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Psychology study on bullsh_t wins Ig Nobel prize at Harvard University

Congratulations to the team of doctoral graduates and professors from the Department of Psychology for winning the infamous Ig Nobel Peace Prize for their study published last year, “On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit.”

The Accelerator Centre celebrated one of its biggest graduating classes last Thursday as four startups left the nest at the local high tech business incubator.

The most recent graduates — Ecopia, InTheChat, Knowledge in Development and Trending.Info — bring the total to 55 startups that have graduated from the centre in the last decade.

How Robin Mazumder is helping to build better cities

It was a mild, breezy Saturday afternoon in September of 2014 when several cyclists gathered in downtown Edmonton. But their bike ride along 102 Avenue was less about pleasure and more about using pedal power for public protest.

Do you spend hours studying for a test only to draw a blank when you see the questions? It turns out you are not the only one. For though the human brain may be more powerful than a computer, recalling information is a problem experienced by even the most prepared of students. The lapse in memory can be attributed to various factors, including fatigue, distraction, and nerves.

Congratulations to Dr. Colin MacLeod who has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

In 1882 the Royal Society was established as Canada’s National Academy by an act of Parliament.

We Outsource Our Minds Every Day, And Psychologists Want To Understand The Consequences

Our devices are doing more and more of the remembering for us.

Even if you’re not old enough to remember the days when people memorized phone numbers, you probably still appreciate the virtually unlimited amount of information you can store on your phone, aka your second

Mike Ross has won The Society of Personality and Social Psychology’s Career Contribution Award, which “honours scholars who have made ‘major theoretical and/or empirical contributions to social psychology and/or personality psychology or to bridging these areas.’ Recipients are recognized for distinguished scholarly contributions across productive careers.”

"When romantic partners argue over things like finances, jealousy, or other interpersonal issues, they tend to employ their current feelings as fuel for a heated argument.

Pokemon Go or Pokemon Go away?

Colin Ellard, a professor in Psychology at University of Waterloo comments on  the Pokemon craze.

It's been called a craze, obsession or a mania. People around the world have gone Pokemon hunting, leading to all kinds of bizarre headlines about pokemon-inspired crime and injuries. So what's behind this trend?

Download Pokemon Go or Pokemon Go away? for 3 months
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Researchers at the University of Waterloo have been awarded a grant of $8.8 million from the U.S. National Cancer Institute to evaluate the public-health impact of government policies to regulate tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and other vaporized nicotine products.