Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology investigates topics including cognition, behavioral neuroscience, social psychology, and psychopathology.

Affiliation: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Web site: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/psych/

Recent articles about Department of Psychology

Individual primates display variation in general intelligence (June 16, 2009)
A Memory for Faces, Extreme Version (The New York Times, May 26, 2009)
‘Super-recognizers' never forget a face (May 22, 2009)
Face recognition ability varies widely (United Press International, May 21, 2009)
Some vocal-mimicking animals, particularly parrots, can move to a musical beat (April 30, 2009)
For hints on humans, scientists study dogs' thinking (Boston Globe, April 13, 2009)
A mother’s criticism touches nerve in formerly depressed (April 1, 2009)
"My genome, my self" (January 10, 2009)
Behavior: pain is greater if harm seems intentional (New York Times, December 23, 2008)
Susan Carey receives David E. Rumelhart Prize (July 23, 2008)
Roads not taken disappear more quickly than we realize (February 17, 2008)
Hauser presents theory of "humaniqueness" (February 14, 2008)
Neuroimaging fails to demonstrate ESP is real (January 3, 2008)
Even in healthy elderly, brain systems become less coordinated (December 5, 2007)
Steven Pinker’s ‘Ideas on the Fringe’ (Harvard University Gazette, October 25, 2007)
Tracking down the seat of moral reasoning (October 12, 2007)
Primates expect others to act rationally (Harvard University Gazette, September 6, 2007)
Getting to obesity’s bottom line (Harvard University Gazette, July 3, 2007)
Children can perform approximate math without arithmetic instruction (Harvard University Gazette, May 30, 2007)
Howard Gardner's 'quintet of minds' (Harvard University Gazette, May 10, 2007)

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