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lathered hands rinsing off at tap and sink

A recent study by two members of the University of Toronto discovered that participants who used hand wipes found prior goals less important and subsequent goals more important.

“We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us,” mused Winston Churchill in 1943 while considering the repair of the bomb-ravaged House of Commons.

More than 70 years on, he would doubtless be pleased to learn that neuroscientists and psychologists have found plenty of evidence to back him up.

Harrison’s research reflects his commitment to social justice, and his desire to pursue interdisciplinary, multi-method research projects. Through his current research focusing on the ways in which homophobia motivates straight-identified men to closet their gender atypicality, he hopes to challenge the notion that homophobia drives only sexual minority men to closet aspects of themselves.

Head shot of PhD candidate Brandon Ralph

People whose minds tend to wander are less likely to stick to their long-term goals, according to new research led by the University of Waterloo.

Three weeks ago, at its annual meeting in New Orleans, the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), the world's leading organization in survey research and methods, presented its 2017 Policy Impact Award to the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC), headed by Geoff Fong and his team here in the Department of Psychology at University of Waterloo.

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image of white slab cake using strawberries to Canadian flag decor The Department of Psychology celebrates Canada's birthday and the summer solstice with the annual Psychology Pot Luck BBQ.

When Pat Rowe, Professor Emerita of psychology, first arrived with her husband, Philip Bryden, at the University of Waterloo in 1963, it was just “one or two new buildings in a muddy field,” she says, “but the place conveyed a sense of excitement, energy and challenge not found in more traditional institutions.”

Karisa Parkington a Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology was awarded the 2017 University of Waterloo “Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies”. Congratulations Karisa!

Group photo of CSIOP winners at CPA meeting

At the recent CPA annual meeting in Toronto, the UW Psychology I/O students swept the CSIOP student presentation awards:

Edward Yeung won the CSIOP RHR Kendall Award for Best Paper. Title: "Diversity Recruitment: Broken Promises or Unrealized Potential?"

Canaan Legault won the CSIOP Best Poster Award. Title: "Goal Frame Moderates the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Resource Allocation."

Congrats Edward and Canaan!

Three in Psychology were awarded at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science meeting in Regina:

Myra Fernandes - the inaugural Women in Cognitive Science Mentorship Award
Colin MacLeod - the Richard C. Tees Distinguished Leadership Award
Melissa Meade - the Donald O. Hebb Graduate Student Award (best paper by a graduate student)

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Three in Psychology were awarded at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science meeting in Regina:

Congratulations to all!