psychology

The Department of Psychology & Brain Sciences holds an inaugural lecture on the psychological role of race in the Black experience

The Washington University Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences hosted Professor Robert Sellers from the University of Michigan as the speaker for the inaugural Robert L. Williams Lecture on Oct. 23. The lecture was a part of the University’s efforts to honor Williams’ legacy after his death on Aug. 12, 2020.

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Guest speakers reveal the secret to happiness

The event “What Would You Do if You Only Had One Week to Live?” fostered dialogue among students and faculty on the science of happiness and finding meaning in a time-limited life, April 12.

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‘During times of adversity we become like social magnets’: How the pandemic has affected WU extroverts and introverts differently

Introverts and extroverts at Washington University have experienced the pandemic differently, due to fewer opportunities for environmental stimulation

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‘It’s important for people to be proactive about staying connected to people in their life’: Students struggle to cope with isolation and depression during the winter of COVID-19

With progressively inclement weather and new mutations of COVID-19, opportunities for Washington University students to safely socialize are becoming increasingly limited.

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‘I always want to be pushing myself 100%’: Karisa Grandison on keeping her mind and game sharp

Sophomore Karisa Grandison is taking classes from home this fall, but that hasn’t stopped her from working on her game.

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WU psychology professor discusses misconceptions about empathy

There is a striking disconnect between how the term “empathy” is used in popular culture and the scientific, psychological construct of empathy, Washington University Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Science Alan Lambert says.

Ali Gold | Senior Editor

Psychology department updates image with new name, proposed new major

The Psychology Department at Washington University, in an attempt to better reflect the work done by both students and faculty within the department, has changed its official name to the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

Sam Seekings | Contributing Reporter

Accepting the shortcomings around us

I never passed the reading proficiency tests in elementary school. It wasn’t because I didn’t understand the passage, but because I couldn’t read it fast enough.

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Nobel Prize winner Kandel speaks on art and psychology

Students, faculty and community members crowded into a standing-room-only Anheuser-Busch Hall on Tuesday evening to listen to Eric Kandel, a neuropsychiatrist and Nobel Prize Winner, lecture about 1900s Modernist Vienna art and the neurobiological science of the mind.

Mindy Rosengarten | Contributing Reporter

Study expands on what happens in the blink of an eye

The average person will blink two to three times while reading this sentence and about 15 to 20 times in a minute. A new study conducted by researchers at Osaka University in Japan suggests that involuntary blinking affects perception and memory in ways previously unconsidered.

Adam Cohen-Nowak | Student Life

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