psychology
What’s Behind your wildest dreams?
What causes us to dream? Furman psychology professor Erin Wamsley will provide some answers to that question when she speaks at the university’s High Noon spring lecture series Wednesday, March 25 at the Upcountry History...
Continue ReadingSweet dreams in the Furman lab
Sleep. Most of us look forward to it as a way to recuperate from a hectic day and prepare our bodies and minds for the next. But researchers in the Psychology Department at Furman are...
Continue ReadingUC Riverside psych professor Kate Sweeny ’02 to speak on campus February 19
Psychology professor Kate Sweeny ’02 of the University of California, Riverside, will present “The Waiting is the Hardest Part: Unpacking the Experience of Uncertain Waiting Periods” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, February 19, at Furman University’s...
Continue ReadingPsych professor Gil Einstein to give talk Jan. 28
Furman University psychology professor Gilles Einstein, Ph.D., will give a post-sabbatical talk Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in Johns Hall 101 on campus. His talk, “Remembering to Perform Intended Actions: Implications for Aging and...
Continue ReadingAn overnighter in the lab
Margaret McCurry ’18 donned a comfy pair of pajamas and settled in for the night. Other than her 13 hair “accessories,” she looked like a typical college freshman getting ready for bed. It’s 11 p.m....
Continue ReadingSterling LEGO team visits Furman
Sterling School’s LEGO League team, the Hyperbolics, visited the Furman Psychology Department last week. This extraordinary group of 10 Greenville County elementary school students have been working together to tackle the perplexing challenge of behavioral change....
Continue ReadingGrowing food, cultivating community
Dan Weidenbenner ’11 doesn’t exactly fit the typical farmer profile. He’s a psychology major who wears narrow, dark-rimmed glasses and plays tennis in his spare time. The plaid shirts for which he has a penchant...
Continue ReadingFrom Greenville Tech to Furman and beyond
When Jessie Stanion left high school in California, she I did not expect to attend college. However, at age 23, living in Greenville, she decided to take night classes at Greenville Technical College. That decision...
Continue ReadingHarvard professor to discuss “sleep, memory and dreams”
Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Robert Stickgold will discuss “Sleep, Memory and Dreams: Putting it All Together” when he speaks on the Furman University campus Thursday, Nov. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in Johns Hall 101. The...
Continue ReadingDuer wins poster award
Jennifer Duer ’16, a psychology major from Edison, N.J. recently won the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Conference Poster Award. She presented the findings of her research with Furman Psychology Professor Erin Hahn during the...
Continue ReadingHarvard professor Robert Stickgold to speak at Furman
Harvard Medical School Professor Robert Stickgold will discuss “Sleep, Memory and Dreams: Putting it All Together,” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, November 13, at Furman University’s Johns Hall 101. Stickgold, director of the medical school’s Center...
Continue ReadingA welcome home
ATLANTA – As their arrival date neared, Christina Bellino ’15 hustled to get ready. Though she didn’t know their favorite foods, she went to Walmart, bought groceries, and filled their refrigerators. Though she didn’t know...
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