GWU Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Tweets from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the George Washington University
Washington, DC
Joined November 2014
Check out this article that touches on @GWUAttentionCo1 work! https://t.co/dkFG20usuO
quantamagazine.org
Neuroscience research into people with aphantasia, who don’t experience mental imagery, is revealing how imagination works and demonstrating the sweeping variety in our subjective experiences.
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🚨BIG NEWS! We are so excited to announce our next FREE and VIRTUAL webinar! Join the @ABCTStudentSIG on July 20th at 2:00PM EST for “Securing the @NSF GRFP for Clinical Psych: A Conversation with Fellows!”
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My lab is developing an intervention for social anxiety — is anyone willing to share materials from an NIH R34 application? I'd love to see a few templates. #SocialAnxiety
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In this Q&A, Healio spoke to @FallonRGoodman of @GWUPsych on @NAMICommunicate's "Take the Moment” campaign, the role of social media in social isolation, disconnection and more as Mental Health Awreness Month concludes:
healio.com
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that one in five U.S. adults are currently living with mental health issues. In acknowledgement and celebration of Mental Health Awareness...
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Right now until 4pm! National Depression Screening Day on Kogan Plaza. Come learn more about mental health and meet some of our Clinical Psych trainees!
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Mexico travel course info session link:
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Announcing: PBS Sp '24 course Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity in Mexico and Latin America! Will meet Wednes eves & travel over spring break to Mexico City & Puerto Vallarta. Sign-up for info sessions: 9/28 6:15pm (campus) & 9/29 12:30pm (Zoom). Dr. Forssell forssell@gwu.edu
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Reminder that our Cognitive Neuroscience Grad School Discussion Panel is happening TOMORROW at 3:30 in District House B117! Snacks and drinks will be provided so please register via the QR code below if you plan to attend
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In this #podcast, Dr. Christina B. Gee shares her academic and professional journey and the significant experiences that led her to the field of #psychology and her academic position at @GWUPsych. https://t.co/BfD7xSDbhv
@PsychIllinois @CornellPsychDpt @LabDiverse
mastersinpsychology.com
In this podcast, Christina Gee shares her academic and professional journey and the significant experiences that led her to the field of psychology and eventually led her to attain an academic...
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Their article was also featured on GW's site:
mediarelations.gwu.edu
Researchers at the George Washington University have gained important insight into how the human brain processes an object in the visual system.
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Congrats to Cognitive Neuroscience alumni, Dr. Dick Dubbelde and faculty, Dr. Sarah Shomstein on their recent publication in Psychological Science!
journals.sagepub.com
Neural processing of objects with action associations recruits dorsal visual regions more than the neural processing of objects without such associations. We hy...
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NEW! Fully-funded PhD training program in HIV, intersectionality, and sociostructural factors funded by @NIMHgov at @GWtweets @GWpublichealth @GWUPsych. For people applying to #PublicHealth /Sociobehavioral Sc OR #Psychology. Come to us! @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdlife
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Congrats to Dr. Gabriela Rosenblau who just received a NIH RO1 grant titled "Efficient representations of social knowledge structures for learning from a computational, neural and psychiatric perspective." This is a CRCNS US-German collaborative research proposal. So impressive!
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Congrats to Dr. Calabrese and co-authors Sharanya Rao, Mimi Tekeste, Djordje Modrakovic, and Riko Boone on their recent publication highlighted by the DC-CFAR!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Patient-provider communication is a key factor affecting HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and access among Black sexual minority men (SMM). Optimizing patient-provider communication...
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Check out our new paper that was published today! "Conscientiousness protects visual search performance from the impact of fatigue" Congrats to Justin (@justgrad00), Pat (@phc_phd), and Samoni (@samoninag)! @GWUPsych
https://t.co/r2MBIdrbFr
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Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications - Visual search—looking for targets among distractors—underlies many critical professions (e.g., radiology, aviation security) that...
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Congrats to Kira Wegner-Clemens who is the recipient of the NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award! Her proposal is titled "Neural mechanisms of semantic guidance of audiovisual attention." Congrats on getting this prestigious award!
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Stephen Dopkins & Gordon McIntire @GWUPsych demonstrate a novel effect of context on separation discrimination - the sensitivity of discrimination is greater when additional levels of separation are interleaved between the levels to be discriminated. https://t.co/mo3xzMWmfz
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Congrats to Sharanya Rao (@sharanya_rao) who won the APA Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation & Gender Diversity Malyon Smith Scholarship Award! The award will support Sharanya's dissertation research studying healthcare experiences of sexual minority women of color.
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Congrats to Dr. Ana MarĂa del RĂo-González, who received the 2022 #NIH Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM) Research Early-Stage Investigator Award! It recognizes investigators who have made substantial and outstanding research contributions in areas related to SGM health. Well done!
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