Tag: Psychology
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Eavesdropping: A Superpower for Understanding Others’ Minds | Psychology Today
By: Alison Jane Martingano Ph.D., UW-Green Bay Psychology New research shows that listening to others improves social cognition. KEY POINTS Eavesdropping may improve our theory of mind skills, which are crucial for social interaction. In an experiment, eavesdroppers outperformed conversational participants on tests of theory of mind. Frequent exposure to situations that demand listening may…
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Psychology Prof. Alison Jane Martingano publishes on equity in VR accessibility in collaboration with NIH
Dr. Alison Jane Martingano recently published her research on the impact of demographic variables on the experience of ‘presence’ in virtual reality (VR) which she conducted with collaborators at the National Institutes of Health. This research discovered that Black VR users generally experience a higher sense of presence in VR environments than White users. Dr.…
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Last ‘Psych & Stuff’ episode of the season: “How to Deal With Angry People” with Prof. Ryan Martin
In our last episode of the season, Ryan and Georjeanna talk about his new book, “How to Deal with Angry People.” They talk about why he wrote it, what’s in it, and even unpack a few strategies for people to think about.
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UW-Green Bay alumni and Prof. Alan Chu publish an article in the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
M.S. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology alumni RJ Lynch (’22), Janne Roovers (’22), and Associate Professor Alan Chu published an article, titled “From Rifts to Rapport: A Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (PDMS) Mindfulness Intervention for Enhancing Cohesion in Mixed-Gender, Coactive Teams,” in the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, an official journal of the Association for Applied…
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New “Psych & Stuff” episode: What Our Favorite Summer Movies Say About Us
Whether you’re lying to your parents so you can go look for a dead body or lying to your parents so you can see a PG film in the theater, our favorite summer movies say an awful lot about the kind of people we’ve become. Georjeanna, Ryan, and former intern Kelsi talk through their favorite…
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Psychology Prof. Alison Jane Martingano publishes research on the effects of eavesdropping
Assistant Prof. Alison Jane Martingano recently published her research on eavesdropping. She found that listening-in to a conversation, versus actively participating in it, leads people to have enhanced Theory of Mind. Theory of Mind is the capacity to accurately infer other people’s thoughts and emotions and aids social functioning. This may explain why people who…
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Psychology alumna Betty Rose-Ackley and Prof. Chu publish an article on COVID stress and resilience in Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Psychology alumna (’22) Betty Rose-Ackley and Associate Prof. Alan Chu have published an article titled “COVID-19 pandemic stress and resilience in female college students: a multi-group comparative study of in-person versus online enrollments” in the Educational and Developmental Psychologist journal. Their study showed that, on average, female college students with mental health diagnoses perceived more…
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Latest episode of “Psych & Stuff” is now live!
In this episode, hosts Ryan and Georjeanna delve into intriguing research on the science of forgetting and how various factors such as stress, information overload, and the monotonous nature of the pandemic era affect our ability to recall events and daily life during the past three years. The two hosts share some personal anecdotes about…
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Latest “Psych & Stuff” episode discusses how emotions change as you get older
In this episode, Ryan and Georjeanna chat with fellow UW-Green Bay Psychology professor, Abby Nehrkorn-Bailey, about how we deal with stress and how our emotional responses improve over the lifespan. Using the Socio-Emotional Selectivity Theory, the group discusses why this finding makes sense but goes against some of the stereotypes we hold about older people.…
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Mental health specialists discuss the impacts of poverty at UW-Green Bay | Green Bay Press Gazette
GREEN BAY – Poverty goes far beyond a lack of resources. People who experience financial stress are more than twice as likely to identify as having poor health, and those structural differences can impact everything from cognitive process to how we communicate and connect with others. The impacts poverty has on homelessness, food insecurity and…