Department Colloquia
The Psychology Department Colloquium series features nationally and internationally renowned behavioral scientists. The talks are open to the public. A reception follows in 4125 Sennott Square.
A partial listing of upcoming and recent colloquia is listed below. Check back often for updates.
UPCOMING COLLOQUIA
| 11/20/09 3 p.m., Martin Colloquium Center 4127 Sennott Square |
David Amodio, PhD New York University |
Proactive Control: How Goals Tune Perception to Regulate Intergroup Responses (Abstract - PDF) |
1/15/10 |
Justine Cassell, PhD Northwestern University |
TBA |
| 2/19/10 3 p.m., Martin Colloquium Center 4127 Sennott Square |
Charles Hillman, PhD University of Illinois |
TBA |
| 3/26/10 3 p.m., Martin Colloquium Center 4127 Sennott Square |
Kara D. Federmeier, PhD University of Illinois |
TBA |
| 4/16/10 12:00 p.m., Martin Colloquium Center 4127 Sennott Square |
Seth Pollack, PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison |
TBA |
| 4/23/10 3 p.m., Martin Colloquium Center 4127 Sennott Square |
Geoffrey Cohen, PhD University of Colorado |
TBA |
RECENT COLLOQUIA
| 11/06/09 |
Frank Pollick, PhD University of Glasgow |
Fusing the Sight and Sound of Swing-Groove in the Brain of Drummers (Abstract - PDF) |
| 10/30/09 | Howard N. Garb, PhD President, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology |
The Validity of Psychological Tests (Abstract - PDF) |
| 10/9/09 |
Tessa Warren, PhD University of Pittsburgh |
Using Eye Movements to Semantic Anomalies to Inform a New Model of Verb-argument Processing, or What We Can Learn from Blackmailing Spaghetti (Abstract - PDF) |
| 10/2/09 |
Mark Wheeler, PhD University of Pittsburgh |
Component Processes in Memory Retrieval: Succeeding and Orienting (Abstract - PDF) |
| 5/15/09 |
Gregory Miller, PhD University of British Columbia |
Stress, glucocorticoids, and Inflammation: Resolving the Paradox (Abstract - PDF) |
| 5/8/09 |
Laura Kohn-Wood, PhD University of Miami |
Sharpening My Knife: Race, Context, and Mental Health (Abstract - PDF) |
| 4/17/09 |
Mark Leary, PhD Duke University |
Self-Compassion and Reactions to Negative Life Events (Abstract - PDF) |
3/27/09 |
Dana Bovbjerg, PhD |
Biobehavioral Processes in Oncology: An Analysis of Familial Breast Cancer Risk (Abstract - PDF) |
11/7/08 |
Brian Ross, PhD |
Categories and Cognition: Learning to Use and Using to Learn (Abstract - PDF) |
10/24/08 |
Pamela Cole, PhD |
Cultural Socialization of Children's Anger and Shame in Rural Nepal (Abstract - PDF) |
9/24/08 |
Michael O'Hara, PhD |
Postpartum Depression: A 30-year Odyssey (Abstract - PDF) |
9/19/08 |
Sheldon Solomon, PhD |
Fatal Attraction: Fear of Death and Political Preferences (Abstract - PDF) |
9/12/08 |
Eric Donny, PhD |
Nicotine Use and Dependence: A Translational Perspective (Abstract - PDF) VIDEO |