AWARDS

Congratulations to our PS/WiCS+ Junior Research Networking Awardees 2023

  • Carolyn Baer

    University of British Columbia

    Global Estimates of Self-Performance in Childhood
    Authors: Carolyn Baer and Daniel Bernstein

    “My research uncovers how children track their performance to form beliefs about their abilities.”

  • Halszka Bak

    Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań Poland

    Feeling it Differently: Emotional Causality of Verbs Across Languages
    Authors: Halszka Bąk & Jeanette Altarriba

    “We studied how emotions expressed as verbs in different languages are perceived in terms of who causes the emotions to arise.”

  • Sita Carraturo

    Washington University in Saint Louis

    Listening Effort in Bilinguals and Monolinguals
    Authors: Sita Carraturo & Kristin Van Engen

    “Pupillometry reveals differences in cognitive demands of speech processing between listener groups and among listening conditions.”

  • Isu Cho

    Brandeis University

    Age-related differences in fairness-related decision-making in social contexts
    Authors: Isu Cho, Angela Gutchess

    “This research examines how older adults differ from younger adults in making fairness-related decisions.”

  • Ummi Coats

    Union College and Duke University

    The Role of Valence and Speaker Identity in False Hearing
    Authors: Ummi K. Coats, Hannah Soliman, Chad S. Rogers

    “Our research examines whether bias against an outgroup predicts false hearing in speech perception.

  • Febe Demeyer

    KU Leuven (Belgium)

    Is the Aha! Experience Ageless? Exploring Insight versus Analytical Problem Solving in Older Adults.
    Authors: Febe Demeyer, Hans Stuyck, Céline R. Gillebert and Eva Van den Bussche

    “We examine whether more implicit cognitive functions such as insight problem solving remain intact or improve with aging.”

  • Lan Anh (Bella) Do

    Tufts University

    The Cognitive and Affective Consequences of Collaborative Learning
    Authors: Lan Anh (Bella) Do & Ayanna K. Thomas

    “We provided a comprehensive picture of how collaborative learning impacted students’ performance and emotional experience.”

  • Maggie K. McCracken

    University of Utah

    Assessing Visual Capture of Audiovisual Distance Perception in Virtual Reality
    Authors: Maggie K. McCracken, Hunter C. Finney, Sarah H. Creem-Regehr, Jeanine K. Stefanucci

    “I examined the integration of auditory and visual cues in distance judgments using virtual reality.”

  • I-An (Amy) Su

    Cornell University

    Norms for Survival- and Forensic-False Memory Lists
    Authors: I-An Su, Allison Gendreau, Michael P. Toglia, & Charles J. Brainerd

    “Our development of normed DRM word lists for survival and forensic false memory research unveiled distinct encoding patterns in the human brain, as indicated by recall and recognition data.”

  • Jessica Udry

    Georgia State University

    Talk: Semantic Coherence is Necessary to Explain Repetition-Based Illusory Truth Effects.
    Poster: 'How Worried Were You?': Biases in How Younger and Older Adults Remember Their Prior Feelings About COVID-19.
    Authors: Jessica Udry & Sarah Barber

    “My research investigates which components of a statement must be repeated for repetition to increase belief..

Networking Awards for Junior Scientists encourage graduate students, postdocs, and assistant professors to engage in networking activities at the Psychonomics Society Meeting. Awardees are selected based on the strength of their networking plan toward developing collaborative or mentoring relationships while attending Psychonomics. 

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Application for our 2024 Junior Research Networking Awards will open early summer 2024

65th Annual Meeting

November 21-24, 2024
New York City, NY, USA
New York Marriott Marquis, Times Square

Presenting one’s research at professional meetings such as the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society is an important way for individuals to become known in the professional community and to develop collaborative relationships with other professionals in the field. Building these networks early can open opportunities for a successful career, thus it is essential that individuals attend professional meetings early in their careers. Therefore, the purpose of this award is to encourage early career researchers to participate in and network at the 2023 Meeting of the Psychonomic Society that will be held in San Francisco from November 16-19, 2023. Awards will provide up to $1000 to cover the expenses of travel for the purpose of networking.

WiCS Junior Research Networking Awardees 2022

  • Hui W Cheung

    University of Essex

    The Automaticity of Feature Binding in Working Memory
    Authors: Hiu Wah Cheung, Nicolas Geeraert, Vanessa Loaiza.

    “My research is about whether cultural differences and prior knowledge influence feature binding in working memory.”

  • Hannah Dames

    University of Zurich & University of Freiburg

    Mechanisms Underlying Directed Forgetting in Working Memory
    Authors: Hannah Dames, Vencislav Popov, Klaus Oberauer

    “My research explores the cognitive mechanisms contributing to short-term and long-term effects of directed forgetting in working memory.”

  • Meltem Karaca

    Boston University

    Performance Predictions and Confidence Over Time in Low- and High-performing Students
    Authors: Meltem Karaca, Lisa Geraci, Nayantara Kurpad, Marcus Lithander, Steve Balsis

    “Our research aims to find methods to improve students’ metacognition, with the goal of improving their self-awareness and academic performance”

  • Tanya M. Paes

    Purdue University

    The Relations Between Parent–Educator Communication, the Home Environment, and Preschoolers' Numeracy, Literacy, Executive Function, and Vocabulary Skills.
    Authors: Tanya M. Paes, Joyce Lin, Robert Duncan, David J. Purpura, Sara A. Schmitt

    “I examined concurrent relations among parent–educator communication and children’s outcomes in the spring of preschool”

  • Jocelyn Teng

    University of Arizona

    Time Estimation and Passage of Time Judgment Predict Eating Behaviors During COVID-19 Lockdown
    Authors: Jiaxuan (Jocelyn) Teng, Sara Lomayesva, Eve Isham

    “Our research examines how time perception predicts eating behaviors during Covid-19 lockdown.”

WiCS Leadership Awardees 2022

For many years WiCS selected leadership award winners. Previous WiCS leadership award winners are listed below. WiCS will no longer be making awards for leadership after 2022. While WiCS continues to recognize the importance of leadership in advancing women scientists, the organization will direct monetary awards to supporting early career advancement activities for women scientists.

  • Sarah Brown-Schmidt

    Vanderbilt University

    For leadership in promoting gender equity in the editorial and review processes in journals in the field.

  • Jean E. Fox

    University of California, Santa Cruz

    For leadership in promoting gender equity in the editorial and review processes in journals in the field.

  • Evie Vergauwe

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    For providing leadership in informal mentoring of young women scientists within the field.

  • Leor Zmigrod

    University of Cambridge

    For demonstration of leadership at an early career stage aimed at expanding opportunities for young researchers interested in cognitive science.

  • Alan Hartley

    Scripps College

    For providing decades of leadership in the education of undergraduate women in cognitive science.

WiCS Junior Research Networking Awardees 2021

  • Dahwi Ahn,

    Iowa State University

    How Does Testing Affect Future Learning Strategies?

  • Caro Hautekiet

    University of Geneva

    Is There an Asymmetrical Switch Cost between the Internal and External Focus of Attention?

  • Mane Kara-Yakoubian

    Ryerson University

    The Effects of Emotion on Hindsight Bias in Younger and Older Adults During the 2020 U.S. Election.

  • Nayantara Kurpad

    University of Massachusetts Lowell

    Impact of Lecture Modality and Visuals on Students' Learning Performance and Metacognitive Judgments.

  • Laura Morett

    University of Alabama

    Conceptual Metaphor, Embodiment, & Non-native Lexical Tone Learning.
    Do Emphasis Cues Enhance Young Children’s Ability to Associate Novel Objects with Learned Names?

  • Lauren Salig

    University of Maryland

    Linking Processing Costs to Distributional Patterns of Bilingual Code-switching.

  • Beatrice Valentini

    University of Geneva

    Comparing Adults’ Working Memory Search Rates in Sub-span vs. Supra- span Situations: A Novel Approach of Developmental Relevance.

  • Cristina D. Zepeda

    Washington University in St. Louis

    Bridging Cognitive and Educational Psychology Perspectives on the Self- Regulation of Learning.