Does loving an Avatar threaten real-life marriage?

Richard Kolotkin, Maggie Williams, Casey Lloyd and Earnest Halford, Psychology, have found that the answer to this question is a resounding “yes.” Anyone interested in learning more about this new virtual threat to marriage can access the full report of their research, recently published in the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research in December of 2012 (Volume 5, Number 3), by […]

Lisa Stewart trains Reading Corps

Lisa Stewart, MSUM School Psychology, trains Reading Corps in Massechusetts. Dr. Lisa Stewart provided a day of on-site consultation and a full day training for PreKindergarten Reading Corps staff, teachers, coaches and volunteers in Massechusetts on NOvember 30 and Dec 1. Her visit was part of the Americorps Reading Corps National Replication Project that is replicating the success of Minnesota […]

Elizabeth Nawrot invited speaker at NDSU

Elizabeth Nawrot, Psychology, is the invited speaker at NDSU’s Psychology Department Colloquium Series Friday Oct. 19. Nawrot will present “The development of depth perception in infancy: Motion parallax and eye movement systems.” This talk will summarize Nawrot’s three-year research program to study infant visual development that has been funded through a $260,000 grant from the National Institutes for Health. The […]