The NAU Psychology Club will be hosting a sheep brain dissection lab on Thursday, November 8th in BIO (Building 21) room 235 at 7 pm. Dr. Emily Patch will be conducting a short demonstration after which members will have the chance to continue dissections on their own.
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Paul Plonski Defends Thesis on Nov. 8
Paul Plonski, a psychological sciences graduate student in the 2016–2018 cohort, will be presenting his thesis titled “Comparing Satipaṭṭhāna-style Mindfulness and Progressive Relaxation Meditation on Neural Responses to Disgust and Unpleasant Emotion” this week.
His research explores whether brief training in Early Buddhist mindfulness practices, compared to a structurally equivalent progressive muscle relaxation training, will affect a neural marker of emotional arousal (known as the Late Positive Potential) to disgusting and non-disgusting unpleasant visual… Read more
Workshop on Graduate School Planning
Dr. Andy Walters will be presenting a three-hour workshop intended to help students prepare for a graduate education on Tuesday, November 13th, from 6:00–9:00 PM in room 3108 in the Health and Learning Center. Dr. Walters has presented this workshop for several years and students who aspire to a graduate education have found them extremely useful. The content for this comprehensive planning session includes:
Part 1
Psychology and other Mental Health Fields
Psychology as a Science
Where Psychologists Work
Degree Specialties
Psychology Club Presents Personality Night
The Psychology Club will be hosting a “Personality Night” featuring personality tests, free food, games, and more. The event will be held on November 1, 2018 in the large conference room (302) on the 3rd floor of the Student and Academic Services building (60). The festivities start at 7:00 PM.
Psychological Sciences Student Presents at National REU Conference
Blake Piper, a Psychological Sciences major, and intern in the 2018 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program hosted at NAU, presented the results of his research at the Council on Undergraduates Research Experience for Undergraduates Symposium in Washington, D.C., on October 29, 2018.
More than 200 undergraduates and faculty mentors attended the interdisciplinary event. Blake’s was one of 16 posters presented… Read more
Maren Greve Receives Travel Award from the Office of the Provost
Undergraduate Psychological Sciences major Maren Greve received a $900 travel award to attend the Second Language Research Forum in Montreal, Canada. Maren, along with other members of her research team, will present the results of research conducted within the Department of English Language and Memory labs. The 37th annual forum focuses on the contribution of cognitive science to second language research… Read more