2016 Department News

Katie McAuliffeÌýhas won theÌý2017 Early Career Research Contributions Award from the Society for Research in Child Development. Congratulations Katie! Posted 12/9/16.

Jessica KaranianÌýreceived an APA Dissertation Award, which will be used to fund some of her dissertation research involving fMRI-guided TMSÌýtoÌýassess the role of early visual regions during confident false memories for visual information. Posted 11/22/16.

M. E. Panero, along with Hiram Brownell, Ellen Winner, and researchers from other universities combined forces ²¹²Ô»åÌý. Posted 10/11/16.

Lauren AndersonÌýwas awarded the Student Poster Award for the best poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pavlovian Society. Posted 10/4/16.

Sarah KarkÌýhas a new publication withÌýScott SlotnickÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýElizabeth KensingerÌýentitled "" inÌýJournal of Cognitive Neuroscience.ÌýPosted 9/29/16.

Jim RussellÌýand colleagues published an article, "The Fear Gasping Face as a Threat Display in a Small-Scale Melanesian Society," in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science). Posted 9/19/16.

Maureen RitcheyÌýreceived an R00 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health: "Emotional modulation of human memory processes and cortico-hippocampal systems." Posted 9/16/16.

Elizabeth KensingerÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýEhri Ryu, in collaboration with Angela Gutchess at Brandeis University, have been awarded an R21 grant from the National Institute on Aging to study "Mechanisms supporting encoding of self-referential and emotional information with age." Posted 9/16/16.

Joshua HartshorneÌýhas received a three-year NSF grant entitled, "CompCog: Large-scale, empirically based, publicly accessible database of argument structure to support experimental and computational research." Posted 8/24/16.

A recent publication byÌýMichelle HurstÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýSara CordesÌý·É²¹²õÌý(Particularly Exciting Experiments in Psychology). Posted 8/19/16.

Liane YoungÌýreceived a three-year grant from NSF entitled, "Social cognition for competition versus cooperation." Posted 8/3/16.

Joshua HartshorneÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýKatherine McAuliffeÌýreceived the American Psychological Foundation’s 2016 Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grant. This grant will fund a summer research experiences program for high schoolers next summer. Posted 7/20/16.

Liane YoungÌýand former doctoral studentÌýLaura NiemiÌý³ó²¹±¹±ðÌýÌý¾±²ÔÌýThe New York TimesÌýJune 26. Posted 6/27/16.

Kelly BennionÌýand members of Mike Chee's laboratory at Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have published a new paper entitled "" in theÌýJournal of Sleep Research. Posted 6/23/16.

Kelly BennionÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýElizabeth KensingerÌýhave published a new paper entitled "" in the journalÌýBehavioral Neuroscience. Posted 6/15/16.

John ChristiansonÌýhas been awarded an NIMH R21 grant entitledÌýStressor controllability,Ìýresilience ²¹²Ô»åÌýprefrontal endocannabinoids. The project will beginÌýJuly 1Ìýand run for two years, with total costs in excess of $430,000. Posted 6/6/16.

Congratulations to the Psychology majors who were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa on Sunday, May 22nd, 2016: Daniel Cho, Kerri Keeler, Cara Lucke, Morgan McGoey, Scott Rizzi, Mary Sarlitto, Andrew Seto, Caitlin Slotter, and Andrew Stone. These students join others in the Boston College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron of Massachusetts, and include the very best scholars in the College of Arts and Sciences. Posted 5/25/16.

Sara Cordes, in collaboration with Hilary Barth and Andrea Patalano at Wesleyan University, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation on the "Foundations of Quantitative Thought: Number, Space, Time, and Probability." Posted 5/19/16.

Ellen WinnerÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýSara CordesÌý(along withÌýJill Hogan, who co-authored the grant and directs the project) have been awarded a two-year Research: Artworks grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support their study on the effects of intensive orchestral music training on children's executive functioning, affective development, and school liking. Posted 5/11/16.

Katie McAuliffe's 2011 paper "" inÌý°ä´Ç²µ²Ô¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²ÔÌýis listed as one of the most cited articles in this journal since 2011. Posted 5/3/16.

Kelly Dumais, graduate student in Alexa Veenema's lab, is the 2016 recipient of the Donald and Helene White Dissertation Award for the best dissertation in the field of social sciences. Posted 5/2/16.

Jessica KaranianÌýwon the Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award. Posted 4/28/16.

Laura NiemiÌýwon a poster award from the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society for her dissertation's fMRI research. She will present this work at the SANS conference this month. Posted 4/13/16.

Gorica PetrovichÌýhas been appointed to serve on the Neurobiology of Motivated Behavior Study Section, Center for Scientific Review at NIH, from July 1, 2016 until June 30, 2022. Posted 4/11/16.

Barry SchneiderÌýhas just published the second edition of his book,ÌýChildhood Friendships and Peer Relations: Friends and Enemies (2nd Edition), New York, Routledge 2016. Posted 4/11/16.

Ellen WinnerÌýobjects to Boston GlobeÌýÌý¾±²Ô aÌý. Posted 4/4/16.

Gene HeymanÌýand two recent ÇéÉ«¿Õ¼ä undergraduates, Katherine Grisanzio from Psychology and Victor Liang from Chemistry, published a paper titledÌýÌý¾±²ÔÌýFrontiers in Cognition. Posted 3/29/16.

Morgan Rogers, a student in the lab of John Christianson, was awarded a 2016 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellowship. Posted 3/29/16.

John ChristiansonÌýis named the Gianinno Family Sesquicentennial Assistant Professor in recognition of excellence in research, teaching, and service. Posted 3/10/16.

A commentary byÌýJosh HartshorneÌýand othersÌý. A response to a different commentary that argued replicability in psychology is high, this commentary shows that the original conclusion depends on several conceptual and mathematical errors. Posted 3/8/16.

Caroline SmithÌýreceived honorable mention for theÌý. Posted 3/4/16.

Sara Keefer,ÌýSindy Cole, ²¹²Ô»åÌýGorica PetrovichÌýpublished a paper in the journalÌýPhysiology & BehaviorÌýentitled "." Posted 3/3/16.

Sara CordesÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýAlexa VeenemaÌýhave both been granted tenure and will be promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations Sara and Alexa! Posted 2/22/16.

According to Altmetrics, a service which tracks the volume of mainstream media and Internet discussion of journal articles,ÌýGene Heyman’s publication:Ìý, ranks in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetrics and in the 98thÌýpercentile of publications of the same age. Posted 2/11/16.

Thalia Goldstein, Boston College Psychology Ph.D. 2010, former student of Ellen Winner and now assistant professor at Pace University, has been awarded APA Division 10’sÌýDaniel E.ÌýBerlyneÌýAward for Outstanding Research by an Early Career Scholar.ÌýThis award is in recognition ofÌýher research onÌýacting ²¹²Ô»åÌýperformance, as well as on theÌýtopics ofÌýpretence, play and imagination. Posted 2/8/16.

Liane YoungÌýhas wonÌý, awarded annually by the Society for Philosophy and Psychology to "a young scholar who has made significant contributions to interdisciplinary research in philosophy, psychology, and/or related disciplines and who has been active in the Society for Philosophy and Psychology." Posted 2/7/16. []

Barry SchneiderÌýis the 2016 recipient of the Buhrmester Memorial Award for Career Contributions to Research by the Society for Research on Adolescence. Posted 2/3/16.

Josh HartshorneÌýwas awarded an NSF grant to supportÌý. Posted 1/22/16.

Karen RosenÌýpublished a new book,ÌýSocial and Emotional Development: Attachment Relationships and the Emerging SelfÌý(Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). Posted 1/19/16.

Katie McAuliffe'²õÌýÌýis published inÌýNature. This research wasÌýÌýfrom the Dean. Posted 1/7/16.

Josh Hartshorne'²õÌýÌýis one of the five most viewed articles in 2015. Posted 1/5/16.

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