��ɫ��Ƶ News - Dept. of Psychology

Prof. Signy Sheldon Featured in Scientific American: How Storytelling Shapes Memory

webfull — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:06:49 +0000

Professor Signy Sheldon (��ɫ��Ƶ Psychology & Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory ) and her team - also featured in The Journal of Neuroscience and Society for Neuroscience- explored how different storytelling styles (emotional/conceptual vs. Concrete/perceptual detail) actively shape how and where our brains store memories. Their findings show that distinct neural pathways are engaged depending on narrative style, with implications for tailoring communication to different audiences, such as older vs. younger adults.

Published: 13 November 2025

New Resource for Early Childhood Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Management

webfull — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:27:12 +0000

The Daniel and Monica Gold Centre for Early Childhood Development, in collaboration with ��ɫ��Ƶ EMHR, is pleased to present a new resource, "Tantrums and more: Practical strategies for healthy emotion regulation development in early childhood”. These resources are designed for professionals and caregivers working with young children, providing evidence-based strategies to aid children’s emotion regulation and anxiety management, which can be hard to find.

Published: 30 September 2025

Remembering Morton Mendelson (1949-2025)

webfull — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:32:53 +0000

The Department of Psychology is mourning the passing of Professor Morton Mendelson, a longstanding faculty member who joined the department in 1977. Professor Mendelson demonstrated a deep commitment to education and student well-being, and served as ��ɫ��Ƶ's first Deputy Provost of Student Life and Learning. He will be missed by many.

Professor Emerita Debbie Moskowitz offered these words about Professor Mendelson:

Published: 7 August 2025

Eight Faculty of Science professors honoured by Provost for exceptional research achievements

webfull — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:21:17 +0000

Clockwise from top left: Robert Brandenberger (Physics), Christian Genest (Mathematics and Statistics), Joel Kamnitzer (Mathematics and Statistics), Bärbel Knäuper (Psychology), Milica Miočević (Psychology), Adrian Liu (Physics), Nagissa Mahmoudi (Earth and Planetary Sciences), and Galen Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences)

Eight Faculty of Science professors are among this year’s cohort of Distinguished James ��ɫ��Ƶ Professors, James ��ɫ��Ƶ Professors, and William Dawson Scholars.

Published: 29 April 2025

New publication in PAIN by PhD student Wenbo Yi, Prof. Caroline Palmer, and Prof. Mathieu Roy

webfull — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:12:04 +0000

Congratulations to PhD student Wenbo Yi, Prof. Caroline Palmer, and Prof. Mathieu Roy for their recent publication in PAIN! The paper is titled, Individualizing musical tempo to spontaneous rates maximizes music-induced hypoalgesia, and a recent news article on this work can be found here. The full publication can be accessed here.

Published: 24 February 2025

Paul Masset and David Rolnick awarded 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships

webfull — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:27:07 +0000

Professors Paul Masset (Psychology) and David Rolnick (Computer Science) have been named Sloan Research Fellows.

Published: 18 February 2025

New publication in Cognitive Science by postdoc Bavo van Kerrebroeck and Prof. Caroline Palmer

webfull — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 05:36:57 +0000

Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Bavo van Kerrebroeck and Prof. Palmer for their recent publication in Cognitive Science! The paper is titled, Virtual Partners Improve Synchronization in Human−Machine Trios, and more information (including the full article) can be found here. Great work!

Published: 4 February 2025

��ɫ��Ƶ's Department of Psychology ranks 21st in the Times Higher Education Top 50 list

webfull — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:08:12 +0000

��ɫ��Ƶ provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the World University Rankings by Subject 2025, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE).

��ɫ��Ƶ ranks among the top 90 in the world in all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50. The number of institutions of higher education considered varied by discipline, from 389 for Law to 1,488 for Engineering.

Published: 24 January 2025

Prof. Jelena Ristic presents TEDx talk at the Amazing Brain Science Talks

webfull — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:05:16 +0000

On October 17, 2024, Prof. Jelena Ristic presented a TEDx talk entitled, Eyes speak louder than words, at the Amazing Brain Science Talks hosted by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL), which is an interdisciplinary neuroscience program at ��ɫ��Ƶ. This event brought together leading Canadian brain health experts to showcase some of the latest advances in brain health research. For more information on the event, see here. To watch Prof.

Published: 28 November 2024

New publication in the International Journal of Eating Disorders by graduate student Adrienne Mehak and Prof. Sarah Racine

webfull — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:46:51 +0000

Congratulations to PhD candidate Adrienne Mehak and Prof. Racine for their recent publication in the International Journal of Eating Disorders! The paper is titled, A Psychophysiological Investigation of Mechanisms Underlying “Feeling Fat” in Women With and Without Binge Eating, and more information (including the full article) can be found here. Great work!

Published: 7 November 2024