Learn more about Child Development Labs

Calling all parents! Do you ever wonder how children learn their first language? Or how they use different kinds of visual information to recognize faces? Or when they first start to see in three-dimensions? The Child Development Labs in the Departments of Psychology at MSUM and NDSU would like to invite your children to participate in research designed to address […]

Nawrot presents research at vision conference

Lisa Nawrot, Psychology, recently attended the Vision Science Society conference in St. Pete’s Beach, Florida. Nawrot presented a poster titled “Oculomotor responses to radial optic flow in infancy”. This research was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health and included data from more than 125 infants tested here at the MSUM Child Development Lab. Eight undergraduate student […]

Psychology graduate receives prestigious Paterson award

Katherine A. Johanson, a psychology and gerontology major, received the prestigious Donald G. Paterson Undergraduate Award in Psychology at the annual convention of the Minnesota Psychological Association. The award is given annually to an outstanding senior to recognize and encourage high achievement in psychology at the undergraduate level. It’s the second time in 32 years that an MSUM student has received […]

Psychology Department inducted 12 students into Psi Chi

On May 4th, the Psychology Department inducted 12 students into Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology. The inductees are: Oyinkansola Adeyemi, Sarah Besette, Tyler Carlson, Alexandra Gomez, Rebecca Greenmyer, Dana Jacobs, Caroline Kinskey, Bianca Milz, Cameron Monson, Andrew Swedzinski, Eloise Warren, and Geoffrey Zehnacker.