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Alumna Ariana Hoet receives Emerging Leader Award

By Lauren Pond

Psychology alumna Dr. Ariana Hoet, '11, has received the College of Arts and Sciences' 2025 Emerging Leader Award. Given at a campus ceremony on April 4, the annual honor recognizes alumni who…

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Psychology undergraduates share research with Ohio State community

By Lauren Pond

For people who are not fluent in American Sign Language, is the meaning of the “eat” sign easier to guess than that of related words in other languages, such as delicioso, Portuguese for “…

Jenn Cheavens

Ohio State recruiting participants for new study on human kindness

The Columbus Dispatch highlights clinical psychology professor Jennifer Cheavens' continuing research on human kindness.

Megha Sehgal

How the brain links related memories formed close in time

A new study conducted by Dr. Megha Shegal reveals that human brains create physical connections between memories that occur close in time. 

Nikole Patson

Patson receives Undergraduate Research Access Innovation Seed Grant

Patson, a professor at the Ohio State Marion campus, will use the $10,000 award to research whether people remember language-related inferences over time.

A girl sticks out her tongue and mocks a boy in a school classroom.

Daddis receives grant to help study teens’ beliefs about school misbehavior

Daddis, an associate professor at Ohio State's Marion campus, will use the $10,000 seed grant to research the relationship between school misbehavior and the ways that youth think about its…

A yellow speech bubble with a red line through it canceling it out.

How ‘self-silencing’ your opinion may change behavior

A new study co-authored by affiliated faculty member Nicole Sintov suggests that people with minority views may change their actions to follow the majority.

Six psychology student ambassadors standing outside of Psychology Building and wearing red shirts

Life as an Ohio State psychology student: 'You just learn so much about yourself'

By Lauren Pond

For Scarlet Munoz, the issue of mental health is close to home. When the Ohio State University sophomore was growing up in Sunbury, Ohio, the area was not the wealthy, thriving place it is now,…

Richard Petty

Richard Petty receives APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions

By Lauren Pond

Richard Petty, a professor in The Ohio State University Department of Psychology, has received the 2024 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the American Psychological Association…