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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Vilas Research Professor and Sir Frederic Bartlett Professor of Psychology, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Norman Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP). The Society praised …

Eat more vegetables. Exercise daily. Cut back on caffeine. Get a full night’s sleep. Millions of people make new year’s resolutions like these. But what if you could only choose one?  For Jesse Cook, clinical …

Professor Hill Goldsmith has been awarded the Dobzhansky Lifetime Achievement Award from the Behavior Genetics Association. The Dobzhansky Award is given in honor of the first president of the Behavior Genetics Association, Theodosius Dobzhansky, to …

At its June 28, 2022 meeting, the Board of Directors of theNational Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)-Dane County unanimouslyelected Dr. Diane C. Gooding as its Chair, replacing outgoing Amanda Pirt Meyer. Gooding previously served on …

Three graduate students, including psychology graduate student Caleigh Guoynes, have been honored with Peer Mentor Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Graduate School Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Funding, recognize stellar mentorship qualities on- and …

Graduate student Elise Hopman was recognized with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities. A member of the Language and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (LCNL) within the Department of …

In his five years with the Department of Psychology, graduate student Mitchell Campbell has made a concerted effort to help improve the department climate. “It is extremely important to me that we have a department …

Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. [Playing] action video games in particular may prove beneficial for …

Psychology professor C. Shawn Green is among thirteen faculty members who have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards. For more than 70 years, the Distinguished Teaching Awards have honored exemplary achievements in …

Dr. Seth Pollak, the College of Letters & Science Distinguished Professor of Psychology, has been named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, one of 184 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists selected through …