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A paper titled “Unearthing the ‘Green’ Personality: Core Traits Predict Environmentally Friendly Behavior,” co-authored by Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Cameron Brick, was referenced in an article that appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent (Santa Barbara, Calif.) on April 10.

Hamilton College students are currently on spring break but that didn’t prevent science faculty from mesmerizing some other willing students with awe-inspiring demonstrations this week.

“Gender, experimenter gender and medium of report influence the content of autobiographical memory report, an article co-authored by Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Azriel Grysman and Amelia Denney ’17 was recently published in the journal Memory.

Professor of Psychology Jen Borton and Katherine Delesalle ’14 presented a poster on Jan. 30 at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in San Diego.

Douglas Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology, presented on Jan. 21 in a session titled “Ten Years Later – Did the Science Center Make a Difference?” at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) in Washington, D.C.

“Metacognitive Awareness of Facial Affect in Higher-Functioning Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder,” a study co-authored by Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Camilla McMahon, was recently published online by the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Dr. Robert Sternberg, professor of human development at Cornell University and the Robert S. Morris Class of 1976 Visiting Fellow, began his lecture on standardized testing by noting, “since this talk is about testing, it only makes sense to start with a test!” Sternberg then administered a five-question test to the audience, consisting of questions like “whose face is on the U.S. $10 bill,” and “what town in New York State is Colgate located in?”

Dr. Robert Sternberg, a preeminent psychologist and professor of human development at Cornell University, will present a lecture titled “Standardized Testing in the United States: Fish, Fowl, or Fraud?” on Monday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Chapel. 

Camilla McMahon, visiting assistant professor of psychology, published an article about perceptions of social skills importance and engagement in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the October issue of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (JADD).

Jack Gallant, Robert S. Morris Class of 1976 Visiting Fellow and an expert in the science of brain reading research, will present the Morris lecture on Monday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m., in the Taylor Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium.