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  • Carolyn Parkinson is 2016 Hannah T. Croasdale Award recipient

    June 2, 2016

    Carolyn Parkinson, who completed her PhD with Thalia Wheatley this past year, has been selected as this year's recipient of the Hannah T. Croasdale Award.  This award is made to a graduating PhD student at Dartmouth who “best exemplifies the qualities of a scholar, possessing intellectual curiosity, a dedicated commitment to the pursuit of new knowledge, a strong interest in teaching, and a sense of social responsibility to the academic community.” 

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  • New study on biases during learning and decision making.

    May 12, 2016

    Thinking about drawing to an inside straight or playing another longshot? Just remember that while human decision-making is biased by potential rewards, what we know about individual cues that help us to make those decisions is biased toward failure, a Dartmouth College study finds.

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  • Welcome Meghan Meyer!

    April 25, 2016

    We are pleased to announce the appointment of Meghan Meyer to the faculty.  Meghan completed her Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Princeton University.  Meghan will be moving to Hanover in July, 2017 to assume her position as an assistant professor. 

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  • Face recognition and law enforcement

    June 18, 2015

    People vary greatly in their ability to recognize faces, and this variation has important implications for law enforcement, the courts, and security personnel.

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