The College of Social and Natural Sciences awarded Fall Student Research Awards to support student research for majors in the College. Member sof the College’s Student Advisory Board reviewed applications and made the final determination of grant recipients. All projects are endorsed by a faculty supervisor, and applicants must be willing to present her/his research results at the MSUM Student […]
Lisa Nawrot, Psychology, and undergraduate student researchers from the Child Development Lab were interviewed for a story on infant research to appear in an upcoming Fargo Forum. Life Reporter Tracy Frank visited the lab to observe a recent baby testing session where she conducted interviews and took photographs with Nawrot, the students, and the mother and baby who were participating […]
Lisa Nawrot, Psychology, presented research at the European Conference on Visual Perception in Toulouse, France, this past week. While in Toulouse, Lisa travelled to the small village of St. Sernin sur Rance in the Aveyron region to visit the site where “Victor the Wild Child” was discovered in 1800.
Lisa Stewart, Psychology, trained Minnesota Reading Corps members and teachers last week as part of the Minnesota Reading Corps 2011 week-long training institute. Minnesota Reading Corps is an Americorps program where members volunteer for a year to help reduce the achievement gap in reading. In 2011-2012 there are over 760 members statewide, serving thousands of students. Many of the schools […]
Elizabeth Nawrot, Psychology, with co-authors Mark Nawrot (NDSU Psychology), and MSUM students Jennifer Livingood and Jennifer Wenner, had the following presentation at the Vision Sciences Society Meeting in Naples, Fla.: “Depth from motion parallax: The role of smooth pursuit and ocular following response eye movements.”