Social Cognition Across Development
A Texas State University Lab where we study how kids and adults navigate the social world.
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
Read More SCAD Lab Students Wins International Research Award
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
Read More Science in the Parks Partnership with City of San Marcos
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
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
Read More SCAD presents at the SPSP international conference
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.
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
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
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
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
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!
