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Addictive properties of soda, according to Dr. Gary Wenk
In an article recently published by CNN, Dr. Gary Wenk, a professor of Behavioral Neuroscience in the Department and author of Your Brain on Food, was interviewed to explain why soda is often hard to…
New study reveals reading to your children on a tablet can be distracting
ABC 6 News posted an article discussing the well-known importance of reading to your child. However, in the digital age we live in, many parents utilize tablets or other online reading devices, such…
Voices of Excellence from Arts & Sciences: Jennifer Cheavens
The podcast, Voices of Excellence, focuses on the innovative work being done by faculty and staff in the College of Arts & Sciences at The Ohio State University. On Wednesday, September 25,…
Experts say parents should be less involved in their child's homework
FOX28 News published a new story involving the expertise of Dr. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan of the Psychology Department regarding children and their homework. According to Schoppe-Sullivan, when parents…
Stress, Metabolism, Marriage and Caregiving
Dr. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, an OSU Psychology Professor, recently examined the link between stress and an individual's metabolism, marriage and caregiving abilities in a published interview with…
Child Trends: Dr. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan
Dr. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, a professor of Developmental Psychology at Ohio State, recently had research in her lab concerning co-parenting and father-child relations highlighted by Child…
Modality-Specific Forgetting Publication
Ashleigh Maxcey Ph.D., a visiting Associate Professor in the Psychology Department, has recently had a paper examining modality-specific forgetting published in the journal, Psychonomic,…
Vladimir Sloutsky on BBC: Mental health support in the community; Awareness in children; Insiders' Guide
As we grow up we get better at tasks involving thinking. But there is something at which 5 year olds excel and that adults are really not very good at - and that is noticing things. New research by…
Graphic images on cigarette warnings stick with smokers
If you want smokers to remember cigarette-warning labels, include a graphic image of the results of long-term smoking, a new study suggests. Full article