Psychological Science

Month: April 2022

  • Psychological Science Major & Student Athlete Spotlight: Gabby Sylkas ’22

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    The Department of Psychological Science would like to celebrate the accomplishments of student athletes within our department. While these students have excelled athletically, they have also excelled academically. We interviewed a couple of these student athletes to share what they did to be successful. In this interview, we spoke with Gabby Sylkas 22’ – a…

  • Burning Mouth Syndrome – An Unrelenting Condition

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    written by Xander DuMoulin, Justyn Hermel, Claudia Lampi, and Tate Littlefield   Hungry, growing impatient for pizza to cool down – you’ve been there. You take a bite and the scalding hot cheese sticks to the roof of your mouth, burning you. The ensuing pain is incredibly irritating, lasting a few hours to several days…

  • Aromatherapy: How Safe Is This Organic “Treatment?”

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    written by Abegeya T., Allison D., CJ Herrick, and Jessa W.    Living with young children can be hectic and trying to keep them calm while running to appointments can be challenging. Would you be interested in a simple solution to help your children’s stress, low moods, insomnia, muscle tension, and even common infections without…

  • Psychological Science Major & Student Athlete Spotlight: Sophia Redding ’22

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    The Department of Psychological Science would like to celebrate the accomplishments of student athletes within our department. While these students have excelled athletically, they have also excelled academically. We interviewed a couple of these student athletes to share what they did to be successful. In this interview, we spoke with Sophia Redding ’22 – a…

  • A Sixth Sense?!

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    Written by Stephanie Anderson, Kaylyn Leonard, Ronald Romero, and Jada Zevenbergen   Sight, touch, smell, taste, hearing … and spatial orientation? If you were asked, “how many senses do you have?”, most likely you would answer five: sight (vision), touch (somatosensation), smell (olfaction), taste (gustation), and hearing (audition); but did you know that we actually…