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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…

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.

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.

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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…

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…

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We're hiring!

The department seeks up to four postdoctoral scholars interested in examining the psychology of extremism, polarization, misinformation and/or morality.

Elizabeth Kirby with book cover: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience

Ohio State-edited text expands access to behavioral neuroscience coursework

By Lauren Pond

Elizabeth D. Kirby, an associate professor in The Ohio State University Department of Psychology, has helped launch a groundbreaking digital textbook on behavioral neuroscience. Published online…

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$3 million NIH award funds new research on language and cognitive development

By Lauren Pond

Vladimir Sloutsky, a professor of developmental psychology in The Ohio State University Department of Psychology, has received a $3 million award from the National Institutes of Health to conduct…

Kurt Gray

Kurt Gray appointed as inaugural C-SPAM faculty director

By Lauren Pond

Leading moral psychology expert Kurt Gray has been appointed to head The Ohio State University’s new Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation (C-SPAM) starting in…