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Psychology Colloquium: COVID-19 research projects (several speakers from our own School)

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Members of our own School will present brief overviews of their COVID-related research projects: Dr Micah Goldwater: Causal and moral reasoning about COVID-19 in the USA A/Prof Sabina Kleitman: Individual differences in coping and behaviour with COVID A/Prof Sally Gainsbury: COVID and gambling Dr Ilan Dar-Nimrod: The impact of COVID on intimate relationships A/Prof Paul …

CANCELLED – Psychology Colloquium: Emeritus Professor Robert (Bob) Boakes (University of Sydney)

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Speaker: Emeritus Professor Robert (Bob) Boakes (University of Sydney) Title: The monkey, the lettuce leaf, sugar and disappointment: From translation to discovery Abstract: For some years our group has run translational experiments to study metabolic and cognitive impairments in rats that have drunk large amounts of a sugar solution.  Metabolic problems have included development of large …

CANCELLED – Psychology Colloquium: Dr Emma Alleyne (University of Kent)

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Speaker: Dr Emma Alleyne (University of Kent) Title: ‘Taking it out on the dog’: Why adults abuse animals Abstract: One of the most acute and distressing animal welfare problems is abuse carried out by adults. There are difficulties to detect, intervene, and prevent animal cruelty incidents due to the very nature of animals as ‘voiceless victims’. …

CANCELLED – Psychology Colloquium: Dr Samuel Mehr (Harvard University)

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Speaker: Dr Samuel Mehr (Harvard University) Title: Psychological functions of music in infancy Abstract: In 1871, Darwin wrote, “As neither the enjoyment nor the capacity of producing musical notes are faculties of the least use to man … they must be ranked among the most mysterious with which he is endowed.” Infants and parents worldwide …

Psychology Colloquium: Professor Lazar Stankov (University of Sydney & University of Southern Queensland)

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Speaker: Professor Lazar Stankov (University of Sydney & University of Southern Queensland) Title: Individual differences meet political psychology: from communism to the right-wing extremism via IQ, education, social conservatism and conflict Abstract: I will review our work that points to a link between psychological aspects of Social Conservatism and measures of militant extremist mindset (MEM). Some …