News Archive

Jim Russell听has just published an Oxford University Press edited book,听. Posted 5/8/17.

Karina Hamamouche,听Laura Niemi, 补苍诲听Sara Cordes听have published a paper in听Acta Psychologicaentitled "." Posted 4/12/17.

Laura Niemi, former Ph.D. student of Liane Young, Sara Cordes, and Ellen Winner, has accepted a tenure track position at the University of Toronto beginning in July 2018 in the Munk School of Global Affairs after a 2017-2018 postdoctoral fellowship sponsored by Duke University's Philosophy Dept, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Kenan Institute for Ethics with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Felipe De Brigard. Posted 4/12/17.

Gorica Petrovich听has been awarded a four-year, $1.8 million competitive renewal NIH grant from the NIDDK to continue investigating 鈥淔orebrain Circuits and Control of Feeding Behavior by Learned Cues.鈥 Posted 4/11/17.

Barry Schneider听has been invited as distinguished visiting researcher at LUMSA, the university at the Vatican, for 2017-2018. He will be visiting there in December-January and/or after classes end in May. Posted 3/27/17.

Gene Heyman听and his colleague, Verna Mims, recently published a chapter titled: "What addicts can teach us about addiction: A natural history approach." In听Addiction and Choice,听Heather, N. & Segal, G. (Eds). Posted 3/15/17.

Sara Keefer听补苍诲听Gorica Petrovich听have published a paper in听Neurobiology of Learning and Memoryentitled "." Posted 3/13/17.

Josh Hartshorne听received a Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring Expense (TAME) award from the Boston College University Council on Teaching. Posted 2/20/17.

Hao Wu听received a Boston College Research Incentive Grant for his proposal, "Confidence Intervals in Power and Sample Size Calculation." Posted 2/17/17.

Scott Slotnick听published a new book entitled听by Cambridge University Press. Posted 2/17/17.

Sara Cordes听is now serving as Associate Editor for the journal听Developmental Science. Posted 2/2/17.

Liane Young听joins the editorial board of听Cognition听as of April 2017. Posted 2/2/17.

Maddie Ray听won an Eastern Regional Research Award from Psi Chi for her upcoming poster at the Eastern Psychological Association conference. Posted 2/1/17.

Developmental faculty member听Katie McAuliffe听has just been听听by the Association for Psychological Science. She joins cognitive neuroscience faculty member听Maureen Ritchey, who was named a 2015 Rising Star.听Jaclyn Ford, a postdoctoral fellow in Elizabeth Kensinger's lab, was also named a 2016 Rising Star. Posted 1/27/17.

Lauren Anderson听补苍诲听Gorica Petrovich听have published a paper in听Neurobiology of Learning and Memory听entitled "." Posted 1/20/17.

Liane Young听is a 2017 recipient of the听, in recognition of her significant impact on the field of psychological science. Elizabeth Kensinger was a 2010 recipient of this award. Posted 1/20/17.

Brittany Jeye,听Jessica Karanian, 补苍诲听Scott Slotnick听have published two papers in听Brain Sciencesentitled "Spatial memory activity distributions indicate the hippocampus operates in a continuous manner" and "The anterior prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus are negatively correlated during false memories." Posted 1/18/17.

Liane Young听is a 2017 recipient of the听Sage Young Scholar Awards given by the听Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology. These awards "acknowledge the outstanding contributions of young scholars in personality and social psychology." Posted 1/9/17.