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Announcements
Visit our new Courses Related to Psychology area for information about courses and course selections.
Congratualtions to Allison Hahn whose presentation won second place the Animal Bioacoustics student competition at the 2013 International Congress on Acoustics in Montreal.
Department News
Our first ever Graduate Research Award was awarded to Oliver Schwieckart for his paper titled "Magnitude comparison extended: How lack of knowledge informs comparative judgments under uncertainty". (more)
Connie Svob and Norman Brown were recently featured in the U of A news and events page for an article titled "Change, conflict act as milestones of life memories".
Our first ever Graduate Research Award was awarded to Oliver Schwieckart for his paper titled "Magnitude comparison extended: How lack of knowledge informs comparative judgments under uncertainty". (more)Connie Svob and Norman Brown were recently featured in the U of A news and events page for an article titled "Change, conflict act as milestones of life memories".
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Graduate awards
Researcher Highlight
Norman Brown studies real-world cognition. Broadly speaking, research in this area is concerned with understanding how we learn about the world we live in, what we learn about it, and how we use this knowledge. (more)
Our graduate students are successful in winning major awards (over $10,000). In 2012, the Psychology Department was first across campus for per capita Tri-Council Master's awards (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC). (more)
Researcher Highlight
Norman Brown studies real-world cognition. Broadly speaking, research in this area is concerned with understanding how we learn about the world we live in, what we learn about it, and how we use this knowledge. (more)