The Department of Psychology is pleased to welcome new faculty member Vivian Paulun. Paulun comes to us most recently from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she held a postdoctoral fellowship with the Department of …
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New funding for MIDUS study researching pathways to health and illness across midlife
The Midlife in the U.S. (MIDUS) study examines how a variety of factors contribute to differences in physical and mental health and illness as individuals journey across midlife. When Dr. Carol Ryff and other researchers …
New master’s degree program trains students to use advanced data science tools to analyze and understand human behavior
The explosion of data science has changed the ways companies, government offices and nonprofit organizations track how people purchase and utilize goods, interact with each other, comply with regulations and support philanthropy and social causes. …
New members join Board of Visitors
The Department of Psychology is delighted to welcome two new members to its Board of Visitors and congratulate current Board of Visitors member Andrea Konz on her election to Chair of the Board. Andrea Konz …
New members join Psychology Board of Visitors
The Department of Psychology is delighted to welcome three new members to its Board of Visitors and congratulate current Board of Visitors member Caitlin Ziegler on her election to Chair of the Board. Bill Hopkins …
New projects study root causes of inequalities and how to reduce their effects
Fifteen projects — from improving doctor-patient communications for high-risk patients, to using data to understand racial differences in how Americans handle civil legal problems, to better understanding the factors that influence success and well-being of …
New Study Finds Toddlers Incorporate Gender into their Language Processing
Our understanding of language relies on more than just the spoken word. A myriad of external cues, like nonverbal signals and a person’s characteristics, contribute to how we understand and process language as we speak …
New UW institute to study evidence-based solutions to diversity-related challenges
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has launched the Institute for Diversity Science as a hub for the many researchers on campus studying causes and consequences of discrimination and evaluating solutions that may help companies and cities …
Nick Buttrick in Los Angeles Times: Why former slave states became the foundation for American gun culture
There are a lot of guns in America — this nation has collectively more civilian-owned guns than we have citizens. Unlike the rest of the developed world, firearms ownership in America is broadly held, with an …
Niedenthal and other top social scientists offer wisdom for a post-pandemic world
Which aspect of of social life will show the most significant positive societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandemic? What piece of wisdom do people need to make it through the pandemic? These …