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Julian Scheffer, The University of Iowa

ABSTRACT: Is self-control a "moral muscle" that is required for moral behavior?  In some cases, self-control seems necessary to override selfish impulses and act morally.  In other cases, self-control...

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Jason Clark, The University of Iowa

ABSTRACT:Social scientists have long been interested in the origin, content, and effects of group stereotypes.April 3, 2015 - 11:30am

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Ji Xia, The University of Iowa

ABSTRACT: When one’s desired outcomes depend on another person, how would this knowledge influence a perceiver’s impressions of this individual? A large body of research has shown that outcome...

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Bethany Lassetter, The University of Iowa

ABSTRACT: While research has historically focused on the origins of prejudice, much less is known about the experiences of stigmatized targets. The current research asks specifically, when and toward...

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Adam Waytz, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

ABSTRACT: Five studies across cultures involving 661 American Democrats and Republicans, 995 Israelis, and 1,266 Palestinians provide previously unidentified evidence of a fundamental bias, what we...

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Mark S. Blumberg - The University of Iowa

Abstract: How are the “rudimentary” movements of fetuses and infants transformed into the coordinated, flexible, and adaptive movements of adults? Some believe that adult behaviors are built from...

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Jason J. Radley, Ph.D., The University of Iowa

ABSTRACT: The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is implicated in the relapse of drug-seeking behavior. Optimal mPFC functioning relies on synaptic connections involving dendritic spines in pyramidal...

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Julie Gros-Louis, The University of Iowa

ABSTRACT:  The interaction between children’s own communicative competence and responsiveness of social partners is an important process facilitating the transition from prelinguistic to linguistic...

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Anja Fiedler, The University of Iowa

ABSTRACT:  Visual objects are defined over time and space on the basis of various factors, for instance surface features (e.g., color). However, it is unclear whether our perception of object coherence...

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Kristin Shutts, University of Wisconsin-Madison

ABSTRACT:  Young children have much to learn about the individuals, relationships, and groups that comprise the social world.  In this talk, I will consider how children apprehend two important aspects...

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Mouna Attarha, The University of Iowa

April 22, 2015 - 11:30am

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Elizabeth O'Neal, The University of Iowa

ABSTRACT: Most studies of child pedestrians have focused on children aged 5-9 years. However, pedestrian injury is a leading cause of death and disability in children age 14 and under, which indicates...

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Frederick R. Walker, University of Newcastle Australia

June 1, 2015 - 11:30am

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Catharine Winstanley, University of British Columbia

August 13, 2015 - 3:15pm

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Peggy Nopoulos

DNA Simple Sequence Repeats have been theorized to be a genetic mechanism with an important role in the evolution from primate to human brain. Genes with triplet repeats, such as CAG, are common and...

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Andy Todd, The University of Iowa

Pervasive stereotypes linking Black men with violence and criminality can lead to implicit cognitive biases, including the misidentification of harmless objects (e.g., cellphones, hand tools) as...

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Jillian Stuart, The University of Iowa

October 23, 2015 - 11:30am

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