Master’s student Aleyda Arreola successfully defended her thesis this week, showing an amazing ability to transition to the new Zoom format. Her thesis examined language-based resource allocation biases in monolingual and bilingual children. Little research has examined these biases in
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Lab Paper Accepted!
A new paper by Dr. Kate Warnell has been accepted! The paper is entitled “Minimal coherence among varied theory of mind measures in childhood and adulthood” and was published in the journal Cognition in October. Collaborator Dr. Elizabeth Redcay at
SCAD Lab Students Wins International Research Award
Sneha Pradhan, a rising senior in the lab, has received a $1,500 undergraduate research grant from Psi Chi, the international psychology honor society. The grant is for her project: “The Relation between Mind-Mindedness and Empathic Accuracy in
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Science in the Parks Partnership with City of San Marcos
The SCAD Lab has begun a partnership with the City of San Marcos Parks and Recreation department called “Science in the Parks.” Throughout the year, members of the lab will be visiting city parks to demo science activities to local
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SCAD Lab Presents at Three Spring Conferences
This spring, representatives of the SCAD Lab presented work at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in Baltimore, the annual meeting of the Southwest Psychological Association in Albuquerque, and at the annual meeting of the
SCAD presents at the SPSP international conference
In February 2019, Paul Pluymen and Allison Pequet, presented: Quantifying Naturalistic Social Motivation: Implications for Real-World Behavior, at the 2019 SPSP international conference in Portland, Oregon. The study examines levels of social motivation, in regard to interacting with a live social
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Grad student Callie graduates!
Congratulations to Callie De La Cerda on her Fall 2018 graduation from the Master’s program! It was such a pleasure having Callie on the SCAD team and look forward to her continued success in the field of psychology.
Science Outreach in Local Park
Graduate students Callie De La Cerda and Aleyda Arreola participated in the “Party in the Park” at Dunbar Park in San Marcos last Friday along with members of Dr. Jenn Clegg-Petz’s research team. Callie and Aleyda met with local families
International Poster Presentation
Dr. Katherine Rice Warnell presented a poster entitled “Relations between Spontaneous and Explicit Mentalizing in Autism and Typical Development” at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research in Rotterdam. Co-authors on the poster included SCAD lab grads Kasie Ifesinachukwu, Safia
Graduate student awarded scholarship
The SCAD Lab is proud to announce, Callie De la Cerda as the 2018 recipient of The Graduate College Scholarship. The Graduate College scholarships encourage students with intellectual, creative, and leadership promise to complete a master’s or doctoral degree at Texas