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- The Psychology of Overeating
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Rhodes Scholar - Keon West
- New Year's Resolution
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Feature Stories
- How do we use language to get an idea from one brain to another?
- How do characteristics of the family environment during childhood and adolescence influence physiological stress responding, future relationships, and health?
- How does the nervous system control learning of new motor responses, such as dance steps?
- How does learning about diversity issues affect a person's racial attitude?
- How does the brain support object recognition and reading?
- How do individuals with multiple cultural backgrounds negotiate their identity across different social environments?
- How and why do women’s attitudes about their bodies change through the lifespan?
- What are the qualities of effective alliances across differences of social identity?
Above is a subset of the research inquiries currently underway in our Psychology Department, highlighting the diversity of perspectives available, including developmental, cognitive, social, clinical, neuroscientific, cultural, and educational approaches.
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