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Békés Publishes Two Papers

By On October 4, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Vera Békés, assistant professor of clinical psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, has had two papers published.

Békés co-authored a study about the role of trauma-related negative cognitions in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, titled “Trauma-Related Negative […]

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Felsen Publishes Articles on Holocaust Survivors

By On April 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Irit Felsen, adjunct professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and a clinical psychologist specializing in trauma and traumatic loss, published a paper in the spring issue of the peer-reviewed journal of the Claims Conference, Kavod, titled “Dehumanization in the Treatment of Elderly Holocaust Survivors and Other […]

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Galantucci and Langstein Publish Article

By On February 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Bruno Galantucci, associate professor of psychology, and Benjamin Langstein ’15YC co-authored an article (along with Gareth Roberts of the University of Pennsylvania) titled “Content deafness: When coherent talk just doesn’t matter” in Language and Communication.

The authors begin by saying that common intuition suggests that, when people are engaged in […]

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Cohen Publishes Book on Prospective Memory

By On October 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Anna-Lisa Cohen, associate professor of psychology, has written a new book which will be released in November, co-written with Dr. Jason Hicks titled Prospective Memory: Remembering to Remember, Remembering to Forget  (published by Springer Nature).

Although we typically think of memory as oriented to the past, prospective memory pertains to remembering to carry […]

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Doctoroff Publishes Two Articles

By On July 31, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Greta Doctoroff, associate professor of psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, recently published two articles.

She co-authored an article in the 2017 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology titled “Engaging fathers in effective parenting for preschool children using shared book-reading: A randomized controlled trial.”

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Hoffman Publishes Article Investigating Tears of Joy

By On September 1, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Edward Hoffman, adjunct associate clinical professor in the department of psychology, recently published “Tears of joy among Japanese young adults: implications for counselling” in the July 25, 2016 issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

“Though there are many literary references to tears of joy in diverse cultures,” Hoffman said, “there isn’t much empirical research about the […]

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Cohen’s Research Featured in Atlantic Article

By On January 28, 2016 · Leave a Comment

New research by Dr. Anna-Lisa Cohen, associate professor of psychology at Yeshiva College, was recently featured in an article in The Atlantic. Titled “How the Brain Reacts to Scrambled Stories,” the article explored research showing that people tend to prefer linear narratives, but can also be engaged by just the right amount of disruption. It […]

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Galantucci and Student to Publish Article in Language and Communication

By On January 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Bruno Galantucci, associate professor of psychology at Yeshiva College, and student Benjamin Langstein recently co-authored an article with Dr. Gareth Roberts of the University of Pennsylvania that will appear in the March 2016 edition of Language and Communication. Titled “(In)sensitivity to incoherence in human communication,” the research described in the article […]

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Freyberg Contributes Chapters to APA Handbook

By On October 21, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Robin Freyberg, clinical assistant professor of psychology at Stern College for Women, recently published two chapters in the American Psychological Association’s Handbook of Nonverbal Communication (APA, September 2015). The book provides scholarly reviews of state-of-the-art knowledge in the areas of nonverbal communication and nonverbal behaviors. Freyberg’s chapters, “Methods in Olfactory Research” and “Signs, Signals and […]

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Seventh Annual Norman Adler Lecture Series to Take Place at University of Pennsylvania

By On March 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment

The seventh annual Norman Adler Lecture Series in the Biological Basis of Behavior will take place on April 1, 2015 at the Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences 31st Annual Retreat in conjunction with the Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative.  Dr. Ron Duman, professor of psychiatry and neurobiology at the Yale School of Medicine, will deliver the lecture.

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