Perfect Pitch
Diana Deutsch and Kevin Dooley's research on perfect pitch featured heavily in media: Research summary, Huffington Post, NBC, UK's Daily Mail
Facebook memories
Research by Laura Mickes, Nicko Christenfeld and Chris Harris shows that recognition for Facebook posts is substantially better than for photos or sentences. More info >>
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SfN 2012
Psychology Department Graduate students presenting posters at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans
Pictured clockwise from top left: Evan Carr, Miren Edelstein, Tommy Sprague (affiliated Grad, Neuroscience Department), Mary Smith, Kristin Howell
Evan Carr & Piotr Winkielman's research on smiles
Whether or not someone unconsciously mimics the facial expressions of another—such as by returning a smile—appeared to depend, in part, on how powerful the mimic feels, and the status of the person they are "mirroring"… Wall Street Journal>>
TEDx Women
TEDx Conference on Dec 2nd co-organized by grad Rachael Harms and featuring Karen Dobkins. 50% off for students with promo code TEDxStudent >> Info & registration
'Mirroring' Might Reflect Badly on You
In a study to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science, Piotr Winkielman and Liam Kavanagh suggest that mimicry is more nuanced than previously thought and not, the authors write, “uniformly beneficial to the mimicker.”READ MORE >>
Mental abacus does away with words
Study on “mental abacus,” coauthored by David Barner, was featured in New Scientist >>
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Diana Deutsch in Scientific American Mind
Diana Deutsch has been awarded the Science Writing Award for Professionals in Acoustics by the Acoustical Society of America for her article in Scientific American Mind, "Speaking in Tones". READ ARTICLE >>
Are Men Funnier Than Women?
A recent study by Psychology alumna and current post-doc Laura Mickes, with Prof. Nicholas Christenfeld, addresses the question. READ MORE >>
