Witt Psychology Dept

News and information from the Psychology Department at Wittenberg University.

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

@JeanBerkoG
I may have written you once about this in 25 years, Dr. Berko Gleason. At least I hope I have. Some kindnesses can never be forgotten.

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

@JonHaidt I don't hang out in Nazi bars (X) but came here to say I listened to your Hidden Brain episode. Please read more widely.
Start with Bian, Leslie & Cimpian, 2017. You should know more clearly the ways the world is stacked against girls if you are going to comment.

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

@HunterSchone @_stah @lina_teichmann @mvazirip @RaffaeleTuccia @MaggieSzymanska @gallay_clara @DaanWess I've come to understand your paper - and approach - better and am looking forward to discussing this in a lab session today.

[Hunter Schone @HunterSchone]

@_stah @lina_teichmann @mvazirip @RaffaeleTuccia @MaggieSzymanska @gallay_clara Thanks for your interest! You can’t look at tactile evoked responses to a body part that is no longer there. Previous work using a nerve block applied to a single finger by @DaanWess has done the direct comparison to the Merzenich work showing no cortical reorganization.

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

@plasticity_lab @blamlab Exactly how I teach this stuff (today - in a lab session). John Hughlings Jackson was always right. ™

[Plasticity Lab @plasticity_lab]

1/14 Just out in eLife https://t.co/Ui27CYSfWP: Against Cortical Reorganization, a critical review by Tamar Makin and John Krakauer @blamlab, challenging historical perspectives on remapping. A great resource for educators developing seminars/modules on brain plasticity! A thread

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

@HunterSchone You don't engage with Pascual-Leone's work (in violin players, or this one ->)

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

@HunterSchone Read about this on Bluesky. The community is good there (obviously if we are exposed to this work!) and...not Nazis.
You don't address work showing significant digit representation disruption (Sterr et al. 1998 and more - cross-sectional, admittedly). https://t.co/oALEUpQhQV

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

(No surprise; President Frandsen has been at earlier similar PSYC events for MLK Jr. Day)

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

Dr. Billy Davis presented a talk in @wittenberg's series of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events titled The Psychology of American Racism. Dr. Davis has worked on and presented this talk for a few years now.
Great students attendance and you may even see President Frandsen here!

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

The Psychology department is excited to welcome Gwynne and know she'll continue to be an inspiring teacher and a great guide for student research.

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

The Psychology department is pleased to welcome Dr. Gwynne Davis as a new Assistant Professor in our behavioral neuroscience line.
Dr. Davis has been a Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2022-23 academic year and we've already seen her outstanding abilities as a teacher-scholar

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

Gwynne's research area is generally in rodent models of human behavior. One recent publication that shows some of her wide interests is here: https://t.co/yD71xqywJl

[American Psychological Association @APA]

Psychologists are studying the processes and influences that lead children to develop ideas about race—and how to fight back against the biased messaging they might learn so early. https://t.co/Bna0AY3H4A

[Wittenberg University @wittenberg]

In addition to today’s #MLK Day of Service, the Wittenberg community will be honoring Dr. King’s legacy throughout the month with several educational engagement opportunities. Learn more at https://t.co/4czn01c5Sv
#HavingLight #MLKDay23

[MeaganToothmanFound @MeagzFoundation]

Grateful for @TurpinCheer and all of the future cheerleaders for #MeaganToothmanCheerClinic🦋📣💗 this morning!

[MeaganToothmanFound @MeagzFoundation]

Congratulations to Amy Bidwill and Abby Gerstanzang! They are the recipients of the 2022 Meagan Toothman @wittenberg @WittPsychology scholarships. #meaganslegacycontinues🦋

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

Let's do it again next year!

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

Alumni & current students & homecoming court members & snacks - goodness was PSYC's first organized tailgate [...ever? I'll go to the booth on that one, subscribers, and get back to you] FUN!
I had several more great shots that were unfortunately blurry prob because I was loling.

[Witt Psychology Dept @WittPsychology]

The camaraderie was wonderful.