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A Psychology Professor Explains the Mental Quirk That Makes You Undervalue Your Co-Workers

Who got more done this week, you or your co-worker down the hall? I'm guessing you think it's you. And you could be right. But you also could be wrong because of skewed perception caused by the weird way our brains retain the things we do, compared with the things other people do. That…

2020-02-28
CSU - Long Beach's May Ling Halim to discuss her research on gender equality March 5 2020-02-24
Whatcom residents describe racism, and how to be an ally

Learning to be an ally is particularly important at a time when FBI crime statistics and several recent surveys have shown that hate crimes …

2020-02-18
Is it unethical to watch football with your kids?

I reach out to Ira Hyman, a psychology professor from Western Washington University who has sworn off football–“As someone who teaches my students about the risks of repeated head injuries, I’m not comfortable watching”–and ask him to give it to me straight: Am I a hypocrite? Hyman says I can…

2020-01-24
WWU’s New Lonner Lecture Series Now Accepting Proposals 2020-01-09
WWU students to offer free counseling services

Starting this January, you can get counseling in Bellingham free of charge.

Graduate students in Western Washington University’s Psychology Department will be providing free individual counseling services under faculty supervision.

The university’s counseling training clinic will…

2019-11-21
WWU to Offer Free Counseling Starting in January 2019-11-18
Uili Lousi to Present 'Climate Change in Tonga' Sept. 26 2019-09-25
WWU’s Center for Cross-Cultural Research to Host Purdue’s Margo Monteith Oct. 7 2019-09-24
Psychology's Jeff Carroll co-authors new paper 2019-08-12
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