Talks and Colloquia

Dr. Lela Rankin, Arizona State University

  • Friday, February 2, 2024, 2:30pm

  • Talk: Dismantling the Maternal Instinct: Myth vs Science and the Role of Physical Touch

2023

Dr. Gordon Pennycook, Cornell University

  • Friday, November 10, 2023, 2:30pm - Chernoff Hall Auditorium

  • Talk: A Framework for Understanding Reasoning Errors: From Fake News to Global Warming and Beyond

Dr. Melanie Dirks, McGill University

  • Friday, March 31, 2023, 2:30pm - Dunning Hall 11

  • Talk: With or Without You:  Maintenance and Dissolution in the Friendships of Young Adults

Dr. Johanna Peetz, Carleton University

  • Thursday, January 19, 2023, 11:30am - Humphrey Hall 228

  • Talk: Close Relationships Across Time: Biases in Memories and Forecasts

2022

Dr. Ethan Kross, University of Michigan

  • Friday, December 2, 2022, 2:30pm - Dunning Hall 11

  • Talk: When I Become You: How Small Shifts in Language Promote Self-Control

Dr. Gordon Asmundson, University of Regina

  • Friday, October 21 2022, 2:30 pm - Dunning 11

  • Talk: The Psychology of Pandemics: Emergence of a Distinct Psychological Research Field and Applied Science

Dr. David Forbes, University of Melbourne

  • Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:00 pm - Kinesiology 101

  • Talk: Current and future directions in facilitating recovery following psychological trauma

2020

Dr. Randy Auerbach, Columbia University

  • Friday, January 17, 2020, 2:30 pm - Kinesiology, Room 101

  • Talk: Depression and Suicide in Adolescents

Dr. Jacob Burack, McGill University

  • Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 9:30 am - Botterell B147

  • Talk: Developmental and strength-based approaches to studying attention in persons with autism spectrum disorder: Toward a more rigorous and humanitarian science

2019

Dr. Sid Segalowitz, Brock University

  • Friday, November 15, 2019, 2:30 pm - Kinesiology, Room 101

  • Talk: Free Will, Agency, and Strategies for Building Developmental Neural Models

Dr. Phoebe C. Ellsworth, University of Michigan

  • Friday, November 1, 2019, 2:30 pm - Kinesiology, Room 101

  • Talk: Appraisal Theories of Emotion

Dr. Jessica Cantlon, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Friday, October 4, 2019, 2:30 pm - Dunning Hall, Room 14

  • Talk: Monkeys, Math, and the Developing Brain

Dr. Neil Lewis Jr., Cornell University

  • Thursday, October 10, 2019, 1:00 pm - Kingston Hall, Lecture Theatre 201

  • Talk: Diversity Issues in Research

  • Friday, October 11, 2019, 2:30 pm - Dunning Hall, Room 14

  • Talk: Stratified Cognition: How Social Stratification Shapes Meaning Making, Motivation, and Behavior

Dr. Kristina Oldson, Princeton

  • Friday, September 13, 2019, 2:30 pm - Kinesiology, Room 101

  • Talk: Childhood Gender Diversity: Latest Findings and Current Controversies

Dr. Yinqun Gan, Peking University

  • Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 10:30 am - Humphrey Hall, Room 228

  • Talk: Stress Management and Meaning Making: Theories and Interventions

Dr. Thomas Armstrong, Whitman College

  • Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 2:30 pm - Dupuis Hall, Room 215

  • Talk: How (not) to treat disgust in mental disorders: New insights from eye tracking

Dr. Ara Norenzayan, University of British Columbia

  • Friday, April 5, 2019, 2:30 pm - Kinesiology 101

  • Talk: The Psychology of Theodiversity

Dr. Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University

  • Friday, March 29, 2019, 2:30 pm - Kinesiology 101

  • Talk: Probabilistic models of sensorimotor control and decision making

Dr. Rui C. Campos, University of Évora

  • Friday, March 15, 2019, 2:30 pm - Kinesiology 101

  • Talk: Taking a deeper look: Some considerations about the psychodynamics of suicide behaviours