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Seth Pollak, University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science Distinguished Professor of Psychology and an expert on child brain and behavioral development, was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. …

  Parents can talk about their child’s personal growth and say, “ ‘I’ve been thinking how great it was that you found ways to stay connected to your friends,’ ” says Seth Pollak, a professor in the …

Researchers studying how poverty and adversity affect children’s development often track how negative experiences — be they poverty itself or factors such as having an incarcerated parent — affect decision-making, stress levels or aspects of brain function. …

Professor Shawn Green has been honored with a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. Professor Green’s previous work has shown that playing some types of highly active and demanding video games results …

Showing people how their peers feel about diversity in their community can make their actions more inclusive, make members of marginalized groups feel more like they belong, and even help close racial achievement gaps in …

Psychology professor Kristin Shutts has been awarded a 2022-2023 James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award.  Since 1974, the James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowship has provided professors with a supplemental sabbatical allowance, allowing them to extend their …

Our faculty are recognized nationally for their contributions to the field of psychology, and our reputation as one of the premier psychology departments in the country is undisputed. But there is nothing quite like having …

Professor of Psychology Kristin Shutts was recently awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study whether an intervention given by White parents to their kids would help reduce racial …

Siri Carpenter ’95 wrote down nearly every word Professor Patricia Devine said during an Introduction to Psychology course she signed up for to fulfill a breadth requirement, even that Professor Devine’s mother was “an intuitive …

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