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Department Celebrates Outstanding Seniors

Posted by on November 26, 2020

The Department of Psychological Sciences celebrates students’ successes throughout the year and is particularly pleased to acknowledge its Outstanding Seniors for the fall 2020 semester.  These individuals were chosen for their stellar academic records and activities related to psychological sciences.

Oksana Ball was lauded for her work in Dr. Ann Rumble’s research lab in which she, and another member of her research team, gathered police body camera footage for an ongoing policing project, trained behavioral coders, and completed a poster… Read more

Dr. Wayment Coauthors Major Consensus Report on Concussion Education

Posted by on October 14, 2020

Heidi A Wayment, PhD, Chair Department of Psychological Sciences is a co-author on a major consensus report (Improving concussion education: Consensus from the NCAA-Department of Defense Mind Matters Research & Education Grand Challenge) published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The work is also being co-published in the Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Wayment and her NAU colleagues (Ann Huffman, Debbie Craig, Monica Lininger) along with other grant awardees from the National Collegiate Athletic… Read more

Application for Research Based Instruction Courses in Spring 2021 Now Available

Posted by on October 9, 2020

PSY 279, 485 and PSY 486C courses partner undergraduate students with a faculty member to work on faculty-led or student-led research projects.   To apply for placement or continue enrollment in one of these research-based instruction courses,  please visit the Undergraduate Research Courses page on our department’s website andDr. Larry Stevens with students in an EEG lab. complete the required application. … Read more

Dr. Patch’s Research on Maternal Recall Published in Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Posted by on February 6, 2020

Emily Patch, Ph.D., and coauthor Eileen McGrath, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona College of Medicine, had their original research exploring mothers’ recall of infant data and maternal health published in The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine.  The authors found that, while mothers were accurate in their recollection of gestational age and infant birth weights, they were much less so in reporting their own medical diagnoses.  The findings of this research can help medical professionals communicate key information… Read more

Article Authored by Dr. Steven Barger and Three Former Master’s Students Published in BMJ Open

Posted by on February 5, 2020

Professor Steven Barger and three graduates of the Master of Arts in Psychological Sciences program, Timothy Broom, Michael Esposito, and Taylor Lane, had their manuscript” Is subjective well-being independently associated with mortality? A 14-year prospective cohort study in a representative sample of 25 139 US men and women published in BMJ Open,” a peer-reviewed, online open access journal.  The primary study goal and analysis plan for this original research were preregistered at the Center for Open Science in December… Read more

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