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Congratulations to Dr. Megan Nguyen!
by minchao | May 12, 2023 | Recent news | 0 Comments
We are proud of Dr. Megan Nguyen, who successfully defended her dissertation entitled 'Perceived Injustice and Pain Outcomes in Youth with Chronic Pain"! Megan will pursue a future in pain research, starting as a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School! They will...
2022 Learning Science Poster Award
by minchao | October 24, 2022 | Recent news | 0 Comments
Hearty congratulations to our winners of the LS Conference Poster Award! First Place: Saeedeh Pazoki (Neural correlates of reading) Brain Signatures of Reading Difficulty in Elementary Students: A Study of the N400 Effect Second Place: Christine Richie (Academic...
Paper published on Cell phone use and self-regulation!
by minchao | September 29, 2022 | Recent news | 0 Comments
Drs Joshi, Woodward, and Woltering were wondering whether there were advantages to cell phone use to learn to self-regulate. Findings mostly showed that advantages to self-regulation, if any, were minimal and that these were far outweighed by the disadvantages...
Congratulations to Dr. Sun!
by minchao | June 1, 2022 | Recent news | 0 Comments
The hot summer begins with some exciting news! Linda Sun has successfully completed her defense! Her presentation on reading difficulties in primary school students and the N400 effect wowed the committee. She will continue her studies in this field, and we thank her...
A new paper accepted! The journey of freshmen engineering student
by minchao | March 27, 2022 | Recent news | 0 Comments
Congratulations Dr. Mahati Kopparla and Megan Nguyen for getting their paper accepted in European Journal of Engineering Education. Undergraduate STEM retention has been a longstanding concern. Specifically, majors such as engineering have experienced a high dropout...
A new day, and a new paper accepted!
by minchao | March 27, 2022 | Recent news | 0 Comments
We are excited to announce that the paper “EEG complexity in resting and task states in adults with ADHD” was accepted in Brain Communications (new sister journal of ‘Brain’). Analyzing electroencephalography (EEG) complexity could provide insight into neural...
A new paper accepted! An eye-tracking study on children’s reading skills.
by minchao | March 27, 2022 | Recent news | 0 Comments
We are very pleased that the paper “Exploring the Associations between Reading Skills and Eye Movements in Elementary Children’s Silent Sentence Reading” has been accepted for publication in Reading Psychology. Congratulations to Dr. Sunyoon Lee and co-authors! The...
Use cellphone before bedtime? A newly accepted paper says “NO”!
by minchao | March 27, 2022 | Recent news | 0 Comments
Celebrating the good news with us! The paper “Nighttime cell phone use and sleep quality in young adults” was newly accepted in Sleep and Biological Rhythms. Young adults are particularly vulnerable to sleep disturbances related to their cell phone use (CPU). The...
Problem solved! A new publication
by minchao | March 25, 2022 | Recent news | 0 Comments
Good news! The paper “Moments of Insight in Problem-Solving Relate to Bodily Arousal” was published in Creative Behavior. Since most prior work has focused on examining the cognitive side of problem-solving, there is more to explore on the physiological side,...
New publications! Feasibility of using a biofeedback device in mindfulness training
by minchao | March 25, 2022 | Recent news | 0 Comments
We are delighted to announce that one of our new research papers was accepted and published in Pilot and Feasibility Studies. Congratulations to Drs Brenna Lin and Christopher Prickett. Stress can negatively impact an individual’s health and well-being and high levels...