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Nicholas Turk-Browne

Princeton University www.princeton.edu/ntblab What does your research focus on? The research in my lab seeks to understand key components of cognition, such as perception and memory. These components are often ... More>


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NAS Receives Gift From Atkinson for Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

The National Academy of Science has received a gift of $3.5 million from APS Fellow Richard C. Atkinson to establish the NAS Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. Beginning in 2014, a $200,000 prize will be given biennially to an individual (or pair of individuals) "responsible for significant advances in the psychological and cognitive sciences with important applications for formal and systematic theory in these fields.” ... More>


Kristen Lindquist

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill www.unc.edu/~kal29 What does your research focus on? My research focuses on understanding the nature of human emotion. I’m broadly interested in understanding what ... More>


Mindfulness Helps Us Understand Our True Personalities, Study Says


Andy Baron

University of British Columbia http://childdevelopment.psych.ubc.ca  What does your research focus on? My research focuses on the development of intergroup cognition from infancy through adolescence. In particular, I examine the development ... More>