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Ohio State to host innovative summit on AI and human values
Scientists and AI industry leaders will convene at Ohio State this month to explore effective ways of aligning artificial intelligence with human values and well-being.
Participating in heavy-contact youth sports, dropping out of sports linked to acts of violence
Simply playing organized youth sports does not reduce the likelihood of committing violence in one’s lifetime, according to a new study led by psychology graduate Emily Nothnagle.
Rethinking belief in an age of misinformation
The latest issue of ASCENT highlights the work of Dr. Richard Petty, a leading expert on how people form and change their beliefs.
Seed grants fund new research on polarization, misinformation
Issued by C-SPAM, one of the department's interdisciplinary research collaboratives, the awards will support projects in political science and behavioral health.
Leading political scientist offers new perspective on a divided America
Anti-establishment feeling may be shaping a new dimension of politics, Joseph Uscinski suggested during a C-SPAM colloquium.
Psychology graduate students, research staff receive NSF fellowships
Two doctoral students and two research lab managers in the Ohio State Department of Psychology have received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, one of the most…
Psychology students receive top awards at Hayes, Denman research events
Department of Psychology students received top awards at Ohio State research showcases this spring.
Grace Amadon and Olivia Horn, both clinical psychology graduate students, received first…
Postdoctoral scholar receives Ohio State presidential fellowship
Dr. Justin Palmer, a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Scott Hayes’ Buckeye Brain Aging Lab (B-BAL), has received the Ohio State President’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program fellowship.
The…
Study finds complex relationship between age, fitness and cortical thickness
Recently published research by graduate student Jillian Graham used an advanced nonlinear modeling technique to study how cardiorespiratory fitness relates to cortical thickness in adults.