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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
3 p.m., Martin Colloquium Center 4127 Sennott Square

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
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Biobehavioral Processes in Oncology: An Analysis of Familial Breast Cancer Risk
(Abstract - PDF)

11/7/08

Brian Ross, PhD
University of Illinois

Categories and Cognition: Learning to Use and Using to Learn (Abstract - PDF)

10/24/08

Pamela Cole, PhD
Pennsylvania State University

Cultural Socialization of Children's Anger and Shame in Rural Nepal (Abstract - PDF)

9/24/08

Michael O'Hara, PhD
University of Iowa

Postpartum Depression: A 30-year Odyssey (Abstract - PDF)

9/19/08

Sheldon Solomon, PhD
Skidmore College

Fatal Attraction: Fear of Death and Political Preferences (Abstract - PDF)

9/12/08

Eric Donny, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

Nicotine Use and Dependence: A Translational Perspective (Abstract - PDF) VIDEO

 

 

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