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...Posted:
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...Posted:
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...Posted:
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.Posted:
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...Posted:- 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.Posted:
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...Posted:
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.Posted:
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...Posted:
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...Posted:
2020-01-14 - The LGS-SOAR (Laney Graduate School - Summer Opportunity for Academic Research) program supports potential Laney Graduate School undergraduate...Posted:
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...Posted:
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...Posted:
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...Posted:
2019-12-04 - Founded in 1904, the Society of Experimental Psychologists is the oldest and one of the most prestigious honorary societies in Psychology.Posted: