UMN Psychology

09/10/2026

Two of our new PhD students, Chris Madden and Katya Scott, have earned the prestigious University-wide DOVE Fellowship for their commitment to equity, diversity, and social justice. Meet our new fellows and discover the impactful work they're bringing to campus.
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Discover how Chris Madden and Katya Scott are translating lived experience and community advocacy into graduate research in clinical and counseling psychology.

09/08/2026

A generous gift from faculty member David Weiss has created a new fellowship for graduate students in the Quantitative and Psychometric Methods (QPM) program. https://buff.ly/izml5Ci

A generous gift from faculty member David Weiss has created a new fellowship for graduate students in the Quantitative and Psychometric Methods (QPM) program.

09/07/2026

How does the brain see action in a completely still photo? At the 2026 Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference, graduate student Koustav Banerjee presented new research uncovering the brain’s internal speedometer for static images. https://buff.ly/U9lwGp1

At the 2026 Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference, graduate student Koustav Banerjee presented new research uncovering the brain’s internal speedometer for static images.

09/04/2026

Among the many visitors received by the UMN CATSS team at the MN State Fair, MPR stopped by to tour and learn about the new See, Hear, MN mobile unit, which is providing free vision and hearing exams to fairgoers. https://buff.ly/sBNbMcr

MPR News spotlighted CATSS’s See, Hear, MN mobile unit at the State Fair, showcasing free hearing and vision screenings across Minnesota.

09/02/2026

The Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS) is a tool that measures color-blind racial ideology. UMN Psychologists Alex Ajayi, Jesus Delgado, and Moin Syed examined its accuracy across diverse race and gender demographics to determine if it's as valuable a tool as its widespread adoption may suggest.

UMN Psychology’s Alex Ajayi, Jesus Delgado, and Moin Syed evaluate the precision and usefulness of the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS).

09/01/2026

Minutes of audio instead of hours in a clinic. A new study led by Whitney Ringwald reveals that AI can accurately assess psychopathology from brief open-ended narratives, signaling a potential revolution in mental health care. https://buff.ly/bWfcXcy

A few minutes of conversation may be all it takes. Whitney Ringwald explores how LLMs can power low-burden, scalable mental health assessment.

08/31/2026

Speaking as part of the "Beyond Monolithic Blackness" session at APA 2026, alumna Vanessa Anyanso presented findings on how the Strong Black Woman schema influences mental health across pan-ethnic groups, highlighting critical variations among Black immigrants. https://buff.ly/jzyhfPh

08/28/2026

In the debut episode of Brainwave on Air, host Holley Locher chats with Andrew Oxenham and Ben Eisenreich about CATSS’s new "See, Hear, MN" mobile unit, a custom-engineered van delivering free hearing and vision screenings to communities across Minnesota. Find out where to catch them next, including the MN State Fair! https://buff.ly/6ayamft

In the first Brainwave on Air episode, experts discuss See, Hear, MN, a mobile unit bringing free hearing and vision screenings across Minnesota.

08/28/2026

Can discrimination speed up the body's internal clock? A new study from faculty member Juan Del Toro’s demonstrates that negative emotional reactions to discrimination are linked to faster biological aging, offering crucial insight into how social inequities physically impact lifelong health.
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Can discrimination speed up the body's internal clock? Juan Del Toro explores how negative emotional reactions to discrimination are linked to faster biological aging.

08/27/2026

Is object location more important for visual cueing vs. the appearance of the object itself? Vanessa Lee, Roger Re*****on, and Mikayla Krech studied the causes of spatial context cueing, challenging prior theories.
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Is object location more important for visual cueing vs. the appearance of the object itself? Vanessa Lee, Roger Re*****on, and Mikayla Krech studied the causes of spatial context cueing, challenging prior theories.