2020-04-09 - Right-click, and save the file. Click the settings "gear" image on Zoom. It is located underneath your profile name in the top right corner. Click "Virtual Background" Click the "+" symbol Make sure your "Mirror my video" setting is unchecked at the bottom. Enjoy!   

2020-04-08 - When sheltering at home, it is a struggle to balance work and the daily grind of upkeeping your home and preparing meals. If you have to add in the factor of supporting your child's learning habits, it can be a lot to overcome. Keeping your child engaged and on task throughout this new situation takes patience, focus, and support.  Learn more about accomplishing this goal from...

2020-04-02 - Join the Illinois Interfaith Committee as they host guest speakers in an interfaith dialogue about the ways we are making sense of and taking care of our communities in this time of social distancing. Rabbi Ari Naveh from the Cohen Center for Jewish Life/Hillel and Rev. Nate Brantingham from the Community United Church of Christ will be special guests. Due to continued precaution around COVID-19...

2020-04-02 - Head of Academic Advising, Gary Wszalek from Psychology has been identified as one the top staff members making a positive impact in students lives during the annual Chancellor's Senior Survey. The survey, distributed to all graduating seniors at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign campus...

2020-04-01 - The Department of Psychology denounces the rise of anti-Asian (especially anti-Chinese) xenophobic profiling and racist attacks that are affecting many Asian Americans (particularly those who appear East Asian) across the nation.

2020-03-24 - The term “fake news” dominates social media feeds, and has entered our daily lexicon. Now, a team of researchers from six disciplines across the University of Illinois, and Stanford University plan to develop models and run empirical studies to understand how information, and misinformation is transmitted. The project, “A Multimodal Approach to Network Information Dynamics,” will receive 6....

2020-11-29 - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Psychology Department recognizes that the coronavirus pandemic poses continued concerns for both physical and mental health. Here, we share resources for both students and the broader Champaign-Urbana community.

2020-02-21 -   Psychology professor Sepideh Sadaghiani is one of 6 people appointed as LEAP Scholars by the College of Letters and Science (LAS). The award recognizes early career scholars that show potential to become leaders in their fields. Nominees are evaluated on scholarly productivity and contributions to the educational mission of their departments and the College of LAS. Winners of the award...

2020-02-17 - Psychology Professor Aaron Benjamin and graduate student Jessica Siler show that taking practice exams can enhance a persons ability to reason about similar but unseen new material.

The Department has finished renovating Room 638 on the 6th floor (The "Privacy Lounge").  It is available to students, faculty, and staff needing some private space in the department. This room includes all the comforts for breastfeeding/pumping and a fridge to store milk. Anyone needing access can request a key from the business office on the 3rd floor. Please send a request to...

2020-01-23 - Professor Chadly Stern has been selected to a appointment for the Center of Advanced Studies. This will allow Dr. Stern to pursue novel research under the support of the center and open interdiciplinary dialogue with other CAS researchers in order to ignite new directions in research. During his tenure, Dr. Stern will be examining conflict throughout the world. The project will examine the...

2020-01-14 - The LGS-SOAR (Laney Graduate School - Summer Opportunity for Academic Research) program supports potential Laney Graduate School undergraduate applicants who wish to explore, experience and conduct full-time independent and mentored research for the...

2019-12-20 - Dr Sean Laurent reframes a well-known phenomenon in moral reasoning called the "side-effect effect" to show that people are answering different questions when asked about the intentionality of side-effect harming or helping. Side-effects are unintended secondary outcomes resulting from goal-driven behavior. Previous work observed that when side effects are negative, such as a...

2019-12-16 - In March 2018, a Steering Committee meeting for the Illinois Summit on Diversity in Psychological Science began a series of discussions about the future of diversity science. The 3-day event brought together nationally recognized leaders and emerging diversity scientists with the goal of transforming the way researchers think about diversity. The summit created a space for academic discussions...

2019-12-07 - Professor Diane Beck, along with a team of researchers from around the world, received a grant from the NSF to fund the activities of the Females of Vision et al. (FoVea). FoVea's mission is to promote the visibility, impact, and success of women in vision science. The NSF award will help them fund workshops and travel awards to the Vision Science Society, as well as maintain the group's...