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Badger Herald: Visiting professor to return as permanent faculty this fall
After working as a visiting professor for the past semester, Morgan Jerald will permanently join the University of Wisconsin Department of Psychology in fall of 2022, bringing her research on intersectionality and stereotypes with her. …
BBC Future: Why your favourite colour is probably blue
In 1993, crayon-maker Crayola conducted an unscientific, but intriguing poll: it asked US children to name their favourite crayon colour. Most chose a fairly standard blue, but three other blue shades also made the top …
Berridge Lab Advances our Understanding of the Neurobiology of Higher Cognition
Prefrontal cortex (PFC)-dependent cognition allows people to plan, avoid distractions and stay on track to meet their goals as they make decisions throughout their day. Department of Psychology Chair and Professor Craig Berridge focuses on …
Bookworms can “read” people, too
“He saw terror in her eyes.” “She was filled with fury.” More than any other genre, fiction is the realm of emotion. “Getting lost in a story” means entering a world we don’t want to …
Brad Postle on WUWM:Wisconsin Researchers Talk Memory, As Nation Remembers Alex Trebek
UW-Madison psychology and psychiatry professor and editor of “The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience” Brad Postle says when you’re asked to remember something very specific, your brain goes through a process called contextual reinstatement. “Essentially what …
Brauer Group Lab awarded prize for best article of the year on intergroup relations
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues recently named the Brauer Group Lab as the recipient of the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize honoring the memory of the late Dr. Gordon W. Allport, …
Building better human-bot cybersecurity teams: University of Wisconsin-Madison led team wins prestigious US Department of Defense MURI grant
A multi-university team led by Somesh Jha at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has won a prestigious US Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Award. Seven universities comprise the group: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Carnegie Mellon University, University of California San Diego, …
C. Shawn Green awarded Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award
Each year students elected to the honor society Phi Beta Kappa nominate their favorite professors for the annual Teaching Award. The recipient is selected by the Phi Beta Kappa officers. This year, the award went …
C. Shawn Green featured in The Guardian
Scientific research has consistently shown that video games do not make people more violent. Playing games can, however, improve perceptual and cognitive functions, says C. Shawn Green, professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of …