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Spring Alumnus Awards & Reception

Spring Alumnus Awards and Reception

At the Spring Alumnus Awards and Reception, a number of individuals within the Psychology Department received recognition for their outstanding work for the 2018 school year. View this year's…

Zeynep Saygin

Zeynep Saygin's TedTalk

Zeynep's talk focuses on new research that delves into the complexities of fetal development and the implications it has on a child's unknown future. Dr. Saygin is a professor at The Ohio State…

Sydney Clark

Class of 2019: Sydney Clark

Sydney, from Columbus, OH chose to attend OSU after taking a few classes on campus while in high school.

Research is very important to Sydney.  With the help of faculty mentors …

Alex Barkhimer

Class of 2019: Alexandria (Alex) Barkhimer

For Alex, from Whitehouse, OH, Ohio State was her dream school. She was excited about the many opportunities OSU would provide, include access to outstanding research opportunities and faculty.…

Ashleigh Maxcey Ph.D.

Modality-Specific Forgetting Publication

Ashleigh Maxcey Ph.D., a visiting Associate Professor in the Psychology Department, has recently had a paper examining modality-specific forgetting published in the journal, Psychonomic,…

The logo for CogFest Undergraduate Poster Session 2019

Congratulations to CogFest Undergraduate Poster Winners!

The CogFest Undergraduate Poster Session was held on Monday, March 25th in the Thompson Library Campus Reading Room. The poster session was an opportunity for 20 undergraduate students to share…

A headshot of Kathryn Lenz, an assistant professor in the Psychology Department at OSU

Kathryn Lenz's Prenatal Allergy Study

A single allergic reaction during pregnancy prompts sexual-development changes in the brains of offspring that last a lifetime, new research suggests.

Female rats born to mothers exposed to…

Ezequiel Herrera

Class of 2020: Ezequiel Herrera

Ezequiel’s love for Ohio State runs in his family. Growing up in Genoa, OH, Ezequiel watched his mom passionately follow Buckeye football. As he got older, he met alumni in his community and felt…

Positive Parenting

John Gibbs on Positive Parenting: Disciplining Your Teen

When your teen or tween lets you down, you could dole out punishment or take away privileges.

But developmental psychologists say there’s another option for correcting their behavior that…