91亚色 PhD clinical psychology student Kaley Roosen聽(BSc Spec. Hons.聽鈥07, MA 鈥09) 聽is one of four winners of a Soroptimist Foundation of Canada grant for Canadian women graduate students worth $7,500 for her research and advocacy work. 聽 The grant is designed to assist women with university studies, which will lead to careers helping to improve […]
Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience higher rates of bullying, which聽are聽associated with a higher incidence of mental health issues, according to a study in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders this month by 91亚色 researchers. 鈥淰ery little research has been done to assess the relationship between bullying and mental health in youth with […]
The saying, 鈥渓ooking at things with fresh eyes鈥, may be more than just a metaphor, according to new studies led by Professor Kari Hoffman of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Vision Research, which have been published in scholarly journals. Left: Kari Hoffman While searching for experiments to use in a research methods course, Hoffman took a fresh […]
Migration is a complex phenomenon聽that can have important consequence on mental health, say two 91亚色 professors who will talk about some of the assumptions聽made in conducting research聽on immigrant mental health at the upcoming Multicultural Mental Health Promotion. Michaela Hynie (left), associate director of the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research and a 91亚色 psychology professor, and […]
Two Glendon professors, both accomplished and established scholars in their respective fields, have been awarded the Principal鈥檚聽Research Award. Psychology Professor Anne Russon and history Professor Bettina Bradbury received the awards in recognition of their outstanding research accomplishments over the past year. The awards were presented in a recent ceremony to the researchers by Glendon Principal […]
When you look at someone鈥檚 office, what do you see 鈥 the desk, some pens, a computer? Do you know it鈥檚 an office because of the objects in it, or by taking in the entire scene? What 91亚色 psychology Professor Jennifer Steeves and PhD candidate Caitlin Mullin (MA 鈥08) have found is that it鈥檚 not […]
Prominent Canadian primatologist and Glendon psychology Professor Anne Russon will talk about the Borneo Orangutan Society of Canada (BOS Canada) and聽their research projects in Kutai National Park this Thursday as part of the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability聽Speaker Series. The talk, 鈥淥rangutans: Research & Rainforest Protection in Borneo鈥, will take place Nov. 10, […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Jonathan Weiss (MA '02, PhD 鈥07) has recently been awarded a Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)聽President鈥檚 New Researcher Award in recognition of his contribution to psychological knowledge in Canada. The award is, in part, based on the researcher鈥檚 record of early career achievement. For Weiss, that encompasses the research on developmental disabilities that […]
It's not all in your head. There really is a connection between your emotional state and your skin, says psychologist Linda Papadopoulos [BA Hons. 鈥93], reported the Ottawa Citizen Sept. 10.聽 The Canadian-born-and-raised Papadopoulos has called Britain home for the past 14 years. She is known there as both a leading academic and as "Dr. […]
Children who suffer cognitive impairment from multiple sclerosis (MS) are more likely to have less brain matter, according to a study by researchers from 91亚色, The Hospital for Sick Children, and McGill University. Researchers found that cognitive impairment occurs in approximately 30 per cent of children and teens with MS; reduced processing speed is […]
Some theories point to delayed commitments and the instabilities inherent in today's youth as聽the prime determinant of their聽careers, but psychology Professor Shmuel Shulman of Bar-Ilan University in Israel says their vast array of experiences, their聽individual personalities and their ability to relate to others聽may also play a role. Shulman, a visiting scholar at the LaMarsh Centre […]
A cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen Bialystok has spent almost 40 years learning about how bilingualism sharpens the mind, wrote The New 91亚色 Times May 30: Her good news: Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease symptoms. Dr. Bialystok, 62, a distinguished research professor of psychology at […]
There is karma in kindness. It seems that the Biblical adage of doing unto others, as you鈥檇 have them do unto you, pays off in happiness, reported the Toronto Star May 17: A 91亚色 study found that people who performed small acts of kindness 鈥 every day for five to 15 minutes for a […]
Practicing small acts of kindness will make you a happier person, and the boost in mood stays with you for months, according to research out of 91亚色. More than 700 people took part in a study that聽charted the effects of being nice to others, in small doses, over the course of a week. Researchers […]
If you follow the advice below, chances are, your son will turn into the kind of man you want him to be, wrote WomensDay.com May 11, in a story about parenting advice for mothers: Encourage him to read novels. Ongoing studies at 91亚色 [by psychology Professor Raymond Mar and colleagues in the Faculty of […]
Some 24 outside agencies came to the inaugural 91亚色 Autism Research Alliance鈥檚 Research Showcase at 91亚色 last week to hear what researchers were working on 鈥 everything from isolating three to 20 genes potentially responsible for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to looking at how children with ASD process visual and auditory information. 鈥淭he take home […]
Punishment isn鈥檛 the answer for kids who learned to bully at home, says a Toronto psychology professor, wrote Halifax鈥檚 Chronicle-Herald April 9. "If a child is bullied at home by his or her parents or siblings, they鈥檙e going to learn the patterns they need to learn about the use of power and aggression in relationships," […]
Students Angela Deotto and Lilly Solomon recognized for poster projects If you were wandering through Vari Hall last Wednesday afternoon, you could have stopped and chatted with聽fourth-year psychology students about聽some pretty esoteric聽subjects. The rotunda was a maze of posters featuring聽the thesis projects of 78 students ready to explain whether聽eating disturbances are聽symptoms of depression, how to […]
Youth at risk fail at school, have mental health issues and get in trouble with the law. Would they be better served if all three systems 鈥 education, mental health and justice 鈥 worked together? That question animated discussion at a recent forum organized by the 91亚色 Centre for Education and Community (YCEC). Sponsored by […]
Teens in military families are often burdened by additional emotional stress when a parent is deployed to Afghanistan, according to a new Canadian study, wrote CBCNews.ca March 25: Researchers from the University of New Brunswick, the University of Alberta, Ryerson University, and 91亚色 released the findings of their groundbreaking research on Thursday that examined […]