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Red Flags of Graduate Interviews
What are the red flags you should look out for when interviewing for graduate school? In this article, we cover common red flags to look out for, and offer some general advice and questions to ask during your graduate school visit!
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Do Undergraduate Participant Pools Introduce Sources of Unaccounted Variance?
The discussed findings suggest that undergraduate participant pools do not introduce sources of unaccounted variance and researchers should not be particularly concerned with differences in cognitive abilities, motivation levels, personality characteristics, the time of year, or attendance rates as a potential confound in experimental psychology.
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Are you bad at math? Or do you have Developmental Dyscalculia? What it is and current directions of treatment
A discussion about the potential use of noninvasive brain stimulation to treat children with Developmental Dyscalculia.
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Uncle Sam wants YOU to participate in psychological studies!
Why you should participate in a psychological study & Why you should take it seriously
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Do I Need to Know Statistics as a Psychologist?
Psychologists work with very interesting and complicated data. It is important that we are motivated to understand how to make sense of such information.
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Mythbusters: Studying in the same place, at the same time, every day is good for learning
Educators often advise students to find a quiet place to study and then only study in that place, but does following that advice actually benefit learning?
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The Use of Eye-Trackers in Research
Learn what eye trackers are, what metrics they record, and how they are used in industry and academia
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A Student-to-Student Guide on Navigating Graduate School Applications: PhD
Graduate school is a big commitment that is heavily contingent upon our own drive and self-direction. As a student who recently applied to graduate programs, I distinctly remember how arcane the whole process felt at the beginning. Where do you start? Who do you ask for letters of recommendation? How many do you need? Are…
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Michael Schumacher: An “Awakening”
In 2013, a roaring career came all to a stop after a tragic accident during a Christmas ski trip in the Alps. A famous formula 1 driver in a coma, so why are we hearing now that he is conscious?
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“Reparations?”: A case study of White Americans’ psychology toward past racial wrong-doing
Why not support a commission to examine the structural effects of slavery on the lives of Americans today? Recent research in social psychology offers some insights into the deeply rooted sources of racial division over this question.