Talks and Colloquia

Upcoming 2024-2025 Talks

Psychology Distinguished Lecture Series

Dr. Anna Weinberg (McGill University) - Clinical

  • Friday, November 15, 2024

  • Talk: From risk to illness: The role of neural responses to reward on the pathway to depression

2024

Dr. Susan E. Cross, Iowa State University

  • Friday, September 27, 2024

  • Talk: Beyond the Sacred Couple: Cultural Models of Close Relationships

Dr. Jeffrey Bowers, University of Bristol, UK

  • Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 2:30pm

  • Talk: Deep Problems with Neural Network Models of Human Vision

Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, University of Regina

  • Friday, March 22, 2024, 2:30pm

  • Talk: Studies of Pain in Dementia During a Period of Paradigmatic Shifts in Health Research

Dr. Lela Rankin, Arizona State University

  • Friday, February 2, 2024, 2:30pm

  • Talk: Dismantling the Maternal Instinct: Myth vs Science and the Role of Physical Touch

2023

Dr. Gordon Pennycook, Cornell University

  • Friday, November 10, 2023, 2:30pm - Chernoff Hall Auditorium

  • Talk: A Framework for Understanding Reasoning Errors: From Fake News to Global Warming and Beyond

Dr. Melanie Dirks, McGill University

  • Friday, March 31, 2023, 2:30pm - Dunning Hall 11

  • Talk: With or Without You:  Maintenance and Dissolution in the Friendships of Young Adults

Dr. Johanna Peetz, Carleton University

  • Thursday, January 19, 2023, 11:30am - Humphrey Hall 228

  • Talk: Close Relationships Across Time: Biases in Memories and Forecasts

2022

Dr. Ethan Kross, University of Michigan

  • Friday, December 2, 2022, 2:30pm - Dunning Hall 11

  • Talk: When I Become You: How Small Shifts in Language Promote Self-Control

Dr. Gordon Asmundson, University of Regina

  • Friday, October 21 2022, 2:30 pm - Dunning 11

  • Talk: The Psychology of Pandemics: Emergence of a Distinct Psychological Research Field and Applied Science

Dr. David Forbes, University of Melbourne

  • Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:00 pm - Kinesiology 101

  • Talk: Current and future directions in facilitating recovery following psychological trauma