/channels/news_feeds/all/term/psychology/rss en /channels/channels/news/remembering-morton-mendelson-1949-2025-366276 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/morton-meldelson-130527-141707-1620.jpg" style="height:225px; width:150px; float:right" /></p> <p>The Department of Psychology is mourning the passing of Professor Morton Mendelson, a longstanding faculty member who joined the department in 1977. Professor Mendelson demonstrated a deep commitment to education and student well-being, and served as 秀色直播's first聽Deputy Provost of Student Life and Learning. He will be missed by many.聽</p> <p>Professor Emerita Debbie Moskowitz offered these words about Professor Mendelson:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:32:53 +0000 webfull 210312 at /channels /channels/channels/news/eight-faculty-science-professors-honoured-provost-exceptional-research-achievements-365191 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>Clockwise from top left:聽Robert Brandenberger (Physics), Christian Genest (Mathematics and Statistics),聽Joel Kamnitzer (Mathematics and Statistics), B盲rbel Kn盲uper (Psychology), Milica Mio膷evi膰 (Psychology), Adrian Liu (Physics), Nagissa Mahmoudi (Earth and Planetary Sciences), and聽Galen Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences)</em></p> <p>Eight Faculty of Science professors are among this year鈥檚 cohort of Distinguished James 秀色直播 Professors, James 秀色直播 Professors, and William Dawson Scholars. 聽</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/updated2025.png?itok=YeBBRtNt" width="160" height="105" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:21:17 +0000 webfull 209037 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-publication-pain-phd-student-wenbo-yi-prof-caroline-palmer-and-prof-mathieu-roy-363817 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to PhD student Wenbo Yi, Prof. Caroline Palmer, and Prof. Mathieu Roy for their recent publication in <strong>PAIN</strong>! The paper is titled, <strong>Individualizing musical tempo to spontaneous rates maximizes music-induced hypoalgesia</strong>, and a recent news article on this work can be found <a href="https://thedebrief.org/new-study-reveals-how-music-eases-pain-but-only-at-the-right-tempo/">here</a>. The full publication can be accessed <a href="https://journals.lww.com/pain/abstract/9900/individualizing_musical_tempo_to_spontaneous_rates.810.aspx">here</a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:12:04 +0000 webfull 207375 at /channels /channels/channels/news/paul-masset-and-david-rolnick-awarded-2025-alfred-p-sloan-research-fellowships-363722 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span>Professors <a href="/psychology/paul-masset">Paul Masset</a> (Psychology) and <a href="https://davidrolnick.com/">David Rolnick</a> (Computer Science) have been named Sloan Research Fellows.<span>聽</span></span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/sloan2025.png?itok=UMEFEBqZ" width="160" height="83" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:27:07 +0000 webfull 207261 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-publication-cognitive-science-postdoc-bavo-van-kerrebroeck-and-prof-caroline-palmer-363418 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Bavo van Kerrebroeck and Prof. Palmer for their recent publication in <strong>Cognitive Science</strong>! The paper is titled, V<strong>irtual Partners Improve Synchronization in Human鈭扢achine Trios</strong>, and more information (including the full article) can be found <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cogs.70040">here</a>. Great work!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 05:36:57 +0000 webfull 206864 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgills-department-psychology-ranks-21st-times-higher-education-top-50-list-362911 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>秀色直播 provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the聽<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject">World University Rankings by Subject 2025</a>, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE).聽</p> <p>秀色直播 ranks among the top 90聽in the world聽in all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50.聽The聽number of聽institutions of聽higher education聽considered varied by discipline, from 389 for聽Law聽to聽1,488 for Engineering.聽</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/arts-winter-ice-768x512.jpg?itok=aRWy9YcB" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:08:12 +0000 webfull 206320 at /channels /channels/channels/news/prof-jelena-ristic-presents-tedx-talk-amazing-brain-science-talks-361556 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On October 17, 2024, Prof. Jelena Ristic presented a TEDx talk entitled,聽<em>Eyes speak louder than words</em>, at the Amazing Brain Science Talks hosted by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL), which is an interdisciplinary neuroscience program at 秀色直播. This event brought together leading Canadian brain health experts to showcase some of the latest advances in brain health research. For more information on the event, see <a href="https://amazingbrain.ca/#2024">here</a>. To watch Prof.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:05:16 +0000 webfull 204806 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-publication-international-journal-eating-disorders-graduate-student-adrienne-mehak-and-prof-360980 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to PhD candidate Adrienne Mehak and Prof. Racine for their recent publication in the聽<strong>International Journal of Eating Disorders</strong>!聽The paper is titled,聽<strong>A Psychophysiological Investigation of Mechanisms Underlying 鈥淔eeling Fat鈥� in Women With and Without Binge Eating</strong>, and more information (including the full article) can be found聽<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eat.24293">here</a>. Great work!聽</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:46:51 +0000 webfull 204139 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-publication-nature-communications-psychology-graduate-student-florence-mayrand-and-prof-jelena-360875 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to graduate student Florence Mayrand, postdoc Dr. Sarah McCrackin, and聽Prof. Ristic for their recent publication in聽<strong>Nature Communications Psychology</strong>!聽The paper is titled,聽<strong>Intentional looks facilitate faster responding in observers</strong>, and can be found聽<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00137-x">here</a>. This work represents聽one of the first experimental demonstrations that humans can 鈥渞ead鈥� information regarding mental states from others鈥� eyes.聽Great work!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 07:06:45 +0000 webfull 204022 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-publication-nature-neuroscience-prof-rosemary-bagot-and-her-team-359520 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Prof. Bagot, her lab, and their co-authors for their recent publication in <strong>Nature Neuroscience</strong>!聽The paper is titled, <strong>Sex-biased neural encoding of threat discrimination in nucleus accumbens afferents drives suppression of reward behavior</strong>, and can be found <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01748-7">here</a>. Additional brief information about this paper can be found in <a href="https://x.com/RCBagot/status/1831738976115552436">this thread</a>. Prof.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 06:38:46 +0000 webfull 202491 at /channels