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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...

2019-12-04 - Founded in 1904, the Society of Experimental Psychologists is the oldest and one of the most prestigious honorary societies in Psychology.

2019-11-20 - Consisting of four seminars held during a 12-month period, the objective of the leadership program is to broaden participants’ understanding of higher education issues and to strengthen their skill sets in leading and managing a public institution at the university or system level. The Board of Trustees supports the program as a mechanism for identifying and developing a diverse group of...

2019-11-04 - Researchers in the Cognition and Brain Lab, led by Kara Federmeier, have recently published a paper in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience that investigates how predicting during sentence comprehension affects memory. This study demonstrates that what you predict can affect what you later remember. The study can have potential applications in learning outcomes. Read more about their work...

2019-10-01 - Chadly Stern has received the 2019 Early Career Award from the International Social Cognition Network (ISCON). The award recognizes and encourages a distinguished junior scientist who has made outstanding theoretical and empirical contributions to the understanding of social cognition. Congratulations Dr. Stern!

2019-10-01 - On Thursday 09/26, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee hosted the Inclusive Psych Party, a party to promote inclusiveness among students, faculty, and staff within the department. Representatives from a number of organizations like Psychology Leaders, Undergraduate Neuroscience Society, the Association of Minority Psychologists, the Women's Resource Center, Social Justice Educator...