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Ohio State is recruiting participants for new study into human kindness
The Columbus Dispatch highlights clinical psychology professor Jennifer Cheavens' continuing research on human kindness.
Patson receives Undergraduate Research Access Innovation Seed Grant
Patson, a professor at the Ohio State Marion campus, will use the $10,000 award to research whether people remember language-related inferences over time.
Daddis receives grant to help study teens’ beliefs about school misbehavior
Daddis, an associate professor at Ohio State's Marion campus, will use the $10,000 seed grant to research the relationship between school misbehavior and the ways that youth think about its…
Richard Petty receives APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions
Richard Petty, a professor in The Ohio State University Department of Psychology, has received the 2024 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the American Psychological Association…
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The department seeks up to four postdoctoral scholars interested in examining the psychology of extremism, polarization, misinformation and/or morality.
Ohio State-edited text expands access to behavioral neuroscience coursework
Elizabeth D. Kirby, an associate professor in The Ohio State University Department of Psychology, has helped launch a groundbreaking digital textbook on behavioral neuroscience. Published online…
$3 million NIH award funds new research on language and cognitive development
Vladimir Sloutsky, a professor of developmental psychology in The Ohio State University Department of Psychology, has received a $3 million award from the National Institutes of Health to conduct…
Kurt Gray appointed as inaugural C-SPAM faculty director
Leading moral psychology expert Kurt Gray has been appointed to head The Ohio State University’s new Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation (C-SPAM) starting in…
$1.47 million grant funds new Ohio State research on extremism
Could persuading people to brush their teeth more hold the key to preventing insurrection?
From abortion clinic bombings to violent protests and coup attempts, extremism has played a…