Featured Stories | Department of Psychology

Enhancing community engagement at Queen’s

Queen's Gazette - Feb 16, 2023

The Office of the Principal and Vice-Chancellor has appointed Wendy Craig as Special Advisor to the Principal on Community Engagement.

The ability to learn new motor skills is critical for a vast majority of our daily behaviours, yet scientists have a poor understanding of how such learning is achieved by the human brain. The traditional view has been that the acquisition of new motor skills involves selective changes in the neural activity of motor-related brain areas.

Research shows how non-motor brain areas play a critical role in shaping motor learning

Queen's Psychology - Jan 19, 2023

The ability to learn new motor skills is critical for a vast majority of our daily behaviours, yet scientists have a poor understanding of how such learning is achieved by the human brain.

The science of gender, sex, and sexuality

Catarina Chagas, Coordinator, Strategic Initiatives - Jan 11, 2023

Sari van Anders investigates how social experiences impact our identities, our bodies, and our research.

Artists Georgina Riel and Andy Berg stand with their artwork in Humphrey Hall

Indigenous mural creates welcoming space for students

Story by Queen's Arts & Science • Photos by Eric Brousseau - Sep 28, 2022

Always a hub of activity, the lobby in Humphrey Hall has a new addition, a mural that represents a space of sharing and mutual respect between the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas of the Ojibways, and Haudenosaunee.

Feature Story: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award 2021 - 2022

Jun 29, 2022

Feature Story: Department of Psychology 2021-2022 Teaching Awards

Queen's Psychology - Jun 13, 2022

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021-2022 Teaching Awards in Psychology.

Images of Jeremy Stewart, Meghan Norris, and Andrew Hall

Feature Story: Champions for Mental Health - May 2022

By Queen's Psychology - May 18, 2022

Congratulations to Jeremy Stewart, Meghan Norris, and Andrew Hall, who have all been honoured as Champions for Mental Health by the Queen’s Student Mental Health Network!