Psychology Department
| Title | Authored on | Link to edit Content | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Trimble speaks on health research at Conn. institute | 2010-11-23 | ||
| Thursday CBC documentary asks 'Are We Digital Dummies?' | 2010-11-17 | ||
| Are We Digital Dummies? | In this provocative, fast paced, funny and shocking documentary, Are We Digital Dummies? examines the risks associated with using our tech gear behind the wheel of the car, at home, as well as at the office where cell phone use in meetings have re-written the rules of etiquette. We discover… |
2010-11-16 | |
| What can a gorilla teach law enforcers? | Could having a partner in the car with you help mitigate the effects of inattentive blindness? A recent study confirms the problem with this phenomenon but unexpectedly could offer one solution to law enforcement. |
2010-11-15 | |
| The long and short of taboo words | Canadians thinking of talking dirty during sex might want to reconsider, given a new study's discovery that prurient language causes people to underestimate how long something lasts. When researchers displayed taboo sexual words on a computer screen, onlookers consistently misjudged… |
2010-11-09 | |
| Tori Spelling a fan of Marysville woman's treats | Jenny Keller turned a sweet marketing idea into Hollywood fame. |
2010-11-03 | |
| WWU's 'Neuroscience on Tap' continues Nov. 1 at Bob’s Burgers and Brew in downtown Bellingham | 2010-10-28 | ||
| Dangers of distraction the focus of Oct. 20 talk at WWU | The ways in which people fail to see what's in front of them when distracted by a task is the focus of a Wednesday, Oct. 20, talk by Ira Hyman, a psychology professor at Western Washington University. His talk, "Unicycling Clowns, Train Wrecks and Pilots Forgetting to Land:… |
2010-10-18 | |
| WWU's Ira Hyman to present Turning Points lecture on 'inattentional blindness' Oct. 20 | 2010-09-28 | ||
| Joseph Trimble has article published in 'Counselling Psychology Quarterly' | 2010-09-09 |