What Ivy League ties to slavery teach about redemption
December 7, 2014 – from The Boston Blobe
2014 Research News
December
November
How Group Stereotypes Are Changed by Changing the Roles in which Group Members Are Observed
November 20, 2014 – from Northwestern Psychology
Zeroing in on the “Gay Gene”
November 19, 2014 – from The Scientist
The largest study yet of the genetic roots of homosexuality links sexual preference in men to two regions of the genome.
Human Speech's Surprising Influence on Young Infants
November 4, 2014 – from Twitter Facebook Email IPR Site SearchSearch this site SEARCH SearchNorthwestern University Institute for Policy Research
IPR psychologist Sandra Waxman studies how listening to speech affects even the youngest babies
September
Guilty Conscience? Brain Wave Breakthrough May Reveal Crooks
September 24, 2014 – from NBC News
August
Kids Name the Darnedest Animals
August 5, 2014 – from Discover
July
Why being conscious is a barrier to understanding consciousness
July 29, 2014 – from The Conversation
Understanding Consciousness
July 10, 2014 – from NORTHWESTERN NOW
Researchers advocate for more scientific research on consciousness
June
The Trauma of Parenthood
June 27, 2014 – from The New York Times
What’s the Best Way for Toddlers to Acquire Verb Meaning?
June 11, 2014 – from NORTHWESTERN NOW
How verbs are “packaged” in sentences is key
May
The Boy and the Balloon: How Do Toddlers Learn Verbs?
May 26, 2014 – from Project on Child Development at Northwestern University
Thinking About a Majority-Minority Shift Leads to More Conservative Views
May 13, 2014 – from Association for Psychological Science
March
The Hack to Save Your Marriage
March 12, 2014 – from TED
Infants Use Verbs They Know to Learn New Nouns
March 10, 2014 – from Scientific American
Babies learning speech figure out what an object is by listening to others talk about what that object does. Christie Nicholson reports
A Cognitive Psychologist Probes How Babies Think
March 4, 2014 – from We Will
February
CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF DEATH
February 25, 2014 – from Wiley Online Library
Topic is sex for 'nerd night' at Schubas
February 15, 2014 – from Chicago Tribune
The All or Nothing Marriage
February 14, 2014 – from The New York Times
January
Professor Douglas Medin Explores the Importance of Researcher Diversity in "Who's Asking?"
January 8, 2014 – from MIT Press
Can Upward Mobility Cost You Your Health?
January 4, 2014 – from The New York Times