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Congratulations Dan Schacter!

Please join us in congratulating Prof. Dan Schacter, a recipient of the 2027 Association for Psychological Science Mentoring Award! You can read about the award and Dan here.
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Harvard study predicts most suicide attempts a week in advance

Research led by psychologist Matthew Nock forecasts 75 percent of suicide attempts and 87 percent of suicide-related crises before they occurred — a marked leap beyond existing prediction models. Article can be found here on FAS Current
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Upcoming Events

Colloquium: Margaret Livingstone, PhD

October 8, 2014
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4:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
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WJH Auditorium 1 - Basement level
Description Margaret Livingstone, Ph.D. Professor of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Title: Cortical domains: How do we get them and what good are they? Web site: neuro.med.harvard.edu/people/faculty/margaret-livingstone Contact name: Ken...

Success in genetics means hard problems for Psychology

November 12, 2014
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4:00PM - 5:00PM EST
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WJH Auditorium 1 - Basement level
Steven E. Hyman, M.D. Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Director, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Title: "Success in genetics means hard problems for...

Colloquium: True Grit, Angela Duckworth, PhD

March 11, 2015
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4:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
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WJH Auditorium 1 - Basement level
Who succeeds in life? Is it simply those among us who are gifted and talented in our pursuits? Or, is aptitude merely “potential” if effort and interest are not sustained over time? In this presentation, Angela Duckworth reviews her research on grit, the...

Harvest Day

September 25, 2015
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1:00PM - 4:00PM EDT
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WJH 1
Psychology faculty give ten-minute presentations about their current research. Open to undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff. A reception in the lounge follows.