Department of Psychology at Georgia State University

Dr. Erin Tone was interviewed by @DiscoverMag about the evolution of social anxiety. The article focuses on theories about why social anxiety evolved and whether/how it remains an adaptive characteristic. http://ow.ly/h4iF50EmetP @GSUArtSci

'@DrDomParrott Kevin Swartout, and Ruschelle Leone have a new paper examining the temporal relation between acute affective and cognitive mediators of alcohol-facilitated intimate partner violence. http://ow.ly/MOWx50EfVPR @CRIV_GSU @GSU_Research

Dr. Amanda Gilmore will present to the 90-Day Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military. Dr. Gilmore is Assistant Professor in the Dept. Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences at GSU. She is also a member of @CRIV_GSU

Molloy, Ellis, Su & Anderson studied attitudes towards internet-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy (iCBT). Explaining iCBT had positive effect on attitudes, but not uptake behavior. http://ow.ly/vTEt50EfVNt. Project began at time of the eclipse!

Dr. Wenhao Jiang and Kelly Rootes-Murdy from Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience are lead authors on a paper examining genetic effects in attention deficit disorder in adolescents and adults ("Discrepancies of Polygenic Effects on Symptom Dimensions between Adolescents and Adults with ADHD", accepted to Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging). They found that genetic risk scores related to symptom severity rather than to brain gray matter patterns; and that inattention was related to genetic scores only in the younger participants.

Congratulations to Meghan Goyer who received the outstanding contribution and commitment to cultural humility in research award at the 9th annual GSU clinical psychology program research day for her presentation. @GSUArtSci @GSU_Research

@CRIV_GSU & @CSADatGSU 's Distinguished Speaker Series will host Dr. Gaylord-Harden on Wed, Nov 11 at 12-1 pm for her presentation titled Livin’ Like We’re Bulletproof? Rethinking Desensitization in Youth of Color in Urban Communities." Register here: http://ow.ly/D2Jg50CfGNk

BIPOC-identifying students interested in grad school in psychology: A panel is taking place tonight Monday November 9th @ 5 pm, and will be recorded if you are unable to attend live. Register here: http://ow.ly/51Hn50Cfq4e

A new paper on forming a culturally-informed domestic violence initiative is published as part of a collaborative project carried out by students Alejandra Arce, Daniel Snook, Hanna Joseph, Miklos Hamlos, GSU alum Rebecca Rodriguez, & mentor Gabe Kuperminc, working with Casa de Esperanza, a domestic violence organization based in Minneapolis MN .http://ow.ly/Uwxr50Cczli

The National Mentoring Partnership’s Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring has been viewed as the primary practitioner resource for mentoring programs. A new publication from Gabe Kuperminc and colleagues is a supplement to that volume, one of the first comprehensive practitioner guides for group mentoring, which has become one of the largest and fastest growing alternative approaches to youth mentoring. http://ow.ly/KfTG50CcyJS

The GAFCP Theory of Change Workgroup includes Steve Erickson (alum), Jim Emshoff (Emeritus), Devin Gilmore (alum), Hannah Joseph (grad assistant) & Gabe Kuperminc. This report summarizes social network analysis of county-wide collaboratives of GAFCP. http://ow.ly/907G50CcygA

If you are feeling stressed about this election, GSU is hosting an event aimed to help students understand, process, & cope with the elections regardless of political stance or the outcomes on Nov 10th at 4 pm. Sign up here: http://ow.ly/cu4h50CcxsD

#GSUArtSci In The Classroom: A former self-proclaimed pessimist, Department of Psychology at Georgia State University senior lecturer Rachelle Cohen now teaches students about the benefits of positive psychology: http://ow.ly/WvkE50CcoND

Sarah Clark, a clinical neuropsych PhD student interning @ VA Palo Alto in Geriatric Neuropsych, published analyses showing that cerebellar-cortical network connectivity was reduced for those with schizophrenia, & its relationship w/ cognitive processing. http://ow.ly/Xe0x50C9Pcv

@CogSciGSU student @CoreyHillA presented @neuroethicsinfo research on punitive motivations through lens of neuromodulatory technologies. People were more satisfied with punishments that induce an understanding of wrongdoing over those that inflict pain. http://ow.ly/aB0x50C6EQw

Wenhao Jiang and Kelly Rootes-Murdy in the cognitive neuroscience concentration in Psychology at GSU co-authored a study of an international dataset of children with ADHD, highlighting cerebellar effects related to inattention.http://ow.ly/I3Wu50C6EvE

Graduates of the community psychology program Dr. Dominique Thomas & Dr. Allana Zuckerman were named as Editor & Associate Editor, respectively, of The Community Psychologist (TCP),the newsletter of the Society for Community Research and Action (Div. 27 of APA). #GSUPsych

The thesis work of Alejandra Arce now published! She, @RLatzman, Winnie Chen, & Kevin Swartout examined various contributions of racially based harassment and personality to group identities in immigrant-origin youth. @GSU_Research @GSUArtSci #GSUPsych #GSUResearch