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Upcoming Events

  1. Apr 24 Joel Devonshire (Social Brown Bag)1:25pm
  2. Apr 24 Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Maryellen MacDonald3:30pm
  3. Apr 25 Mark Seidenberg Book Presentation5:30pm
  4. Apr 26 Talk: Communicative Intentions in an Interactive World10:00am
  5. Apr 26 Cognitive Science Colloquium: Mark S. Seidenberg4:00pm

Joel Devonshire (Social Brown Bag)

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

01:25 PM - 02:45 PM

Storrs Campus
Bousfield

Graduate Student. UConn, Social Psychology.

Contact Information: Niran Ramirez-Esparza

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Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Maryellen MacDonald

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Storrs Campus
BOUS A106

Maryellen MacDonald, PhD., from University of Wisconsin - Madison will be discussing her work on language production and comprehension.

Title: Language Production is not Just for Producing Language

Contact Information: soniya.assudani@uconn.edu

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Mark Seidenberg Book Presentation

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Barnes & Noble at UConn

Mark Seidenberg Book Presentation
Please join us for author Mark Seidenberg presenting his book Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and
What Can Be Done About It.

In Language at the Speed of Sight, internationally renowned cognitive scientist Mark Seidenberg reveals the underexplored science of reading, which spans cognitive science, neurobiology, and linguistics. As Seidenberg shows, the disconnect between science and education is a major factor in America’s chronic underachievement. How we teach reading places many children at risk of failure, discriminates against poorer kids, and discourages even those who could have become more successful readers. Children aren’t taught basic print skills because educators cling to the disproved theory that good readers guess the words in texts, a strategy that encourages skimming instead of close reading. Interventions for children with reading disabilities are delayed because parents are mistakenly told their kids will catch up if they work harder. Learning to read is more difficult for children who speak a minority dialect in the home, but that is not reflected in classroom practices. By building on science’s insights, we can improve how our children read, and take real steps toward solving the inequality that illiteracy breeds.

Both an expert look at our relationship with the written word and a rousing call to action, Language at the Speed of Sight is essential for parents, educators, policy makers, and all others who want to understand why so many fail to read, and how to change that.


Mark Seidenberg is the Vilas Research Professor and Donald O. Hebb Professor in the department of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a cognitive neuroscientist who has studied language, reading, and dyslexia for over three decades. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Contact Information: Barnes & Noble at UConn 860-486-8525

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Talk: Communicative Intentions in an Interactive World

Friday, April 26th, 2019

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Storrs Campus
Bousfield 161

Guest speaker Mark Ho

Contact Information: alexandra.paxton@uconn.edu

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Cognitive Science Colloquium: Mark S. Seidenberg

Friday, April 26th, 2019

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Oak Hall 117

The Cognitive Science Colloquium Series is proud to present Mark S. Seidenberg, Vilas Research Professor and Donald O. Hebb Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Seidenberg will provide a talk entitled “The Science and Politics of Learning to Read”

Contact Information: Gerry Altmann: gerry.altmann@uconn.edu

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The University of Connecticut is a top-20 public university in the U.S. The Department of Psychological Sciences is routinely ranked in top 10 in U.S. grant funding and its doctoral program is ranked in top 30 public research universities by The National Research Council.

Psychological sciences is one of the largest major at UConn with about 1,500 undergraduate students (1,100 at Storrs and 400 distributed across the regional campuses) at any given time. With so many students, the psychological sciences department is also one of the largest departments at UConn with over 50 faculty and a large team of administrative staff.

Recent News & Announcements

  • NEW DATE: Cross-Disciplinary Graduate Colloquium – April 6, 2018
  • POSTPONED: Cross-Disciplinary Graduate Colloquium Evening 3/7
  • Dr. Philip Corlett, Psychiatry Department at Yale University, to speak 9-6-17
  • Graduate Travel Awards
  • CT IBACS Application for Seed Grant Fund

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Psychological Sciences Department
Bousfield Psychology Building
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: 860-486-3515
Fax: 860-486-2760
Email: psychology@uconn.edu

Psychological Services Clinic
Bousfield, 2nd Floor
Phone: 860-486-2642
Fax: 860-486-4848
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