Department of Psychology
Type: News Story
Nora Newcombe is now a member of the National Academy of Sciences thanks to her distinguished research.
June 12, 2024
Type: News Story
The grant will support the study of active playful learning in grades K-4.
June 2, 2023
Type: News Story
Professor Nora Newcombe and graduate student Zoe Ngo are some of the first researchers to study pattern separation in children.
April 26, 2017
Type: News Story
Paul A. Pavlou, associate dean at the Fox School of Business, and Laurence Steinberg, professor of psychology, have been named among the most important researchers of the past decade.
October 17, 2014
Type: News Story
Young children are great at remembering facts, but not as good at remembering experiences. That’s because the ability to recall details about autobiographical moments is not fully developed until age five. Temple psychologist Nora Newcombe has designed a way to test this kind of memory in children.
January 31, 2014
Type: News Story
A new study from Temple psychology professor Marsha Weinraub supports the idea that a majority of infants are best left to self-soothe and fall back to sleep on their own. Published in the journal "Developmental Psychology," the study measured patterns of nighttime sleep awakenings in infants ages six to 36 months.
December 13, 2012
Type: News Story
A new study co-authored by Temple postdoctoral fellow Neha Mahajan determined that babies embrace nice characters over those who are bad, suggesting an early endorsement of punishment, possibly as a precursor of morality.
January 13, 2012
Type: News Story
Laurence Steinberg awarded $1 million research prize by Jacobs Foundation
Wednesday November 11, 2009.
November 11, 2009