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Class of 2019: Alexandria (Alex) Barkhimer
For Alex, from Whitehouse, OH, Ohio State was her dream school. She was excited about the many opportunities OSU would provide, include access to outstanding research opportunities and faculty.…

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,…

Congratulations to CogFest Undergraduate Poster Winners!
The CogFest Undergraduate Poster Session was held on Monday, March 25th in the Thompson Library Campus Reading Room. The poster session was an opportunity for 20 undergraduate students to share…

Kathryn Lenz's Prenatal Allergy Study
A single allergic reaction during pregnancy prompts sexual-development changes in the brains of offspring that last a lifetime, new research suggests.
Female rats born to mothers exposed to…

Class of 2020: Ezequiel Herrera
Ezequiel’s love for Ohio State runs in his family. Growing up in Genoa, OH, Ezequiel watched his mom passionately follow Buckeye football. As he got older, he met alumni in his community and felt…

John Gibbs on Positive Parenting: Disciplining Your Teen
When your teen or tween lets you down, you could dole out punishment or take away privileges.
But developmental psychologists say there’s another option for correcting their behavior that…

Class of 2019: Nadia and Nadiem Musleh
Nadia and Nadiem, twins from Cleveland, OH, both chose to study psychology at Ohio State. While in middle school, they received admission to The Young Scholars Program. This program provided a…

Videos from Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Philosophy and Psychology of Visual Space
Videos from February 15-16 Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Philosophy and Psychology of Visual Space talks are available on-line. Special thanks to Paul Scotti for recording them and…

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…