Department of Psychology
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Research News
Assistant Professor Gorica Petrovich has been awarded the 2012 Pavlovian Research Award. This award honors members (particularly younger members) of the Pavlovian Society for significant research accomplishments.
Ellen Winner and Thalia Goldstein have published a book commissioned by OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) on the impact of arts education on cognitive and social skills.
Sindy Cole, Daniel Powell, and Gorica Petrovich have published a paper in the journal Learning & Memory called "Differential recruitment of distinct amygdalar nuclei across appetitive associative learning."
Kelly Bennion, graduate student in Elizabeth Kensinger's lab, was recently awarded the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) fellowship from the Department of Defense.