Fatal collisions are rising on Edmonton streets. Professor and Vice Dean of Science Anthony Singhal says impairment is a main factor in collisions, involving stress, fatigue or distracted driving. Read below: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

This Friday 10th October 12pm - 1pm

Registration for @ualberta.bsky.social Open House 2025 is now open! Check out the Program Guide for information about our presentation, "Is Psychology For You" and our PSYCH lab tours. Come visit us on Saturday October 18th! Hope to see you there! Register here: www.ualberta.ca/en/admission...

A date for your diary- Professor Reggie Gazes from Bucknell University will present 'How animals think: Inference, space, and social relationships' as part of the Comparative Cognition & Behaviour Seminar Nov 20th BS P116 12-1pm. All are welcome!

Please follow this link to see how we are honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation today Tuesday September 30th @ualberta.bsky.social www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...

A date for your diary! Dr Kate Luken Raz will be presenting 'Social Intimacy and Reasoning: Understanding and Improving Children’s Intergroup Interactions' as part of our #PsychSeminarSeries Friday Oct 31st 3-4 pm MST BS P226 and via Zoom.

Today Dr Trevor Hamilton from MacEwan University will be presenting 'Hooked and anxious: Using Zebrafish to study drug addiction-induced withdrawl and heritability of anxiety-like traits' as part of our #PsychSeminarSeries Friday Sep 26th 3-4 pm MST BS P226. Join us!

Please follow this link to see how we are honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday September 30th @ualberta.bsky.social www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...

Join us for our ongoing Teaching and Learning Seminar with Dr Lia Daniels presenting on 'Well-being Centre Summative Assessment' Friday 10th October 12pm - 1pm MST BS P266 and via Zoom @ualberta.bsky.social

Applications for MA, MSc and PhD programs in Psychology @ualberta.bsky.social are now open! For application information and FAQ, please visit our website below. Deadline December 1st. Join us! www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...

I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂

We present our ongoing monthly film series📽️ Reel Change 🎬. This series highlights themes of equity, diversity, inclusion & social change. This month’s screening is NÎPAWISTAMÂSOWIN: WE WILL STAND UP Join us Monday Oct 20th, 4PM – 6PM, BS M-145

Join us for the next Queer Coffee Hour this Thursday (Sept 18th 11:00-12:00 MST) in BS P328. Queer Coffee provides a space for 2SLGBTQIA+ members at @ualberta.bsky.social. Coffee and cups are provided!

Please join us in wishing good luck to Tiffany Kung, who will be defending their PhD 'Anti-Edema Therapies and Sex Hormones After Experimental Stroke' Friday Sept 15th, 1pm MST, BS P226. All are welcome to the public presentation!

Please join us in wishing good luck to Malek Doughan, who will be defending their MSc 'The Transfer of Hindsight Bias Without Hindsight Bias' Monday Sept 15th, 9am MST, BS P226 (and on Zoom). All are welcome to the public presentation!

Please join us in congratulating Dr Eamin Heanoy (supervisor Dr Norman Brown) who passed her PhD defense this afternoon! Eamin's thesis is entitled "Assessing the Transitional Impact of Adverse Public Events and Associated Mental Health Consequences" Congratulations Dr Heanoy!

Another date for your 2026 diary! Dr Jared Wesley will be presenting 'Polarization in Alberta: How Partisanship is Reshaping the Province’s Politics' as part of our #PsychSeminarSeries Friday Feb 27th 2026 3-4 pm MST BS P226 and via Zoom.

A date for your diary! Dr Tanya Shoot from Concordia University will be presenting 'Rooting out problem-solving mechanisms in plants' as part of our #PsychSeminarSeries Friday Nov 28th 3-4 pm MST BS P226 and via Zoom.

The Department of Psychology EDI Committee is excited to present our new monthly film series 📽️ Reel Change 🎬. This ongoing series highlights films exploring themes of equity, diversity, inclusion and social change. This month’s screening is Crip Camp. Join us Monday Sep 15th, 4PM – 6PM, BS M-145

Please join us in wishing good luck to Eamin Zahan Heanoy, who will be defending their PhD 'Assessing the Transitional Impact of Adverse Public Events and Associated Mental Health Consequences' Monday Sept 8th, 11am MST, BS P226 All are welcome to the public presentation!

Congratulations to Joanna Gye on winning a 2025 Faculty of Arts Staff Award for Outstanding Student Services!

Our own Jaron Tan (PhD student) and Dr Pan Liu investigate the relationship between social media use, how adolescents perceive themselves, and the development of anxiety and depression Read all about it in this #WCHRIU article www.wchri.org/our-impact/s...

Our Fall25 #PsychSeminar series starts Friday Sep 26 3-4 pm BS P226 with Professor Trevor Hamilton from MacEwan University 'Hooked and Anxious: Using zebrafish to study drug addiction-induced withdrawal and heritability of anxiety-like traits' All are welcome!

Please join us in wishing good luck to Archana Prakash Kalpana on their MSc Defense Presentation 'Cerebral Lateralization in Kribensis: Role of Sex, Emotion, Familiarity and Personality' Wednesday August 13th, 9am MST, BS P319N. All are welcome!

Congratulations to our very own Dr Anthony Singhal who, as of July 1st, is now Vice Dean of Science @ualberta.bsky.social www.ualberta.ca/en/science/n...

What can games tell us about science? What can science tell us about games? New @cognitionjournal.bsky.social paper @psychualberta.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social "Evaluating commercial game design decisions via the scientification of games" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (1/3) 👇

Congratulations to Leah Pagé, who today successfully defended her Masters thesis yesterday (supervisor Dr Noels). Thanks also to her examining committee Drs Westbury, Gutierrez, Johnson, and Dr Lam (chair), and Isaac and Philip for tech support!

On Wednesday June 25th 10am BS P-226, we are pleased to host Professor Paul Gold for the seminar 'A neuroendocrine approach to brain and cognitive aging.' All are welcome!

Congratulations to Katharine Stenstrom on her successful MSc thesis defense! Committee members and Katharine had a great discussion about the nature of rescue behaviours, particularly as represented in black-capped chickadee behaviour. Katharine is supervised by Chris Sturdy.

Public MA thesis presentation by Leah Page Mon 23 June P226 at noon. 'Intergenerational Family Language Policy Retention Through the Lens of the Theory of Planned Behaviour' check your email for Zoom link. Leah is supervised by Dr. Kim Noel

Get ready for our Annual Welcome Back Celebration- Thursday August 28th 3pm - 5pm at the University Club. See you there!

Congratulations to Dr Dana Hayward on winning the 2025 Women in Cognitive Science Canada Mentorship Award! @wicscanada.bsky.social

Members of our Department at Convocation yesterday to celebrate and support of Science graduates! Jennifer Passey, Sandra Wiebe, Lauren Guillette, Sandra Ziolkowski, Wendy Hoglund

Reflect and Learn: This summer, the Faculty of Native Studies is offering online micro-courses (asynchronous and self-directed): - Indigenous Peoples and Canada. https://bit.ly/4kRpkpn 1/5

Celebrate: There are various events taking place in Edmonton from June 19th-28th to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day. See further details through the links below: 1/5

The EDI Committee recognizes and celebrates National Indigenous People's Day on June 21st. 1/5

Congratulations to Andrei Gatchalian, who awarded the prestigious Judge Gurchuran Singh Bhatia CM Outstanding Leadership Silver Medal in Arts. https://bit.ly/45Lb4cO The medal is awarded to 1 convocating student in the Faculty of Arts 'who demonstrates outstanding leadership 1/2

David Rast says politics and peer pressure play a big role in Canadians’ decision to travel over at CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Our own Professor Kimberly Noels and PhD student Xijia Zhang discuss language mindset theory for The Conversation theconversation.com/learning-a-n...

Congrats to Valery Kalinin on a successful MSc defense today! Valery's thesis is 'Understanding Affective and Cognitive Empathy: Insights from P300 Event-Related Potentials in a Passive Auditory Oddball Task' Valery is supervised by Kyle Nash.

Congratulations to Cheryl Pan on her successful MA thesis defense & a fascinating discussion about heterogeneity in the trajectories and co-occurence of internalizing and externalizing symptoms and the impact of peer relationships. Cheryl is supervised by Wendy Hoglund.

Congratulations to Öykü Ekinci who successfully passed her candidacy exam yesterday. Öykü's work focuses on autobiographical memory using Transition Theory, emphasizing how autobiographical memory is structured around major life events. She is supervised by Dr Norman Brown.

The Department of Psychology Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee is proud to present a hybrid seminar on Inclusive Teaching, Tuesday May 27th from 12-1pm in BS P226. Check e-mail for Zoom link.

Congrats to Ruby Prinsen on the successful completion of her candidacy exam yesterday! There was interesting discussion of kink culture, embodied cognition, qualitative research methodology, self-deception, and the overlap of self and others. Ruby is supervised by Cor Baerveldt.

Good luck to Cheryl Mengjia Pan who will be defending their MA Thesis 'Heterogeneity of Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms in Early Childhood: The Role of Peer Relationships' (supervisor Dr @whoglund.bsky.social) Monday May 26 1pm BS P226 All welcome for the public presentation!

Story about Dr. @laurenguillette in May #SciLights @ualbertaScience https://bit.ly/4jWqcZh#SciLights @laurenguillette.bsky.social

Please join us in congratulating Jenn Passey on her Faculty of Arts Teaching Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity and Decolonization Initiatives

May 5th marks Red Dress Day, or the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S). To learn more about Red Dress Day, please visit: amnesty.ca/what-we-do/n...

New @NSNLab article! "Influenced by others: Trusting behaviour and social influence" in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics https://bit.ly/3YVCNmS

Today!