Paul Pluymen and Callie De La Cerda received awards at Psychology Day 2018. Paul won Runner-Up along with co-author Hailey Thomas, in the Undergraduate Division for their study: “Why we Socialize: Quantifying Social Motivation in Typical Adults”, while Callie and
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SCAD Lab Presents Poster in Boston!

Master’s student, Callie De La Cerda, and Ashley Frost presented a poster entitled “Individual differences in empathy, but not mentalizing, predict visual attention to naturalistic social stimuli” at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in Boston, Massachusetts. The poster was about how eye-looking relates to the amount of empathy and theory of mind that some possesses. The SCAD Lab had a great time in Boston and enjoyed the snow and wonderful studies presented at the conference.
Congratulations Callie and Ashley!


SCAD Lab Undergrads Awarded with Fellowships!
Congratulations to Sneha Pradhan and Paul Pluymen for receiving Undergraduate Research Fellowship awards! Undergraduate Research Fellowships (URF) support undergraduate research and creative projects at Texas State University. Every semester the URF committee awards between 5 and 10 competitive scholarships of
The SCAD Lab’s own Outstanding Senior!
The SCAD Lab is proud to announce that our very own Ashley Frost, has been presented with the Outstanding Senior in Psychology Award for 2018! Each year an outstanding senior in psychology receives special recognition. The student is chosen by
Poster Presented in Portland!
Dr. Warnell and Master’s student Marieke Visser present a poster entitled “Individual Differences in Children’s Mind-mindedness: Effects of Relationship Type, Age, and Social Cognitive Ability” at the 2017 Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society in Portland, Oregon. The poster was
The New Braunfels Science Fest
Dr. Warnell, Master’s student Callie De La Cerda, and other members of the SCAD Lab presented at the New Braunfels Science Fest. The SCAD Lab had local kids color in pictures of brains, practice their emotion reading skills, and learn about psychology. We had so much fun and can’t wait for next year!

Welcome to the Social Cognition Across Development Lab!
The SCAD Lab started at Texas State in Fall 2016. We study how kids and adults think about themselves, other people, and social situations. For more information about what we study, please follow the links at the top of the
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