2017

December 23, 2016

Professor Leah Somerville has been awarded the 2017 Young Investigator Award by the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. She will give her award lecture on Monday, March 27, 2017, 4:30 –5:30 pm, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.

Cikara Wins 2017 Sage Young Scholar Award

November 28, 2016

Professor Mina Cikara has been selected by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology to be a recipient of the 2017 Sage Young Scholar Award for outstanding contributions to social/personality psychology.

These awards recognize outstanding young researchers in personality and social psychology. The awardees will receive a one-time award of $5,000 to be used at their discretion for research, study, or conference travel-related purposes. Five awards are presented each year to young scholars representative

What Is Presidential Temperament, Anyway?

October 12, 2016

A NY Magazine article, "What is Presidential Temperament Anyway?", featuring Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology, Jerome Kagan.

PBS Article: "Can technology help predict who will attempt suicide?"

September 18, 2016

A PBS NewsHour article featuring Department of Psychology Professor Matthew Nock.

Can technology help predict who will attempt suicide?

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