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Hands and NU earn grant aimed at youth mental health and addiction
GeneralResearchPsychology DepartmentHands theFamilyHelpNetwork.ca, in partnership with Nipissing University, has been awarded an Ontario Youth Mental Health, Substance Use and Addictions Grant from Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) and the Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions. -
Master's student publishes research on optimism and pro-environmental behaviour
Psychology DepartmentResearchEnvironmental Sciences/StudiesCongratulations to Megan MacKinnon, a Master of Environmental Science student in Dr. Steven Arnocky's Human Evolution Lab, on the recent publication of her research in the journal, Frontiers in Psychology. The paper examines whether exposure to optimistic climate change messaging increases pro-environmental behaviour. -
Dr. Arnocky publishes research in esteemed Scientific Reports journal
Psychology DepartmentResearchDr. Steven Arnocky, professor in the Department of Psychology, has had his research on genetic predictors of male pubertal development published in the esteemed Scientific Reports journal. -
Psychology speaker series continues Thursday
My NipissingPsychology DepartmentSeminar SeriesThe Department of Psychology’s Speaker Series continues this week with a talk by Nipissing postdoctoral fellow, Shawn Geniole, PhD on Thursday, October 18 at 11:30 a.m. in F213. The lecture will explore the role of testosterone in reducing the threat premium in humans. -
Psychology speaker series kicks off with talk on altruism and desirability
Psychology DepartmentSeminar SeriesDo nice guys really finish last? The Department of Psychology invites you to find out the answer at their speaker series event on Monday, September 24 featuring University of Guelph psychologist, Pat Barclay, Ph.D. -
Human Evolution Lab construction underway
Psychology DepartmentResearchNipissing University’s research infrastructure continues to grow, with the Human Evolution Laboratory beginning to take shape in room A222. -
Human Evolution Lab coming to NU
Psychology DepartmentResearchDr. Steven Arnocky, associate professor of psychology, and his team will utilize the lab to help clarify the complex interplay between personality, immune function, hormones, and social context and how such factors interact to predict mating patterns and behaviour, as well as competition, intimate partner violence and sexual violence. -
Psych talk explores stress and eating
Psychology DepartmentSeminar SeriesNipissing University’s psychology speaker series welcomes Dr. Michael Emond, of the department of psychology at Laurentian University, to campus for a lecture titled Stress-Eaters and Stress-Undereaters: Factors Affecting their Bi-Directional Feeding Response in Humans and in an Animal Model, on Monday, March 26, at 10 a.m. in room F-210. -
Department of Psychology Speaker Series
Psychology DepartmentSeminar SeriesDr. Shawn Geniole is currently a visiting Banting Postdoctoral Research Fellow, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, working on several collaborative projects at Nipissing University and the University of Vienna. His talk is titled Identifying the pathways through which and people for whom testosterone promotes aggression. -
New research links learned helplessness with environmental inaction
ResearchPsychology DepartmentConcern for the environment is widespread, but what is stopping people from rolling their sleeves up and getting down to work with some meaningful pro-environmental action? According to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, learned helplessness could be acting as a significant barrier to affecting positive environmental change.
