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Dr. Jolynn Pek & Team Awarded with Project Funding
Dr. Jolynn Pek and an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Ohio State has been awarded grant funding for a recent project. Dr. Pek, along with PI JaNelle Ricks, Deena Chisolm and Anna Kerlek, are…
Kathryn Lenz receives Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award
Dr. Kathryn Lenz is recipient of the 2020 College of Arts and Sciences Early Career Faculty Excellence Award. This award recognizes the top candidate for promotion to Associate Professor in Social…
Andy Leber Receives 3-Year Grant from NSF
Andy Leber, Associate Professor of Psychology, has received a 3-year, $548,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, titled "Developing a comprehensive profile of attentional control strategy."…
Dr. Schope-Sullivan, APA Fellow, Receives Grant Funding
The Administration for Children and Families has approved grant funding for Dr. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, Professor of Developmental Psychology, at Ohio State. The project is titled Child and Family…
Role-play shows which expectant dads will thrive as new fathers
A study co-authored by professor of psychology Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan in which men interacted with a doll depicting their soon-to-be child predicted the quality of their parenting once their infant…
Roger Ratcliff named Distinguished University Professor
Roger Ratcliff has made vast contributions to the field of cognitive psychology, and his research focuses on modeling application and methodology for rapid decision-making. His diffusion model of…
Dr. Jolynn Pek named American Psychological Association Fellow
Dr. Jolynn Pek, Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology, has been named an American Psychological Association Fellow for Division 5: Quantitative and Qualitative methods. Fellows are scholars…
Jiyeon Denninger receives 2020 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award
Jiyeon Denninger, MD/PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Kirby Lab, has received a 2020 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award from the Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Office…
People may know the best decision – and not make it
When faced with a decision, people may know which choice gives them the best chance of success, but still take the other option, a new study suggests. People may choose based on a “gut feeling,” a…