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Official account of the UW-Madison Department of Psychology.
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Katie Howell
23 days ago
It's so important to recognize that October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. Research demonstrates this is such a prevalent occurrence, and it's one of the core areas of study in our REACH lab. Check out our website to see some of our work on this significant topic:
reachlab.psych.wisc.edu
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REACH Lab
About Us The REACH Lab, directed by Dr. Kathryn Howell, studies the pathways that lead to risk and resilience among families and children who have experienced potentially traumatic events, such as int...
https://reachlab.psych.wisc.edu
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Paula Niedenthal
23 days ago
Our latest work on ancestral diversity and cultural evolution is out. Co-authored with Sophie Wohltjen. For a special issue of CRESP on Historical Psychology edited by Josh Jackson and
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š Congratulations to Professor
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and Assistant Professor
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, recipients of this year's Distinguished Honors Faculty Awards! Read more about these remarkable educators and research mentors at
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about 1 month ago
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Congratulations to Sara Chadwick, assistant professor in both
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@uwpsych.bsky.social
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is proud to be ranked #19 overall and #8 among public universities in the 2025-2026 U.S. News and World Reportās Best Psychology Undergraduate Programs. This Top 20 ranking underscores our reputation as a leader in teaching and research.
#OnWisconsin
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about 1 month ago
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Congratulations to Assistant Professor João Guassi Moreira who was awarded a 2025 Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Grant! Stay current with his work at
cdnlab.psych.wisc.edu/CDNlab/
about 2 months ago
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Markus Brauer
2 months ago
Iām happy to announce that my paper in PPS is now published! My former grad student and I found that financial incentives work short-term but usually fail for long-term behavior change. Read it here:
psych.wisc.edu/Brauer/Braue...
And find the permalink here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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What Happens When Payments End? Fostering Long-Term Behavior Change With Financial Incentives - Sophia Winkler-Schor, Markus Brauer, 2025
Financial incentives are widely used to get people to adopt desirable behaviors. Many small landholders in developing countries, for example, receive multiyear ...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17456916241247152
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Maryellen MacDonald
4 months ago
So fun to talk about talking on the Talk Nerdy podcast! We talked science communication, adults' talking to and writing for boys vs. girls, talking and learning in school, and more.
www.carasantamaria.com/podcast/mary...
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More Than Words w/ Maryellen MacDonald
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by psycholinguist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of WisconsināMadison, Dr. Maryellen MacDonald. They discuss...
https://www.carasantamaria.com/podcast/maryellen-macdonald
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Way to go,
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4 months ago
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Join us in congratulating professors
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and Kate Walsh, recipients of fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Alibali received a
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Named Professorship & Walsh received an H.I. Romnes Fellowship. Read more at
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Maryellen MacDonald
5 months ago
Thrilled to announce that my book MORE THAN WORDS (Avery/Penguin Random House) is out! It explains why language production has huge positive effects on talkers: attention, emotion regulation, exec function & more. Accessible science for general audiences!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724046...
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More Than Words by Maryellen MacDonald, PhD: 9780593545270 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
"This beautifully written book by Maryellen MacDonald demonstrates how 'word-work' shapes both our experience of the world and the very brain that produced our capacity to articulate and generate our ...
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724046/more-than-words-by-maryellen-macdonald-phd/
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Ali Mohebi
5 months ago
Grateful to WARF for their continued support of science @ UW-Madison and looking forward to clamping some dopamine!
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Jenny Saffran
6 months ago
Fun new study by Ellie Breitfeld!
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Markus Brauer
6 months ago
Last lab social of the semester at the Terrace yesterday! Our lab has mostly seniors this year, so we have a lot of RAs to say goodbye to. Wishing them the best!
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Thrilled to celebrate the election of our own Patricia Devine and Mark Seidenberg to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!
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7 months ago
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Markus Brauer
7 months ago
Had the wonderful opportunity to give my talk entitled "Social Marketing: Influencing Behaviors for Good" at UW-Parkside's Community Partnership Celebration! Thank you to all who came and made the event a success! š
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Martha W. Alibali
7 months ago
U of Wisconsin alumni & friends: today is "Day of the Badger"--a day to raise money to support our department & our students. If we reach 150 donors to the Dept of Psych, we unlock a big additional gift! Please support if you can! (any dollar amount, $5 is great!)
dayofthebadger.org/campaign/psy...
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Psychology | Day of the Badger
Students in the Department of Psychology are tomorrowās change makers, shaping the future of mental health care, providing valuable psychological insights in legal settings, and driving innovation in ...
https://dayofthebadger.org/campaign/psychology/
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Catherine Marler
7 months ago
Congratulations to Emma Hammond! Excellent paper on negative effects of oxytocin on wound healingā¦..but it depends on social context
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Maryellen MacDonald
8 months ago
John McWhorter discusses a creole named Kriol today, and also gives a shout out to my book!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/o...
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Pearl Han Li
8 months ago
š£Now hiring! I'm looking to recruit a full-time Research Specialist (Lab Manager) to join the Social and Moral Learning Lab at UW Madison starting this summer! Apply here:
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...
(application deadline March 21, 2025)
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Delighted to share that our own
@nickbuttrick.bsky.social
has been named an APS Rising Star, a designation recognizing "researchers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions." Congrats, Dr. Buttrick!
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8 months ago
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Great work, Brauer Group Lab members!
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8 months ago
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We cannot wait for this! Congrats,
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9 months ago
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Maryellen MacDonald
9 months ago
I'm giving a talk with Mark Seidenberg at Planet Word Museum on March 1. We haven't done a joint talk in over 30 years! My part aims to bring insights from psycholinguistic research to children's reading instruction.
planetwordmuseum.org/events/eyes-...
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Eyes on Reading: Whatās Next in the Science of Reading ā Planet Word Museum
Donāt miss this rare opportunity to hear from Dr. Mark Seidenberg and Dr. Maryellen MacDonald, two of the worldās leading scientists in reading and language research, as they join Planetā¦
https://planetwordmuseum.org/events/eyes-on-reading-whats-next-in-the-science-of-reading/
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UW-Madison CDHA
9 months ago
šNew
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in the Journal of Alzheimerās Disease from CDHA affiliates Diane Gooding (
@uwpsych.bsky.social
), Megan Zuelsdorff & colleagues ā”ļø"Perceptions about preclinical Alzheimer's disease biomarker collection procedure influences willingness to participate"
doi.org/10.1177/1387...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877241307255
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Ali Mohebi
9 months ago
Teaching psychology for the first time and loving every minute of it! Folks in the class are awesome š
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Markus Brauer
10 months ago
Exciting news! A paper I wrote with Mitch Campbell, Andrea Miller, and my former lab manager Kevin Kennedy about a pro-diversity intervention for marginalized students was selected for SPSP/Sage/PSPBās Evidence-Based Policymaking Collection! š More here:
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
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Dr. Sara B. Chadwick
10 months ago
Do narratives that prioritize women's orgasm during heterosex benefit or constrain women's sexuality? My new article in the Annual Review of Sex Research, covers research supporting...both! Thrilled to finally share this with the world!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Prioritization of Womenās Orgasms During Heterosex: A Critical Feminist Review of the Implications for Womenās Sexual Liberation
Orgasm is considered by many to be an essential part of womenās ideal sexual experiences. As a result, sexual liberation narratives have often advocated for the prioritization of womenās orgasms ā ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2024.2399153
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Delighted to announce that Professor Tim Rogers is the recipient of the 2025 Jeffrey L. Elman Prize for Scientific Achivement and Community Buildling! More at
psych.wisc.edu/news/rogers-...
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9 months ago
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New study from
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finds that communities that experience mass shootings drink more alcohol in the aftermath.
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Communities that experience mass shootings drink more alcohol in the aftermath, a new study finds
The findings, published this week in the journal PNAS Nexus, add to the evidence that mass shootings have lasting effects on health that reach far beyond the lives of those directly involved.
https://news.wisc.edu/communities-that-experience-mass-shootings-drink-more-alcohol-in-the-aftermath-a-new-study-finds/
10 months ago
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Paula Niedenthal
10 months ago
New paper alert: "Uniting theory and data: the promise and challenge of creating an honest model of facial expression." From our great team modeling naturally occurring facial expressions. Stay tuned to read about the results of our model!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Uniting theory and data: the promise and challenge of creating an honest model of facial expression
People routinely use facial expressions to communicate successfully and to regulate otherās behaviour, yet modelling the form and meaning of these facial behaviours has proven surprisingly complex....
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02699931.2024.2446945
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Do you have any inner voice or monologue? Chances are you do, but research from
@glupyan.bsky.social
shows that we might all have very different ones and some of us might not have one at all.
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Why do some people not have an inner voice?
Do you have any inner voice or monologue? Chances are you do, but new research shows that we might all have very different ones and some of us might not have one at all.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/07/19/inner-voice
10 months ago
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