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Shreesh Mysore receives NSF CAREER award

Shreesh Mysore receives NSF CAREER award

Congratulations to Shreesh Mysore on receiving NSF’s prestigious CAREER award for investigating neural circuit mechanisms of spatial target selection in the mammalian midbrain. NSF CAREER awards are made to support […]

Ninad Kothari awarded Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship from NIH

Congratulations to Ninad Kothari on receiving the Ruth L. Kirschstein postdoctoral NRSA felllowship , awarded to “promising postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific […]

Yoonjung Lee awarded Dingwall Dissertation Fellowship

Yoonjung Lee awarded the Dingwall Dissertation Fellowship in the Cognitive, Clinical, & Neural Foundations of Language.

Blind people can’t see color but understand it the same way as sighted people

People born blind have never seen that bananas are yellow, but Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that like any sighted person, those born blind understand two bananas are likely […]

The most curious babies become the most curious toddlers

A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study of infant curiosity by Professor Lisa Feigenson found that months-old babies most captivated by magic tricks became the most curious toddlers, suggesting a pre-verbal baby’s level of interest in surprising aspects of the world remains constant over time and could predict their future cognitive ability.

Perception & Mind Lab Publishes Study in Psychological Science

Chaz Firestone and his lab use mime techniques to better understand vision and perception.

Yun-Fei Liu: 3 Minute Thesis Winner

Congratulations to Yun-Fei Liu on being the 2021 winner of the JHU 3 Minute Thesis Alumni Choice prize!

Daeyeol Lee Receives Ho-am Prize in Medicine

Congratulations to Daeyeol Lee on receiving the 2021 Ho-am Prize in Medicine!

Ian Phillips Awarded 2021 Leibowitz Prize

Kudos to Ian Phillips on being awarded the 2021 Leibowitz Prize!

Chaz Firestone Named APS Rising Star

Congratulations to Chaz Firestone on being named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science!