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 …
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Cap Times: What do children’s books teach children about gender?
Beginning in 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers Ellen Converse, Matt Borkenhagen and Mark Seidenberg transcribed a collection of popular contemporary children’s books, frequenting several local libraries — from Madison Public Library to the university’s Cooperative …
Celebrating Excellence: Community Impact Award Recipients
The Department of Psychology has a strong reputation of honoring research achievements and academic excellence. Thanks to the generosity of Caitlin Ziegler ’17 and the Ziegler Family Foundation, we expanded this recognition of excellence three …
Championing Mental Health Awareness on Campus and in Community
As a child growing up in New York City, Diane Carol Gooding loved the cultural diversity: the museums, the performances, and the constant hum of bustling sidewalks filled with all kinds of people, including those …
Children develop racial biases as early as preschool—can parents help reduce these biases?
That’s what graduate student Katharine Scott wants to find out. When she started her PhD program in 2015, working in both Kristin Shutts’s Social Kids Lab and Patricia Devine’s Prejudice and Intergroup Relations Lab, Scott’s …
Chuck Snowdon Honored
Chuck Snowdon will receive the Distinguished Primatologist Award from the American Society of Primatologists, which recognizes his outstanding career and contributions to the field. This is the highest award that the ASP can bestow, and …
Clarke and Zettersten awarded NSF Fellowships
Emily Clarke of Professor Janet Hyde’s lab, and Martin Zettersten of both Professor Jenny Saffran and Professor Gary Lupyan’s labs have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships this year. Please join us in congratulating them.
Code to Recovery
When you’re addicted, almost everything can be a trigger. A location. A song on the radio. A memory. The smallest thing can unleash an irresistible craving that leads to relapse. It’s what makes overcoming addiction to …
Coffey and Koenigs, along with community partners, recognized for partnership between academia and lived experience for youth empowerment
Congratulations to Dr. Patti Coffey and Dr. Mike Koenigs, along with community partners Aaron Hicks, Frank Davis, and Ben Trolinger, recipients of a Community University Partnership Award! Their project, Best of Both Worlds: Partnership between …
Coffey receives Alliant Energy James R. Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr. Patricia Coffey, teaching faculty member in the Department of Psychology and respected forensic psychologist, was recently honored by the Universities of Wisconsin and the Alliant Energy Foundation for her exemplary contributions to teaching and …